Easy_Humor_7949 t1_jd6pbfe wrote on March 22, 2023 at 5:58 AM

Reply to comment by Five2one521 in Gunfire erupts at birthday celebration in Horsham cemetery, killing 1. Group had gathered to celebrate a life lost to gun violence 10 years ago. by PienotPi

> One happens to be guns.

It doesn’t “happen” to be it was specifically constructed to be one by radical revisionist lawyers in the early 20th century whose tortured arguments were enshrined in legal precedent by Antonin Scalia.

You ever see an old western movie where they have to hang up their guns in town? The typical 19th century western American settler town had more gun control than Philadelphia does today.

> But a loaded gun sitting on the table is nothing;

It’s a threat.

Five2one521 t1_jd8ybdz wrote on March 22, 2023 at 6:05 PM

I’ve never seen a gun and thought; “I better watch out for that gun by its self.”

Easy_Humor_7949 t1_jdbi7pv wrote on March 23, 2023 at 5:08 AM

Well it’s a good thing guns aren’t ever owned, handled, or used by people. Oh. Wait.

A handgun’s only purpose is to kill you (or another human). A world where easy access to lethal force is the only way you feel safe is a dystopian one you should never want to live in.