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[–] Nioxic 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You cant ban "basic" tools

Guns are tools too, but way to specialized. Almost nobody really needs them.

But knives? I use knives daily for food prep/cooking

And opening boxes

And cutting wood

(Of course different knives with different types of blade, etc)

A gun has 1 purpose: kill someone

[–] CoffeeJunkie 1 points 1 year ago

And kill animals for food.

And kill pest animals.

But yeah, that's about it.

[–] MasterObee -4 points 1 year ago

but way to specialized. Almost nobody really needs them.

Every tool is specialized. How many different screws do they make that need different screw drivers?

And the fact that you can't empathize with any other lifestyle than your, likely big city, lifestyle is absurd. Do you not know people rely on hunting for food? For protection?

But knives? I use knives daily for food prep/cooking

What if a rural individual hunts every day?

And opening boxes

Guards his animals every day. You ever try to get a hungry coyote off your chickens?

kill someone

See right there, that's my point. You don't see it as a tool. You see it as a violent weapon that is only made to kill 'someone,' you're so limited in your world view that you can't even comprehend someone hunting for a deer to provide for their family. All you know is that you can buy some deer meet at stores.