What's the hoopla over owning a gun? Simple...it's one of the few things that can not only strike fear into the heart of men, but also injure or kill someone at a distance.
The hoopla is over self-defense. Americans want guns as self-defense tools that will protect themselves and their family and property. Americans want something that will deter a person from messing with their stuff or familes, and to kill someone who is trying to hurt or kill them. Essentially, Americans think that if guns are banned, it will be like a cat getting its claws removed.
If there weren't any guns, people would still be defending their property and families with other items like pitchforks, hammers, baseball bats, axes, anything that can be used to deliver a blow that will deter an attacker. Guns make that taskeasier and keeps the owner safe from relative harm.
Holding gun manufacturers liable for their products is stupid and quiet narrow-minded. Gun makers make guns to do one thing: shoot a projectile at a very fast speed. They do not design guns to kill, they design guns to shoot. A gun never even has to kill someone...it could be a target rifle or a trap shotgun. It is a matter of who is behind the trigger and what his intention with the gun is.
Remember, anything and everything can be a weapon. I can hurl my computer moniter at someone and hurt them, or smash someone on the head with a can of Coke. It's a matter of who is using it and how they're using it.
A gun isn't designed to kill...it's designed to shoot.
