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In answer to Emeryville's Ken James - Guns defensive or offensive

Watch the video at youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdqWI8HCNf8 Police Chief Ken James of Emeryville California had some interesting words for we fellow individuals. He said, "The idea that a gun is a defensive weapon is a myth. A gun is not a defensive weapon. A gun is an offensive weapon used to intimidate and used to show power.  Police officers do not carry a gun as a defensive weapon, to defend themselves or their other officers.  They carry a gun to be able to do their job in a safe and effective manner." IS A GUN DEFENSIVE or OFFENSIVE? The quality and disposition of inanimate objects is directly related to the condition to which it becomes animated.  That is to say, no object of itself can have an emotional state.  One can not apply an emotional adjective.  Imagine if we pulled some other random adjective's out of a hat and applied them to a firearm: "The idea that a gun is a Happy weapon is a myth." "The idea that a gun is a Troubl