Barack Obama, "Greatest Gun Salesman in America"

[Atypical Liberal]

76. You are jumping the shark.

Actually, when you say that all rights are the same and that guns are tools that is exactly the equation that is being made.

No. No one is saying that pens are equivalent to guns. Guns are weapons. Pens are generally not.

The only equivalence they have in this discussion is that our founders found it equally important that the citizens of this nation have the right free speech and the right to keep and bear arms.

Moreover, it is being made for political purpose. I suggest you reconsider the gun culture and its relation to violence.

Yes and no. Guns are pointed out as being tools because people like you consider all violence to be equal and equally bad. People like me understand that violence can also be used for good things and so that means that some violence is good and some violence is bad. This means that a gun can be used to inflict bad violence but can also be used to inflict good violence.

This is why we refer to guns as "tools", because it implies that they are objects that can be used for good things and for bad things.

The only political purpose here is to underscore the fact that guns are not just "tools of violence" with the negative connotation people like you try to paint them with.

I also suggest you ask yourself why if guns are just tools, why hammers aren't regulated.

Because guns are inherently more dangerous a tool than hammers. You'll also notice that there are many tools that are regulated besides guns. CPAP machines, for example. Gasoline pumps, for another.

I would note that generally you can't buy an already sharpened machete or axe off a store-shelf.

OK, I'm guessing you must live in an urban environment? I suggest you stroll down the sporting goods section at your local Walmart, or Home Depot, or Lowes.

Come to your senses, equating skeet shooting with growing orchids just isn't philosophically sound.

I'm not equating them in any way other than to point out that they are both equally valid hobbies.