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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1118820" data-attributes="member: 14668">A fire extinguisher is an inantimate object. It is a tool that you use to potentially save a life that is threatened by fire.A defibrillator is also an inantimate object, and it is also a tool that can be used to save a life that is threatened by a heart attack.A gun...whether you like to admit it or not...is also an inantimate object, and it is also a tool that can be used to save a life that is being threatened by a mass murderer who has a gun of his own.You say it has but one purpose, that being to kill. You are incorrect. In the hands of a law-abiding person who is using it to defend their life, its primary purpose is to neutralize a threat. Oftentimes this can be accomplished without even firing a shot. We dont live in utopia. We live in a world that, unfortunately, has some pretty sick and violent people in it who have no regard for the lives of others. Sometimes, like it or not, those people have to be killed and a gun is simply the most effective tool for accomplishing that task.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1118820, member: 14668"] A fire extinguisher is an inantimate object. It is a[I] tool[/I] that you use to potentially save a life that is threatened by fire. A defibrillator is also an inantimate object, and it is also a tool that can be used to save a life that is threatened by a heart attack. A gun...[B][I]whether you like to admit it or not[/I][/B]...is [I]also[/I] an inantimate object, and it is also a tool that can be used to save a life that is being threatened by a mass murderer who has a gun of his own. You say it has but one purpose, that being to kill. You are incorrect. In the hands of a law-abiding person who is using it to defend their life, its primary purpose is to [U][I][B]neutralize a threat[/B][/I][/U]. Oftentimes this can be accomplished without even firing a shot. We dont live in utopia. We live in a world that, unfortunately, has some pretty sick and violent people in it who have no regard for the lives of others. Sometimes, like it or not, [I]those people have to be killed [/I]and a gun is simply the most effective tool for accomplishing that task. [/QUOTE]

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