The burden of the Intellectual

[Runa216]

Kasz216 said:

Runa216 said:
It's not a matter of gun control or what works as self defense: a gun's primary purpose is to kill. It's made to ignite a bit of powder, propelling a hunk of metal into an object. why was this made? to kill other people. What people use it for is irrelevant, I could use one as a flashlight, it's still designed to kill.

It depends on the gun.  Pistols were made to disable.  Not kill... which is one of the reasons why they are relativly weak. 

Handguns could be a LOT more deadlier then they are.

 

Also, Play-Doh was invented while making a wallpaper cleaner.

I don't know anyone that would logically say that Play-Doh's primary purpose is to clean walls.

Trying to attach inventor intent to a products primary purpose is asinine since there are tons of inventions used primarily for reasons other then originally designed.

Normally I agree with you, but a Gun is a Gun, not a paintball marker.  Guns, on the worldwide scale, are still manufactured and sold with the primary intention of killing.  Wars, pirates, military, and criminals still buy them, and that's still their purpose.  When they start selling more rubber bullet ammo than typical rounds, then perhaps I'll respect your allegory, until then, Guns are still designed to kill.  Just becuase some people don't use them to kill and want to push that agenda, it doesn't change the fact that they were designed with murder in mind.  

I could use a cucumer as a dildo, but that doesn't mean it's not meant to be eaten.  (Well, it shouldn't be once it's been shoved up there, but the point doesn't matter.)  

As for the play-dough thing, the design of the substance has been altered greatly, guns still are to kill.