(03-21-2019, 07:54 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(03-21-2019, 06:09 PM)mikesez Wrote: I like target practice too. 
It's fun to shoot guns.
but let's be honest with ourselves. we mainly do it because we know that someday we may be called on to use guns to kill people or animals.
Which is fine. I don't think the law, alone, is ever going to change that.
that doesn't mean it's smart to say that guns are just a morally neutral tool like a car.

Just like a car, it is a physical tool not subject to the standard of moraility usually reserved for a individuals actions. Shooting a gun is no more moral or immoral as driving a car. Why does the left insist on trying to assign a standard of morality to physical items like a wall or gun? Makes no sense.

A car is an objective good.
A wall is morally neutral because you may simply want one for shelter or privacy which are good, or you may be using it to keep bad people off of your property, which is a necessary evil. 
A gun is simply a necessary evil. 
There is nothing wrong with using a tool that's a necessary evil if you feel the need to do so.
You should do so soberly, however. You should not revel in it. Remember, this tool is there to finish things, not to start them.

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