• lingh0e@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    A thresher is a labor saving tool, it replaces the physical labor of separating wheat from chaff. Without a thresher a farmer can still accomplish the task.

    A gun is made specifically and solely to move a projectile down range with lethal velocity. What labor is a gun saving?

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      11 months ago

      Guns are useful on farms for pest control, euthanizing livestock, and self defense.

      All of those could be accomplished through other means, therefore guns are ok, according to your logic