Young woman who was shot in head at Lealman church dies

[Straw Man]

92. Oh, so it's a teleological discussion now?

OK, let's indict humor because it's all based on our pleasure at the misfortunes of others. Let's indict sports because they have their origin in violent competition between human beings. Let's indict consumer culture because it's based on dehumanization and fetishization. None of what you say has unique application to firearms. Your critique is essentially that the contemporary human condition sucks. Congratulations. Welcome to the world.

When we take pleasure in seeing clay pigeons blasted apart, or bullets put onto target, we can only do so with the knowledge that this pleasure taking only occurs within the context of wide misuse of such objects, not as tools of construction, but as weapons of destruction.

Please explain "within the context," because it looks to me like a prime example of postmodern weasel-wording. Do you mean that the pleasure depends on awareness of misuse? Or do you mean that the recreational shooter has some kind of moral obligation to acknowledge the abuse? Both are simply false. The recreational shooter harms no one, and his or her actions are no more violent -- are in fact notably less violent -- than those of the players of football and hockey for example. Target shooting is not an adrenalized sport.

Try again.