The word "merely" is an issue of fact. Bet I could show facts that demonstrate otherwise.
You can show me a time when the mere ownership of a gun (as opposed to its actual negligent or criminal use) violated someone's rights? I find that hard to imagine. Guns don't act of their own volition.
The point is not guns qua guns, but rather your definition of freedom which is clearly, IMHO, wrong.
Okay, then. What's
your definition of freedom?
I maintain that freedom is the absence of government coercion.
Complete freedom, of course, would be anarchy, and few people want that. So I adopt the definition given earlier, which eliminates actions that harm others, etc.
If you can improve on my definition, I'm ready to listen with an open mind.
