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In reply to the discussion: IT'S. THE. GUNS. [View all]ellennelle
(614 posts)i am so NOT a gun freak, and wish to high heaven they did not even exist (i'm a huge jeremy diamond fan, fwiw). to my mind, there is no good argument or even excuse for their existence, except to kill the peoples of this earth and plunder their resources. oh, right; not a good reason at all.
and seek hateful revenge.
that said, it will always remain the case that a gun is an inert object. it is what folks do with them that makes them destructive.
of course, what folks do with them includes creating them in the first place.
not only does their use stem from hatred (and sorry, even hunters cannot claim to be benign; why kill animals for sport???), but their very creation and manufacture stem from hatred.
and, at heart, that is a self-hatred.
my heart goes out to the pulse victims, and all victims of this madness of hatred.