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I had a rabid raccoon on my farm a little while ago. What do you suggest is the best way to handle that situation?
Kill the poor thing quickly and painless.
But you do not need an assault rifle with incendiary ammunition for that. You just use a tool for the job. You do not glaze over your remington or what have you.
You use it and then close it up. Nice. It has served for something beneficial. Once in a blue moon
Do you hate guns and believe they are designed from the ground up to kill? Or do you think it's a beneficial tool that has its uses? You're giving me mixed messages here with the title of your post. It's okay to dislike gun culture and also think guns have their uses.
I hate guns because they are there just to kill things. I do not take pleasure in killing things. I would still own a gun if I had to
It’s simple as that
I don't take pleasure in euthanizing animals either. Its expected to hate killing but it's not the gun's fault that these jobs need to be done.
Do you hate archery as a sport? Because those things were invented and designed purely for killing people too.
You do not see people with bows going around and one shooting people cmon. Let us be serious please
So do hate the intention of the design or do you hate that they are sometimes misued? You said you hated guns because they were designed to kill people.
It’s about efficiency and power difference. Not everything is black and white, despite your attempts
What about a break barrel .22 with shorts? That's slower to kill than someone trained with a bow. So some killing devices are okay, as long as they don't kill very quickly?
If you don’t see what I mean by now I think we will never understand each other and must just move on to avoid pointless word exchange
I have my weekly limits for ridiculous hair splitting debates on the web
It’s really not that hard to understand “I hate guns because they are made for killing”. It’s not some kind of attack on you
I didn't use an assualt rifle or incendiary ammunition. How do you suggest I kill it quickly and painless while protecting myself from a possible bite?
I’m sure if he asks politely it’ll just keel over dead for him.
Funny, the first one I had did that. It came out in broad daylight and keeled over on the front yard before I had time to grab the gun.