LogFAQs > #950340365

So, um, what exactly is wrong with this?

Do firearms magically tempt people to go out and commit murders? It's a rifle -- probably statistically the least likely firearm to be used in a crime. And it's targeting (no pun intended) an audience that probably grew up around guns and was de-stigmatized to them.

I'm not a big fan of hunting. A deer's eyesight is so poor that a human being is literally invisible when they wear camo. It's anything but sporting. But I can't blame someone for eating deer meat any more than I could blame myself for eating a hamburger. I'm no vegan. The animal on my plate died somehow. I can't go making monsters out of them. (Trophy hunters though can go eat a bowl of fuck.)

You may not like it that other people enjoy firearms recreationally, but it doesn't mean that everyone who owns one is a murderer or potential murderer. That's like saying anyone who is into bodybuilding is a potential rapist, or general perpetrator of physical violence, because you don't need muscle unless you wish to hurt somebody.

When it gets to the point that we start fearing guns themselves, and not just worrying about them falling into the wrong hands, that's when I think maybe we as a society have gotten a little too sensitive. There seems to be a big problem with "stop liking what I don't like" becoming the norm.