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**44 AMP** · August 30, 2014, 10:06 PM

The kind of hyper restrictive regulation we are used to as gun owners seems foolish when applied to anything else. Their excuse is always "but guns are not like anything else"...and they are not. But yet, they are, at the same time.

There is nothing in this world that cannot be (mis)used to harm others, if that is the intent of the person wielding it. Firearms are inanimate objects. They have no free will, and cannot act on their own. It ALWAYS takes a person.

Personally, I don't think we should have any laws focused on inanimate objects, rather we should focus on ACTs committed by people. Not what they used.

Unfortunately, that approach takes more work than simply banning possession of something.

August 30, 2014, 10:06 PM	#29
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,818	The kind of hyper restrictive regulation we are used to as gun owners seems foolish when applied to anything else. Their excuse is always "but guns are not like anything else"...and they are not. But yet, they are, at the same time. There is nothing in this world that cannot be (mis)used to harm others, if that is the intent of the person wielding it. Firearms are inanimate objects. They have no free will, and cannot act on their own. It ALWAYS takes a person. Personally, I don't think we should have any laws focused on inanimate objects, rather we should focus on ACTs committed by people. Not what they used. Unfortunately, that approach takes more work than simply banning possession of something. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.