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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
You are right - to a degree. It is not JUST the guns!!!!!! Most of what you say is contributory, but add to those issues the easy access to guns and you have a volitile mix. I know dozens, maybe hundreds, of hunters and gun owners, yet I know no one that owns an automatic weapon or "assault weapon". I think the position that it is not the guns, fails to recognize a part of the problem that is key, and seems to justify the mentality of troubled people who amass weapons intended to do harm to people. I have heard the catchphrase, guns don't kill people, people kill people. Sounds reasonable, but I would revise it to say, guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people.
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While I understand your position, your revised saying is not true. I have owned guns for many years (40 or so) and I have never even pointed one of my guns at anyone. Yes, guns in the hands of the wrong people - criminals, sociopaths etc. are dangerous. I would venture to say that these types of people can get their hands on a weapon, whether bought from another criminal or stolen, very easily.
There are, however, millions of law abiding citizens who own guns for recreation. So YES - guns do kill people - in the hands of the wrong person. Which I do believe may be to what you were referring. Correct me if I am wrong.