Brigid has a quote up from Shane: “A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool…”
True enough. I also like the introduction to “Tales of the gun,” for the sheer impact it has.
“The gun has played a critical role in history. An invention which has been praised and denounced, served hero and villain alike… and carries with it moral responsibility. To understand the gun is to better understand history.”
Imagine that! Guns as tools, to serve the men that hold them, not wantonly killing by themselves. More humorous is the concept of guns as pornography (hey, can I get my guns shipped to my house in a plain brown wrapper now?).
Why is it that the anti-liberty crowd is so hung up on sexual issues? Sometimes, a gun is just a gun.
