Comments on: On gun control…. http://www.stinkfight.com/2008/09/25/on-gun-control/ MICHAEL W. DEAN and his furry friends Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: skip8080 http://www.stinkfight.com/2008/09/25/on-gun-control/#comment-10467 skip8080 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:00:36 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/?p=1055#comment-10467 http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/12/fourth-grader-suspen.html you saw this? the kids pencil sharpener was viewed as a weapon. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/12/fourth-grader-suspen.html

you saw this? the kids pencil sharpener was viewed as a weapon.

]]> By: Debra Jean Dean http://www.stinkfight.com/2008/09/25/on-gun-control/#comment-10461 Debra Jean Dean Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:44:02 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/?p=1055#comment-10461 Amen, Daddy. Ditto, Nunzio. I really like the tool viewpoint. Daddy has said essentially the same thing to me many times. DJD Amen, Daddy.

Ditto, Nunzio. I really like the tool viewpoint. Daddy has said essentially the same thing to me many times.

DJD

]]> By: nunzio http://www.stinkfight.com/2008/09/25/on-gun-control/#comment-10460 nunzio Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:29:01 +0000 http://www.stinkfight.com/?p=1055#comment-10460 Maybe it's just semantics, or the way my alleged mind DOESN'T work, but I don't view firearms as weapons until they're USED as weapons. Until then, they're tools---tools for putting food on the table in the case of hunting, or tools for recreation in the case of target shooting / competition. Certainly firearms were/are DESIGNED to be used as weapons but until they're used for that purpose they exist in a kind of emotion- and semantically neutral state, as far as I'm concerned. Their potential for use AS weapons depends on who has his/her hand on them. I get into interesting discussions with nervous bosses when they see me whip out my knife at work----I use it to open boxes or removed plastic strapping from containers. They'd prefer I use one of those plastic handled razor knives with the blades recessed (so they can't be used as weapons.) I just tell them: Don't sweat it. If I wanted to cause trouble here, I'd show up with my pistol. But see, they view a TOOL as a WEAPON. Makes 'em nervous. The same "thinking" applies to legislators who are afraid of guns. When talk of gun control comes up, I say: "Yeah. I like how HEROIN control and METH control and COKE control and WEED control worked out, so I figure gun control will meet with the same extraordinary level of success." We don't need gun control or drug control. We just need self control. Maybe it’s just semantics, or the way my alleged mind DOESN’T work, but I don’t view firearms as weapons until they’re USED as weapons. Until then, they’re tools—tools for putting food on the table in the case of hunting, or tools for recreation in the case of target shooting / competition.

Certainly firearms were/are DESIGNED to be used as weapons but until they’re used for that purpose they exist in a kind of emotion- and semantically neutral state, as far as I’m concerned. Their potential for use AS weapons depends on who has his/her hand on them.

I get into interesting discussions with nervous bosses when they see me whip out my knife at work—-I use it to open boxes or removed plastic strapping from containers. They’d prefer I use one of those plastic handled razor knives with the blades recessed (so they can’t be used as weapons.) I just tell them: Don’t sweat it. If I wanted to cause trouble here, I’d show up with my pistol.

But see, they view a TOOL as a WEAPON. Makes ‘em nervous. The same “thinking” applies to legislators who are afraid of guns. When talk of gun control comes up, I say: “Yeah. I like how HEROIN control and METH control and COKE control and WEED control worked out, so I figure gun control will meet with the same extraordinary level of success.”

We don’t need gun control or drug control. We just need self control.

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