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| (...) (snipping rest of silly examples) The primary purpose of a gun is to shoot something - the primary purpose of a handgun is to shoot someone. The reason that they were developed in the first place were to shoot someone. The primary purpose of a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Eh, what's a few dollars amongst friends...
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| (...) The two ideas are not really related. An informed citizenry does not automatically follow just because of the mere existence of civil rights. The existence of civil rights should help one be an informed citizen, but it is in no way a political (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) But a gun's purpose isn't interently to shoot a person; that's an inferential purpose. By extension, the purpose of a pair of scissors is to cut things, therefore I can cut someone's throat with them, so scissors should be banned. A baseball (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (URL) Thank goodness!> Dave! (23 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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| (...) And scissors, pencils, and LEGO all have a primary function which has nothing to do with the ending or maiming of a life. What is a gun's *primary* function? As soon as you start realizing you can't sit there and say, "Well, such-n-such can (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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