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Originally Posted by warch
This handgun was not used to stop crime or protect rights, perhaps you could argue that it was for used for sport.
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No, it was used for murder. If he had killed the guy with a brick, he would still be a murderer. The man himself did the crime, not the gun or the brick. The availability of either guns or bricks, or the legal paperwork associated with them, has no bearing on the fact that one person chose to end another's life.
Did a gun make his action easier? Sure. But the same gun also makes it easier for good people to protect themselves from murderers, rapists, thieves, hungry bears, woodchucks and soda cans. Good people should not be prohibited by law from owning items just because bad people do bad things with them. The guy was drunk -- should alcohol be banned? Are you willing to outlaw beer, wine, and liquor to prevent mean drunks from doing bad things? Same difference.