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But the logic behind the analogy is sound. When my peer says that without human intervention guns do not kill people, he is ignoring the fact that free availability of guns may allow some crazy people to kill others although without guns they might not have been able to kill anyone. My peer's statement that a gun "is just a tool like any other" again is technically correct but simplistic. A gun is a much more powerful weapon than a pocket knife. The crazy person who tried to assassinate President Reagan would have had far lesser chances of attacking the President with a pocket knife, for example. The availability of guns makes it easier to kill others.
My peer's analogy with the use of machete in Rwanda actually weakens his argument. Again, it is technically true that the machetes did not kill people, but people with machetes did. But one might also argue that without the easily availability of machetes -- the genocidal leaders bought them from China and made them easily available to their fanatic followers -- the magnitude of mass murder might have been much lesser....
My peer says that guns are made for self-defense, but so are nuclear weapons. To my knowledge, nobody supports the idea that all nations should be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. Using this same logic, one might reasonably argue that 300,000,000 Americans cannot be trusted with the right to keep and bear arms.
And finally, my peer's statement "In the end what will it be, removing guns from everyone's home or removing the people that kill people" needs further clarification. How can we remove "the people that kill people" before they kill anyone? We cannot always know and do not have the tools to identify people who have intentions to become murderers in some future time. So, how do we remove them? On the contrary, stricter gun control regulations may make it harder for people with questionable psychology or criminal history to acquire guns. I am not saying that people should not be allowed to own guns under any circumstances, but these are some of the points, I think, need to be addressed and clarified by those who support citizens' right to keep and bear arms.
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