Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Another Florida CCW permit holder stands their ground, kills assailant. [View all]ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)If you want to wander into the lesser definitions, ie away from "morally reprehensible", then sure you can start applying those definitions to objects.
Let's stay with "morally reprehensible". This requires the concept of morally good/bad decisions. This concept does not and cannot apply to objects/things/tools.
A hammer left to itself does nothing but collect dust and get rusty. If you use the hammer to pound nails, you the user do good while the hammer just does what hammers do. If you use the hammer to pound someone's head, you the user do bad while the hammer just does what the hammer does (pounds things).
Same for knives. You the user can do good by cutting food. You the user can do bad by cutting people. The knife just does what the knife is designed to do (cut things).
Same for guns. You the user can do good by shooting paper targets. You the user can do bad by shooting people. The gun just fires bullets as it is designed to.
Objects/tools/things have no decision-making abilities. They do not possess the ability to be morally good/evil.
Dangerousness is a property objects do have. However, being dangerous does not suggest being evil. In addition, the dangerousness of a tool is often what makes it useful as a tool. For example, a chainsaw.