• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I dunno. If you manufacture tools designed specifically for killing, for example, you’ve definitely played a part in somebody’s use of your tools for killing.

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          6 months ago

          They’re not necessarily made for killing. Most people defending themself with a pistol (whose only purpose is for shooting humans) would not want to shoot for the head or chest

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              6 months ago

              Was tornado cash made for laundering money?

              My point is that gun manufacturers will say they make their products for defense, not killing. Knife manufacturers, same. Hammer manufacturers, same.

              There’s very few products which everyone can objectively say are designed for killing.

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                6 months ago

                No, guns are tools designed specifically for killing. They have no use as defense if they can’t kill. They’re not shields. You also can’t hammer a nail with a gun, or cut a steak with a gun.

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                  6 months ago

                  You can sport shoot with them, you can hunt for food with them, and every military uses them…for mainly defense.

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                    6 months ago

                    How does hunting not involve killing?

                    How does such military defense not involve the act or threat of killing?