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How is it ridiculous? The fact that purchasing a gun is the first step of shooting people is a good enough reason for most countries to ban the purchase of guns
by hdkrgr 6y ago
How is it ridiculous? The fact that purchasing a gun is the first step of shooting people is a good enough reason for most countries to ban the purchase of guns...
- marcinzm 6y agoYet they don't ban kitchen knives because there's legitimate uses for kitchen knives. Thus the point that you utterly missed.
- ColanR 6y agoiirc the UK does ban kitchen knives from being carried publicly.
- earleybird 6y agoIt seems the tradition of bringing your own dining knife passes. [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-knives https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-knives]
- tuesdayrain 6y agoI don't think "because there's legitimate uses" is the differentiating factor, since that implies only kitchen knives have them. Self-defense is a legitimate use for owning a gun, for example.
- marcinzm 6y agoIn many countries self-defense is NOT a legitimate use for owning a gun.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoMany of these countries have exterminated their large predatory animals.
- shpongled 6y agoGuns also have legitimate uses.