Monday, June 26, 2023

Guns are the Paraphenalia of Murder

Hey, you can be arrested for owning drug paraphernalia, so why not for murder paraphernalia?


That would be the gun, wouldn't it. 


Before you say guns are not to be considered paraphernalia, march over to your dictionary and read the definition. It will say, "Paraphernalia: Miscellaneous articles, especially the equipment needed for a particular activity." 


That pretty much says it all. Anybody still want to argue that guns are not paraphernalia? Just like a crack pipe is the instrument used for an illegal activity (drug use),so the gun is, as well, an instrument used for an illegal activity (murder). Anyone want to argue that murder is not an illegal activity? Anyone want to argue that guns are not an instrument used to commit murder?


Big capital letters, then: PARAPHERNALIA.


Oh, I'm going to stop short of saying guns should be outlawed on this basis. Just because the crack pipe is outlawed because it is paraphernalia doesn't mean the gun should be outlawed for being the paraphernalia of murder. 


But, it does make you wonder.


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