In the age of sticks and stones, the strong man and the coward could perhaps hope to kill one man with some luck.
When we made axes and spears, even a weak man could be sure to kill a man should their victim fail to run away.
With the advent of the bow, the trained archer could kill men even if they were far away or ran.
When we forged the sword, great warriors could slay any within the reach of their arm.
Siege works and cannons brought to the forefront the might of lords and kings, who could command the men to wield them.
The first firearms gave any common man the power to at least kill one man, even with little work.
And finally, with the advancement of modern guns, even the deranged coward, no matter how weak, could slaughter dozens with ease.
It is not the gun which pulls the trigger.
But it is the gun that allows weak men and cowards to become murderers with ease.
It is the gun which turns a single murder and the running victim into a dozen dead.
Whether that is a price we find worth paying, could at least be debated in the margins of acceptable discourse.
Whether there is a practical solution to the gun, too, could be reasonably debated.
But whether mass slaughters are enabled by the murderer or the gun? C'mon now.
...just a small rant on the ridiculous and disingenuous debate of whether or not guns are the problem in modern America.
When we made axes and spears, even a weak man could be sure to kill a man should their victim fail to run away.
With the advent of the bow, the trained archer could kill men even if they were far away or ran.
When we forged the sword, great warriors could slay any within the reach of their arm.
Siege works and cannons brought to the forefront the might of lords and kings, who could command the men to wield them.
The first firearms gave any common man the power to at least kill one man, even with little work.
And finally, with the advancement of modern guns, even the deranged coward, no matter how weak, could slaughter dozens with ease.
It is not the gun which pulls the trigger.
But it is the gun that allows weak men and cowards to become murderers with ease.
It is the gun which turns a single murder and the running victim into a dozen dead.
Whether that is a price we find worth paying, could at least be debated in the margins of acceptable discourse.
Whether there is a practical solution to the gun, too, could be reasonably debated.
But whether mass slaughters are enabled by the murderer or the gun? C'mon now.
...just a small rant on the ridiculous and disingenuous debate of whether or not guns are the problem in modern America.
