12 Dead, 50 Injured in Shooting at "Dark Knight Rises" Premire in Colorado

[Marelo]

Originally Posted by Gregness

Magus, you keep bringing up this access to guns nonsense, but that's exactly what it is. Guns are just a tool, and the fact that he has them didn't turn him into a sociopath.

How does a tool merely existing mean that everyone should have free or even slightly inconvenient access to it?

Like, I don't know about you but I'm pretty glad people can't buy landmines at Walmart.

Same argument, put another way: Tools are useful because they're designed to help people accomplish things. Shovels are designed to make digging easier. Guns are designed to make killing things easier. The idea that we shouldn't be suspicious or restrictive of people buying flak jackets and assault rifles because they're "just tools" is like assuming someone buying a shovel isn't planning on digging a hole in the ground with it.