The primary use of guns?

guns are designed to kill - there is no other purpose.

So, no one on earth has ever used a gun for recreation?

because handguns are illegal...

So, no one on earth has ever used a gun for recreation?

Welcome to socialist Britain. Be reassured that a significant part of the country still believe in the right of the individual and the freedom of ones constitution.

A. What is the problem if it was created by Americans? Unless, of course, you have a prejudice against Americans.

B. http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/repurpose
A British dictionary.

C. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=repurpose%2BUK
There seem to be quite a few Britons who use the word.

or the primary use could be a situational cue which is meant to scare people

The internet is abused by people to steal identities, view child pornography, and crash computers. Are you willing to sacrifice using the internet for the greater good?

what about the right of individuals not to get shot by a gun owner who decides he's had enough.

There is only a very small minority of people that actually do those things you cited and at least for your second point, it is a lot easier to track people down online so viewers/makers of child pornography are caught more often, whereas if they did not have the ability to go on the internet it would be a lot harder to actually find them, let alone arrest them.

Computers crash anyway, whether or not you connect them to the internet, so taking away the net would not safeguard computer from crashing.

Again, people have their identies stolen in real life in fact it is a lot easier to do so in real life as you can actually get legal documents and passports, so it is not as if identity theft is based entirely online.

you can still stab people to death though even if you ban guns.

you can still stab people to death though even if you ban guns.

recreation? shooting ducks is still killing things.

I didn't say it didn't feature on any british websites (incidently pointing toa dictionary site with .co.uk is not sufficient evidence that it is a 'british' dictionary as it could have taken its material from another website), I said it is not in the English Dictionary. By that i mean any of the decent english dictionarys, you know, like ones made of paper. Like the Oxford dictionary (equivalent to Websters in America).

You'll recall this whole thing only started because you got arsey and said 'buy a dictionary' when i didn't recognise the word. But it ISN'T a word in this country anymore than 'zweck'.

There is only a very small minority of people that actually do those things you cited and at least for your second point, it is a lot easier to track people down online so viewers/makers of child pornography are caught more often, whereas if they did not have the ability to go on the internet it would be a lot harder to actually find them, let alone arrest them.

Computers crash anyway, whether or not you connect them to the internet, so taking away the net would not safeguard computer from crashing.

Again, people have their identies stolen in real life in fact it is a lot easier to do so in real life as you can actually get legal documents and passports, so it is not as if identity theft is based entirely online.

Only a very small minority of people who legally own guns use them for committing crimes. It's the same principle.