sc94597 said:
Guns can also be used in recreational and sport activities or as a collection (engineering or historical significance.) The responsibilities with owning a gun can also be a means to teach discipline, which is why most boy scouts learn to use guns very young. These are all secondary purposes, but purposes nevertheless. If we are all to be selfless in the matter, then we she get rid of cars that have only aesthetic features that might have secondary harmful effects, any car that is a certain age, because they're dangerous and not build with the best safety measures, or any car that goes faster than 80 mph should be rid of, because in the United States we don't have any speed limits faster than that and if somebody is drunk they might go that fast and kill themselves. If we only owned what we needed then many products in the world wouldn't exist. Hence, why it's a riduclous question to ask, "why do you need it?" when referring to private ownership of something. Hence, outright bans of certain weapons at all shouldn't be the legislature, because those who show they are responsible enough to not harm others have the right to own private property regardless of purpose. By the way, something I learned today. With $5 somebody can make a wooden han!dgun! That's awesome and scary! With $100 they can make an automatic weapon. That's mostly scary! So those are reasons enough for why prohibition would be a problem. Of course, you're not arguing for prohibition, but I just want to bring up this information anyway. |
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
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