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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Says someone who's never used either on a farm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that supposed to be some kind of gotcha? How exactly does not owning gun or working on a farm negate the fact that a gun is a singular purpose tool?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How does a gun being a singular purpose tool exclude it from being farm equipment? Do you think a thresher does anything else but thresh?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A thresher is a labor saving tool, it replaces the physical labor of separating wheat from chaff. Without a thresher a farmer can still accomplish the task.

A gun is made specifically and solely to move a projectile down range with lethal velocity. What labor is a gun saving?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Guns are useful on farms for pest control, euthanizing livestock, and self defense.

All of those could be accomplished through other means, therefore guns are ok, according to your logic

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

All you're saying is that a gun is used to kill/maim, which is exactly my point, which is why the "hurr durr a gun is just another tool" argument doesn't hold water.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And clearly you don't see why that's necessary on a farm, which is exactly my point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Beating your attacker to death with a rock is a lot harder. Especially the four legged kind of attacker