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In reply to the discussion: You know what's NOT a good bath toy for a 5 year-old? [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Parents get a pass when something does not fit your definition of 'tool'.
I don't care what label something has. Gasoline is a tool. If some leaves it laying around inside the house they are to blame (and gas has only one use, to burn/explode).
Back before America had big stores many families hunted for food, guns helped and to them were a tool. But wrapped yourself up in telling yourself the gun has magical powers and made these things happen and not negligence on the part of the people involved.
In nature, sex has only one intended purpose, to pro-create. Should we do away with abortion, porn, etc and so on - or it is just possible we as humans can have more than one purpose for things (like skeet shooting, etc).
And I don't hang out in the gungeon. Don't own a gun, don't really care about which ones people are using today or how they reloaded what.
I do care about consistency across the spectrum though - and people really hate it when their own principles they say they believe are used in other places (your body, your choice being a big one that few actually believe in).
In the case of kids getting guns at home and doing things like this, it is not the gun that is the problem and I am sure there are laws already made that will handle this - but we want more laws and more control based on what less than 0.1% do.