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Originally Posted by Clutch Munny
Once again, when the topic turns to guns, you can't even keep track of what you're saying, never mind what other people are saying. And again with V for Vendetta as your argument from fantasy world. Is it the only fucking movie you've seen?
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I don't consider it an argument, merely an illustration. Never use
The Handmaid's Tale,
1984, or any other piece of fiction, I'll be watching.
Also, nice job ignoring my salient points. But of course you would.
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Originally Posted by Clutch Munny
I think the question you should ask yourself is whether you have it in you not to be a moron. I don't think you are compelled to believe that, because a feather could kill someone if the pointy end was pushed hard into the ear of a person who was, like, tied up or something, it follows that we can't say a machine gun is more dangerous than a feather. That would be excruciatingly stupid, of course, but it's clearly the form of argument you prefer.
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Do you have it in you to not build ludicrous strawmen?
Of course guns are more dangerous than other things, and some kinds of guns are more dangerous than others--would any sane person argue against this?
An average gun is not a super-weapon, orders of magnitude more dangerous than "innocuous" things that can be used to ill ends. That was my point.
You don't seem to like that fact, though. Maybe that's why you resorted to the ever entertaining
ad hominem logical fallacy instead of refuting the relevance of my link re killing lots of people in gun-free or limited-gun cultures?
How about you do that?
Oh, and because it bears repeating: I don't own a gun. I have no desire to. However, I have held and fired one within the last year. I have practical experience with them, and have since I was a kid. I can see what they are.