Something to consider. I grew up with rifles. As a boy I did some hunting. I had kept a handgun for a long time into my adult life. One day it occurred to me that while they are beautifully tooled machines, well made, somewhat intricate, they were killing machines. The only reason a firearm was invented was to kill something. They have been used in hunting and providing food for the table and that at one time was a legitimate use, but very few of us have to hunt or would even be able to hunt wild animals for food. According to a website called ‘the legal community against violence’
www.icav.org “In 2009, guns took the lives of 31,347 Americans in homicides, suicides and unintentional shootings”. That is more people killed by gun in the US than all of the U.S. soldiers killed during the Iraq war. I’m sure if you have listened to the news at all you are aware of the deaths by firearm this year, 2012. Guns are killing machines. When I realized this I got rid of the guns I had. I don’t even want to kill animals, let alone people. Anyway, something to consider.
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