Golly, this is like Whack-A-Mole.
One more time, all together now:
- Knives ain't guns
- Automobiles ain't guns.
- Swimming pools ain't guns.
- One doesn't cut carrots with a Glock.
Guns are a tool of society that holds it' own specialized category. Like poison does. Like explosives do.
As such, whoever brings that tool into our society inherits or is levied with a greater responsibility than the moke who buys a hammer or a paring knife.
The gun owner, and I am one and have been for many years, must accept that his 'tool' is uniquely dangerous. Particularly so when in the hands of an individual who has ill-intentions, or even no intention at all, but is unknowing, e.g. a child.
The gun carries with it, by it's nature, a potential for damage, injury, and lethality. Far more than society's other useful tools. Poisons and explosives, duly noted.
The individual who becomes the agency of it's introduction to society .....the buyer, or owner of record.....must acknowledge the potential for harm. And be willing to accept the responsibility and liability
if that specialized tool does harm.
If you own it.
You own it.
It's benefits. It's liabilities.
Get a specialized insurance policy if you don't want to bear that liability solely.
