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by Astrophel on April 7th, 2007
A gun, is an inanimate, thoughtless tool. It is without intention, and without 'purpose' (in the sense of forethought). It is the person who wields the weapon who acts with intention to use it to harm or even kill another, sometimes with prior plan and forethought. Guns simply make the harming/killing of another easier, or 'more convenient'. They provide a means to an end, but are not in fact the thing that 'kills' another.
Guns were invented by men, for the purposes of killing others with greater ease. Guns do not kill people, people kill people.
by The Chief on April 3rd, 2011
So far, I have yet to see, or hear of, any marauding packs of villainous guns mowing people down.
This site is dedicated to 24 hour observation of an assault rifle to see if it ever spontaneously jumps up and kills anyone:
http://www.assaultweaponwatch.com/
To date, about seven years of round-the-clock video coverage of the assault rifle has produced not ONE example of spontaneous human assault.
:):)
by Tom Slick on April 3rd, 2011
neither ... bullets kill people ...
by jaindough on April 3rd, 2011
I was at the firing range this morning with both people, and their guns; nobody died.
Warped minds kill people.
by Anonymous on April 7th, 2007
Both, but not exclusive of one another.
People kill people, but they use the gun as a means to kill people, so in this context, the gun does kill people.
Take away the person with the finger on the trigger though, and the gun cannot kill people, as it is inanimate and does not think for itself.
Bring back the person and take away the gun. If that person still wants to kill people, they'll find a way regardless of whether they have a gun or not.
So yes, in some contexts guns do kill people, but in reality, it is the person behind the gun that kills people, even if the gun itself fires the fatal bullet.
by katie on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people.
by Brian on August 31st, 2009
How about "Guns dont kill people, guns help people kill people?"
by Wynper on August 30th, 2009
A gun is an inanimate object. It cannot commit murder. Without a person a gun cannot kill.
Okay, so I suppose that isn't completely true. I have heard stories about weapons being discharged by hunting dogs and perhaps a monkey could...ummm never mind.
by hitokaji on April 3rd, 2011
guns dont pull their own trigger...
by RefreshPerspective on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people. With guns.
by megcham on April 3rd, 2011
You can still kill someone without a gun, guns just make it easier.
by Spacys back on August 31st, 2009
people will kill people......take away the gun and he will pick up a rock +5
by Midnighttoker on August 17th, 2007
people kill people. never seen a gun that could pull the trigger itself.
by umibonko on June 30th, 2007
well, i think people do, because the gun has no 'brain', so it can't think, and therefore, the person who pulls the trigger, is in control...
by doodlethenoodle on April 7th, 2007
guns don't kill people, and neither do people. greed, lies, and twisted values kill people.
by MisterKnowItAll on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people. Guns just make it a whole lot easier for them to do so.
by blahblah99 on April 3rd, 2011
Guns kill people. Because guns are living things that stalk people with vengeance.
by PrivateGomerSpooner on August 31st, 2009
Nut jobs will still find ways to get guns.
by Alex P. Keaton on August 30th, 2009
Personally, I believe bullets kill more people than guns.
by cobber on September 19th, 2008
actually, it is the lack of oxygen supplied to the brain that kills people. but the oxygen is carried by blood, and blood is supplied by the heart, and the blood might be leaving through a "hole" in the body, and the hole was created by a bullet, and the bullet was propelled from an explosion, and the explosion was created by gun powder, and gun powder was ignighted by a gun, and the gun was fired by.....a person. And that person was raised by other people, and taught by other people, and watched violence on television, and heard about violence in music, and was born into a race with a very long history of violence.
so blame whoever or whatever you want. without addressing what the real issues is, you will never solve the problem.
by LiLDoe on June 30th, 2007
Yes people kill people but we created the gun to do just that. It was not invented to do hunting as some books stated it was intended for war times as a way to kill more people/indians. The musket had a bayonett on the end of it for when they ran out of ammo & for those close encounters. PLEASE PEOPLE INVENTED THIS TO KILL PEOPLE
by Vanilla_Yum on April 7th, 2007
Guns don't kill people. People use guns as tools in order to succeed in killing another person. If guns weren't used by people, they wouldn't be able to kill anybody.
by Anon on April 7th, 2007
People kill people. Guns just make it easier
by Rollie on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people with lots more things than guns. Motor vehicles tops the list by far.
Gun need people in order to be used for killing!
by Marky Mark on April 3rd, 2011
Guns make it easier and more likely for people to kill people.
Guns give cowards the balls they don't normally have.
by Zenrean on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people.
by josie III on September 14th, 2009
People have been killing people since LONG before guns were invented. Therefore, the statement is true.
by That Guy Again on August 31st, 2009
Very true.
by Jen-Jen on August 31st, 2009
No the news, government, and television kill people by scaring the sh*t of us and forcing us to constantly leave in fear.
by shady on August 31st, 2009
blaming guns for killing people is like blaming a pencel for mispelled word
by RC loves ice cream on August 30th, 2009
Guns don't kill people, people kill people...... people with guns.
by Peetee on September 19th, 2008
I hear that people were killing each other even before guns were invented. Why, the man on the TV said that even now, some people are using big knives to do the job.
Errr, that means, "True".
by Have A Smurfy Day on September 19th, 2008
True. A gun lying on the floor with noone pulling the trigger would kill noone. However a person, with or without a gun, is capable of killing.
by Blackberry. on September 19th, 2008
Couldn't be more true. You need a person to pull the trigger, press the button, pull the lever etc. The best safety for a weapon the person holding it obviously. If you want to get really deep, with any weapon really you need a person to make it kill someone. That goes for a fork, a car, a poisonous substance... It is all people doing it.
by Takei-Shihan on June 30th, 2007
Weapons of any sort are just the tools or the means to commit a violent crime such as killing.
by Mr n Mrs M... on June 30th, 2007
Rappers do! Call the police WOO WOO WOO !
by Harro Mique on April 7th, 2007
People kill other people using guns.So both.
by Timjon on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people. Guns are only the means.
by Sodapop on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people. Using a gun makes killing other people much easier.. faster even.
by Simmo80 on April 3rd, 2011
The guns pull the trigger themselves when they are angry.
They also jump into people's hands..
by Prunesquallor on April 3rd, 2011
People kill people, but guns make it very easy.
by Judge Dreed on April 3rd, 2011
People do!
by Girl4Nowhere on September 14th, 2009
People make decisions and gun is just a weapon. If there were no guns, someone would be using some other weapon that could kill. Therefore, I agree with that statement.
by Rude Bear Ready for Winter on August 31st, 2009
Guns just make it easier.
by tractorgirl on August 31st, 2009
It's true. There is no auto shoot button on a gun. Somebody's gotta pull the trigger.
by - alluseek - on August 30th, 2009
a true statement.
by rustyrazor on September 19th, 2008
This is one of those silly aphorisms that diverts the focus from the real situation. Everyone knows that guns need someone to pull the trigger but guns really were made to kill things, it's not like they were invented for target practice purposes only.
Here's an alternative statement.
People use guns to kill people. People also use other weapons to kill people.
by omega divine on September 19th, 2008
if a child accidentally shoots him/herself and dies. id say the gun did the work.
people do kill people, sometimes without guns... guns just make it easier.
true.
by DreAnna on August 17th, 2007
People kill people :)
by Cannabis its just a plant on August 17th, 2007
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good long answer. +2!
by El Fabrizio on April 7th, 2007
I'll raise you 5!
by Anonymous on August 17th, 2007
Me too!
by Meow Meow 1BadMutha TBMF on August 19th, 2007
Points. I would add that swords were designed to kill people WHEN USED BY PEOPLE. Also, many other items have been used to kill people WHEN USED BY PEOPLE. More people are killed in swimming pools each year than are accidentally killed by guns. So, register swimming pools.
by judgebill on April 17th, 2008
i agree +5,is that swimming pool fact true?
by BOOZE HOUND... nothing is nonsence on June 7th, 2008