Reply #18: Okay...

[Callisto32]

I have a hammer in my toolbox right now. It is currently not being used for any specific purpose. It is a tool that I have around since, someday, I may need it to pound a nail back into a door jamb, or whatever. Does that cause it to cease being a tool whenever it is not being used in an attempt to complete a specific task. I don't think it does.

Yes, it "seeeemed" that way. That is why I chose the word "Seems" and indicated that I could be reading it wrong. Apparently, I was.

I know my comment about my personal acquaintances is not scientific evidence of anything. It is what it is, just a statement of personal experience.

You don't have to insult me based on my level of education. I am where I am in my life. Besides, even if I came back with an alphabet's worth of letters in front of, behind, in between, wherever in my name would that matter?

When I referred to the "gun groups" (a sloppy choice of words, to be sure) I was not referring to those in the study, but rather your classifications of "hunters" and "promenaders" (which I addressed as doing the opposite of promenading). What I meant was that these two groups (based on the assumption that both are using firearms as tools) do, actually, have something in common that does not exist between the two dog groups and two car groups. If you choose not to view preparation for armed response to a violent attack as a legitimate criterion for classifying a personal firearm as a tool, as you have indicated you do, I can see how you would disagree.


Zane