<i>&gt;The difference is that guns are inherently dangerous: their main purpose is to cause destruction and harm</i><p>The difference being how you framed that to begin with:
Many people have and continue to use guns to provide <i>food</i> and <i>protection</i>.<p>If we ban guns because a small group of people misuse them, I want:<p>1) Automobiles banned: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Driven-Kill-Vehicles-as-Weapons&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0888644876" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Driven-Kill-Vehicles-as-Weapons&#x2F;dp&#x2F;088...</a><p>2) Knives banned: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Akihabara_massacre" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Akihabara_massacre</a> &amp; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Osaka_school_massacre" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Osaka_school_massacre</a> &amp; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;01&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;china-railway-attack&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;01&#x2F;world&#x2F;asia&#x2F;china-railway-attac...</a><p>2.1) Sharp objects in general banned: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk&#x2F;breakingnews&#x2F;offbeat&#x2F;man-killed-cellmate-with-pencil-28641625.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk&#x2F;breakingnews&#x2F;offbeat&#x2F;man-k...</a><p>The argument is always &quot;guns make it easier to kill others&quot;. This is almost always touted by people who&#x27;ve never shot a gun or have never <i>aimed a gun</i>. Worse, they target the <i>wrong kind of guns</i> [0]. Namely, rifles and shotguns and &quot;scary looking guns&quot; that are used less often than <i>knives</i> are used for murder.<p>The only compelling argument one can make is that &quot;given the choice between a blunt object, a knife, or a gun, most murderers pick guns&quot;. There is little to no evidence that removing guns removes murderers. The reasoning that they would simply pick a different weapon seems to be tossed aside and ignored.<p>I don&#x27;t and <i>never will</i> own a gun. Before anyone tries to justify my &quot;owning a gun&quot; as their argument for why I&#x27;m biased by supporting gun rights.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fbi.gov&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;cjis&#x2F;ucr&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s&#x2F;2013&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s.-2013&#x2F;offenses-known-to-law-enforcement&#x2F;expanded-homicide&#x2F;expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2009-2013.xls" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fbi.gov&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;cjis&#x2F;ucr&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s&#x2F;2013&#x2F;...</a>