# Guns

Author: Zack M. Davis
Originally published: 2013-07-05
Category: psychology
Tags: madness
Canonical URL: https://zackmdavis.net/blog/2013/Jul/guns/

"Do you know, I've decided I like guns. Of course it would be _preferable_ to wave a magic wand and have all sentient life live in peace and harmony in paradise forever. But if Reality puts you in a situation where you have to kill, at least we have tools to do it _quickly_: a well-aimed _bang_ and there isn't a creature there to suffer for very long. That's actually a huge improvement over the state of nature, where animals kill with nothing but teeth and claws."