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Originally Posted by Platapus
But such arguments are rather silly. Objects are not good or evil. A gun has no concept of.. well .. anything.
As with most (all?) criminal issues, the problem is not an object, but the person.
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- "The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."
- "The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
Both quotes by Lt. Col. John Dean Cooper, USMC. Who served in both WW2 and the Korean war.