If guns should be made illegal because they are used to kill, then shouldn't knives be made illegal too?

Wiretsar

Our politicians are working on this, they pick what gets them elected, not something that would solve a problem

closed

If they outlaw gun's, only outlaw's will have gun's.........P.S. Never take a knife to a gun fight !!!!!!!!!

moonspinner05

Oh yeah. Because like knives, guns also have so many other primary puposes, like surgery, cooking and carving wood.

Hammers can be used as weapons. So can football trophies - and hockey sticks - but is that their INTENDED use?

And let's not forget icicles! The ULTIMATE untraceable murder weapon!

Guns have ONE purpose and ONE pupose only. And too often they fall into the wrong hands and disaster results.

And spare me the hunting excuse. No one hunts with a Beretta, a Magnum or AK-47.

Your point might be better made with intelligent argument.

little_girl953

well some guns yes, but knifes r used alot and everything else, well just needs a limit

Zacko

I agree with you, the whole anti-gun movement is ridiculous. If guns were made illegal what person in their right mind would obey such a law anyway?

These ant-gun people would find a way to get a gun if they or a loved one's life were in danger.

crissy45662@verizon.net

yes i think that knives should be illegal,cause they cause so much killing and damage to a person or a kid.

darkdiva

Look at it this way, guns are invented and manufactured solely to kill. Everything else you mention has another purpose, except AIDS which should be outlawed also.

A69

People kill my friend, not gun's, knives.....etc. It is in our Barbaric nature to destroy...

whatshisface

Guns are not the problem, it's society. Gun control is a quick fix to a deeper problem, and quick fixes don't work. Leave guns alone. A firearm is a tool, for food gathering, recreation and defense. Farmers and ranchers use them to control predators, put sick livestock out of misery. It can be abused like everything else we abuse, like cars, our families, or anything else.
Obviously those who want to label certain types of guns never used one to defend themselves, or their family, and in my case not firing a shot. Whether it's a "belly buster'' or an "assault rifle" doesn't matter.
To the person 2 frames below, Beretta makes fine hunting and skeet shooting shotguns, the term "Magnum" can refer to many fine rifle hunting calibers, hunting deer with a 44 magnum pistol, or a 357 magnum pistol is a legitimate sport in my state, and I think I covered the "AK" above. To those who have no use for these items, there is no way many would know these things.

AGENT 87

stupid questions only get you stupid answers. (stupid!)

CRYSTAL S

i agree u can kill with your bare hands so i guess they better have a law against having them around as well...

carlos_18_37

.....and fingers, intentions, sorrows, sins, hairs, amoebas, porcupines, paper, lamps, and.... oh yeah..... the billions of dollars we spend researching new ways to murder one another :)....

this_isridiculous

It would be the end of food service as we know it. And what about the poor Cub Scouts? Would you have them running around trying to learn survival techniques with a Swiss Army spoon then?

No, I don't think so.

Knives as well as guns are fine as long as one is trained in their proper usage and use them responsibly.

Kunal

hey why dont u apply for president
make these things illegal

.45 Peacemaker

Guns are tools just like hammers, screwdrivers, and rope. All can be abused by a crimial, but all can be used to provide and protect people if used by responsible people.

sammy

This is a straw man argument used by right wing nuts. No one, or at least no one with any serious law making clout, believes guns should be outlawed. but instead of having an honest, and productive conversation, these straw man, black and white, absolutes are pulled out of thin air and substituted for rational thought.

Bubba

remember when they outlaw guns only outlaws(like me) will have guns

fr_chuck

cars, they kill more people than guns and knifes together

poeticjustice

Well, we have to use knives for other things...like chefs use knives. We need to teach people to solve their problems in a rational, non-violent manner, rather than putting laws on everything.

birdsnakecatharine

Never trust people who want to take guns away from lawful citizens. Hitler did it. Stalin did it. All dictators do it. They want the people helpless and unarmed. Most of our anti-gun people are in it for the money. But some have agendas that are much more sinister.

dirk_vermaelen

around here...certain kinds of knives are illegal. Stilleto-knives, and knives with blades over 15 centimeter for instance.

billybetters2

Gee, could it be that it isn't an item (a tool) that kills but the person using it. You failed to list rope, electrical cords, piano/guitar wire, lamps, electricity, statues (art), baseball bats, golf clubs, pipe, candle sticks, a book, bowling balls, womens undergarments, water, fire, glass, pencils/pens, dirt, pillows, too much of a medicine, too little of a medicine, too much food, too little food, hatchets, picks, shovels, screwdrivers, rakes, pitchforks, high places (falls).... maby we need to outlaw everything? It seems that if someone wants someone else dead they will find a way to do it.

PermDude

This is what is called a "strawman" argument. And not a very good one.

No one is really saying that "guns should be made illegal." Some are saying that some kinds of guns should be. And that some people (violent felons, children, the mentally unstable) should never have guns.

Jack

I assume that all you gun-rights activists believe the same rights apply to the people of Iraq as well. It seems to be working very well for them to allow every religious zealot with a cause to walk around with rifle. Heck, we should throw in some TNT and personal-size nukes as well.

What? You mean the U.S. military is trying to disarm Iraqis? And all that weaponry running around loose might be causing civil disorder? No, no. See, the weapons aren't doing anything, because if they were then soldiers wouldn't be worried about them. Guns don't kill people, heavily-armed militias kill people!

Oh well, this turned out to be a weirder post than I intended. My basic point: obviously it takes violent intent for guns--which are just tools--to harm people. Reality is, though, that even peacable folks have violence in their hearts at times. Guns make that intent easier to make into reality. Thus, sensible controls on them are just common sense, which the NRA-which could just serve as a means to protect hunting rights--obviously lacks.

Rachel

guns should not be illegal, but only to be used by hunters with a hunting liscence and cops.

TechnoRat60

Private gun ownership will remain legal, until they change the 2nd Amendment.

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I don't think that any of them should be made illegial.
I think use of them in a brutal hostle way should be illegial.
Some people, though my opinion is that its horrible, like to hunt. They shouldn't be told to not be able to hunt because they could kill someone, Thats bull.
What if someone needs to nail something with a hammer? What if a poison is used in a medical study and is now illegial?
HOW CAN CARS AND CANCER AND AIDS AND ROCKS AND STICKS BE ILLEGAL!?

gwarr129

Some fire arms are made for combat, some knives are also made for the same poupose. A 22cal rifel should not be made illegal, but the question is should something like a M-16 be illegal ?

By all rights no, it is ourconstational right to bear arms, that is because this country should have the ability to rise up if the goverment tries to surpress us.

mthompson828

Guns can kill people from a distance, and with very little thought. There is no time for the user to really consider the potential consequences when all he/she has to do is pull a trigger. On the other hand, with a knife you generally have to look at the person up close and have more awareness of what you're doing.

Also, guns only have two basic purposes: to kill and to seriously injure. Knives, hammers, rocks, sticks...they all have multiple purposes. Poison? Maybe. Cancer and AIDS should definitely be made illegal. How do you suggest THAT is enforced, though?

I think the way things are is ok: the OBJECTS don't need to be made illegal, it is KILLING with them that is a crime.

hott_vegas_chic

Guns SHOULDN"T be made illegal. But you're right, if they're made illegal, then all that stuff should...and while were at it lets outlaw forks and knives b/c they must make our country fat, and lets get rid of pencils b/c they mispell words and make us think our kids are stupid. OR.....we could just get rid of the stupid people that actually think that outlawing guns will stop the bad guys from having them...like a person that doesn't care about human life is really gonna care about a gun law!!!

kitttkat2001

guns dont kill. ppl useing them kill

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