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Ofc guns aren't evil. They're objects. A chair can't be evil. And yes, you can bash someone over the head with a chair, yet there is a glaring difference. A gun is made for the sole purpose to shoot someone. You can't really use it for anything else. It's absolutely it's intended purpose and what it's used for. So, if we were to assign 'good' or 'evil' to inanimate objects, guns would certainly lean way more into the evil side.
A gun can shoot someTHING, not only someONE. I've shot guns many times and have never shot someone. People forget competitive shooting is a thing (and very fun). I know I'll be downvoted, but just trying to show people there is another side.
I don't think anybody ever forgets that they are essentially toys to some people. But look at drones. People love to fly them, they are very fun, but those things weilded irresponsibly are a fucking menace to people and there are some laws with hefty penalties for using them in ways that endanger the public incur hefty fines because they are dangerous.
Yet guns don't get the same treatment in the US.
Quite frankly the fun factor isn't really pursuant to the discussion. When you are talking about wide ranging public health issues that make a lot of people more likely to die due to making suicides more successful and escalate your personal conflicts into highly deadly senarios people do not want to take the time to entertain discussion about how fun they are to shoot because it turns one into the adult trying to deal with a maddened six year old trying to make a case for buying lawn darts.
Yes, there are secondary uses that have risen in popularity because people want excuses to have more guns.
That does not mean their primary use has changed. You can use them to hammer nails if you really want to. That doesn't mean that's what they're made for.
Fasteners driven with gunpowder charges exist, one brand is called ramset.
You need armor piercing rounds to hit a target? How about am ankle holster? What about a silencer? What about a concealed carry permit?
If every civilian who owned a gun owned it specifically to have fun at the range things would be a lot different. Pointing out the one tiny use of a subcategory of it is just a distraction. I could use the air conditioner in my car to cool down my cup of coffee but that is in no way shape or form the primary reason for owning a car.
Yeah. An even chair. This is wild.