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The reason that guns were created was to fire high powered projectiles into people. Cars weren't created to run people over.

drhodes 8y ago
I don't think your response demonstrates why the gun manufacturer is at fault. Does the same hold for steak knives? What about assault knives? All weapon makers share responsibility for the deaths involving the weapons they make if the makers claim the object was created to kill people. That's the argument, but I don't think it holds up to scrutiny.
- falcor84 8y ago
  > All weapon makers share responsibility for the deaths involving the weapons they make if the makers claim the object was created to kill people. I quite strongly agree with this statement. Indeed some inventors, like Alfred Nobel, have felt this way. Would you mind arguing why it doesn't hold up to scrutiny?
dleslie 8y ago
And yet Cars are very good tools for doing just that. Duct Tape wasn't created to be the handy man's secret weapon, and yet here we are.
naasking 8y ago
> The reason that guns were created was to fire high powered projectiles into people. Cars weren't created to run people over. Except why or how these items were designed or created is not really relevant is it? Knives, clubs/bats, bows and arrows were all designed and used for violent purposes, but we're not talking about banning knife juggling or baseball or archery as a sport. We don't blame the manufacturers when someone gets hurt by a bat, intentionally or otherwise. Plenty of people use guns for recreational purposes only, and that's legitimate enough of a purpose, so long as the manufacturers are specifically not pushing them as items to kill people you don't like.
- baby 8y ago
  > Except why or how these items were designed or created is not really relevant is it? Oh no it totally is. A gun is for killing, if you sell that to people you can expect them to use it to kill. A car is for transportation, you need a car to go to work in a lot of places or to move around. That's the difference between a weapon and a necessity. Why do you need the weapon?
pathseeker 8y ago
Oh? So everyone who shoots targets or goes hunting is misusing them?

drhodes 8y ago

I don't think your response demonstrates why the gun manufacturer is at fault. Does the same hold for steak knives? What about assault knives? All weapon makers share responsibility for the deaths involving the weapons they make if the makers claim the object was created to kill people. That's the argument, but I don't think it holds up to scrutiny.

falcor84 8y ago
> All weapon makers share responsibility for the deaths involving the weapons they make if the makers claim the object was created to kill people. I quite strongly agree with this statement. Indeed some inventors, like Alfred Nobel, have felt this way. Would you mind arguing why it doesn't hold up to scrutiny?

dleslie 8y ago

And yet Cars are very good tools for doing just that. Duct Tape wasn't created to be the handy man's secret weapon, and yet here we are.

naasking 8y ago

> The reason that guns were created was to fire high powered projectiles into people. Cars weren't created to run people over. Except why or how these items were designed or created is not really relevant is it? Knives, clubs/bats, bows and arrows were all designed and used for violent purposes, but we're not talking about banning knife juggling or baseball or archery as a sport. We don't blame the manufacturers when someone gets hurt by a bat, intentionally or otherwise. Plenty of people use guns for recreational purposes only, and that's legitimate enough of a purpose, so long as the manufacturers are specifically not pushing them as items to kill people you don't like.

baby 8y ago
> Except why or how these items were designed or created is not really relevant is it? Oh no it totally is. A gun is for killing, if you sell that to people you can expect them to use it to kill. A car is for transportation, you need a car to go to work in a lot of places or to move around. That's the difference between a weapon and a necessity. Why do you need the weapon?

pathseeker 8y ago

Oh? So everyone who shoots targets or goes hunting is misusing them?