Gun obsession in video games

[BabySinclair]

Far to many people to quote in my agreement with the sentiment that a tool is just a tool. It is the intent of the person using it that gives it meaning. Guns made hunting easier, so did the bow and crossbow. The crossbow was banned by the pope because it did its job too well when it wasn't used for hunting. My laptop is a tool for doing work or searching the web, except when I want it as a big heavy object to bash someone's head in (example only).

Shooting people in video games is something you can't do in RL legally (excluding the military.) If someone annoys you in real life, go home an picture it's them you're fragging in CoD.

 

[Shakaar9267]

Guns are not the only weapons (or even the first) that were made from the ground up to kill humans,

Swords were the first.

Is that including, or not including clubs, spears and bows?

Not Including,
You can hunt wildlife with clubs/spears/bows; you can only hunt humans with a sword.

Guns are not the only weapons (or even the first) that were made from the ground up to kill humans,

Swords were the first.

Actually, the sword is the only weapon that has no viable purpose save killing people. If you want to hunt, for example, you would be far better served bringing a spear or a bow. A sword asks you to get far too close to deliver a strike, and with many animals, such proximity can be fantastically dangerous. Trust me when I say you do not want to be anywhere near a wild pig that you've managed to piss off by stabbing it.

That was the basic point I was trying to make. You are of course right on the money with that. I just don't see why you said "Actually" when you just expanded what I said into more detail.

Guns are not the only weapons (or even the first) that were made from the ground up to kill humans,

Swords were the first.

I think that honor goes to a rock tied to a stick

True, true.
So I will revise my statement to say the first 'manufactured' weapon that was built with the sole purpose of killing humans was the sword.