The crime of gun? Or the crime of not having a gun?

Sammy 2022-03-16 09:01:02

There are 550 million arms in the world, which means that every 12 people have 1 gun.
The only question is how do we let the other 11 people also have guns.

This is the beginning of the film.
Two words on the bullets all over the floor.
Two very profound sentences.

Is the crime because of the gun?
I do not think so.
The gun sellers just sell the guns, they don't sell the idea of ​​sin, and they don't sell the idea of ​​oppression, massacre, or genocide.
The sin is in those thoughts, not in the gun.

Maybe you would say that without a gun, evil will not run rampant.
But history has never said that.
History tells us that as long as there are weak people who cannot protect themselves, evil will run wild.
With or without guns.

So the only way to exterminate evil is to give weapons to the weak.
Only when the weak are given the means to protect themselves, will the evil converge.
Give the sheep sharp claws, and the wolf will retreat.
Let the other 11 people also have guns.

There are 550 million arms in the world, which means that every 12 people have 1 gun.
The only question is how do we let the other 11 people also have guns.

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Lord of War quotes

  • Yuri Orlov: [Offering Sierra Leonean natives free guns, rocket launchers and ammunition] help yourselves no charge everything goes free, don't forget the bullets you can't shoot a gun without bullets EVERYTHING GOES FOR FREE

  • Mbizi: [to Jack Valentine, holding a machete to Yuri's neck, while restraining his arms] Can we make him disappear? Around here people disappear all the time

    Jack Valentine: No, don't do it

    Mbizi: Look where we are, who will know?

    Jack Valentine: We will, his going to get what's coming to him

    Jack Valentine: [to Yuri] what are you doing in Sierra Leone?

    Yuri Orlov: [lying] I'm on safari

    Jack Valentine: [amused] Oh really? You're hunting wildebeest with a Submachine gun?

    Yuri Orlov: You also work with the park service? Hunting without a license? Is that the charge?

    Jack Valentine: Why are we playing games? You traffic arms

    Yuri Orlov: [protesting his innocence] Trade

    Jack Valentine: Trade, traffic you get rich by giving the poorest people on the planet the means to killing each other