# Guns are not designed to kill people

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 6, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-not-designed-to-kill-people/471402 "2008-11-06T03:20:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-are-not-designed-to-kill-people/471402/211 "2008-11-12T03:19:25Z")

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> [@E-Sabbath](#):
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> It is, in fact, against the second amendment, to disallow a man to keep a handgun, all other things being equal. That is _specifically_ what Heller was about. Heller wanted to keep a pistol at home.
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> Got it, LOUNE?
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> (And I should point out that one of my guns is unregistered, unlicensed, unregulated and has no serial number. It is completely legal, and it is the scariest damn gun in the world, when the action is being worked. Because if you can hear it, you’re too close.)
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> And getting drunk relaxes inhibitions and impairs judgment. I consider being in the presence of a very drunk man much scarier than being in the presence of a heavily armed man. The heavily armed man is in full control of his weapon. The drunk man is in _no_ control of whatever he’s near, but capable of attempting to operate anything from guns to cars to spaceships.

The constitution was ratified in 1787. Hand guns by Colt came in 1840. So how the hell did the 2nd amendment refer to handguns. That is absolute bull.

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