03-31-2013, 01:41 AM
(03-30-2013, 08:06 PM)Alwarren link Wrote: Guns don't kill people, but they're a tremendous help... I mean, just yelling "boom boom" doesn't really have the same punch.
I think the idea which that phrase is supposed to convey is that a shooting requires both a shooter and a gun, not simply the gun. The implied point is: subtract all firearms from the planet but do nothing to subtract would-be shooters, and you will still have violence, albeit changed and/or reduced.
There is no greater joy than to conquer your enemies and drive them before you. To take away their possessions and ride their horses. To see the faces of those they held dear bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in your arms.