"Guns are only usable as weapons!"

[mljdeckard]

I avoid telling people that firearms have non-critical uses, or at least that they are primarily for a hobby of any kind. This allows for the argument that the potential danger they impose is not worth my hobby.

Every gun I have is a weapon. If they weren't, I wouldn't own them. The question is, do I employ them in a non-violent way, or a way to increase safety rather than increase violence. My car is more likely to kill someone than my gun.

Why do I need them? Duh, in case I need (or want) to shoot something.

 

[Constantine-p89]

Duuuhhhh, lol.

 

[ironvic]

And the weapon of choice they are!

So what's the problem? Guns ARE weapons and that's their primary use. Recreation is secondary and a plus. When you need a weapon to prevail over superior force, as in a predator wanting your money or your life, or you--you REALLY NEED a weapon. Your wife, your child or your grandparents may need that weapon someday and thank God who gave us the right to have it, and use it, in the first place.

If you try to justify gun use as merely recreational, you've created a major tactical error in the war of words with the antigun fraidycats. Their next words will be, "Sooo...Is your right to play with guns greater than the right of a child to live in a safe home and a secure world, free of gun violence?" It worked pretty good in Merry Old England.

WE DON'T NEED TO JUSTIFY NUTHIN!