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A gun is not a "killing machine" at all. The vast majority of guns currently in rotation haven't killed anybody, indiscriminately or otherwise. Gun is a tool to
by m0zg 7y ago
A gun is not a "killing machine" at all. The vast majority of guns currently in rotation haven't killed anybody, indiscriminately or otherwise. Gun is a tool to increase the lethality of its owner, but you could drive nails with it and it wouldn't kill anyone on its own.
- taneq 7y agoThis is pure sophistry. We're not talking about some blunderbuss on a plaque over the mantlepiece. We're discussing a loaded rifle, ready to fire and aimed by a soldier at a human target. It's a machine being used to kill a human.
- m0zg 7y agoNot really no. It's an inanimate object. It does not have agency. If you, the soldier, do not aim it and don't pull the trigger, it will sit there and rust into dust without killing anyone. You can't call it an "indiscriminate killing machine" any more than you can call e.g. a hammer or a kitchen knife the same.