Imagine there's someone using a gun

Or a sharp bladed weapon for ill,

When it comes to their use

Let's not be obtuse 

The aim is usually to kill.

A gun or a knife that threatens a life

Is the extension of minds in a role

That seeks to impose

Their will upon those

Whose fate they want to control.

If someone is armed and others alarmed

At the threat that they represent,

How else to respond

(There's no magic wand!)

When you and your weapon are sent

To cope with the threat

That clearly is met...

How best to remove it before

Innocent lives die and justice asks why

The play wasn't closed by the law.

With the threat beyond range

It wouldn't be strange

For a firearm to be sighted and shot

At the person intent

On innocent lives spent

(And others as likely as not!)

So the resolution is won

By the use of a gun

But the difference is plain as the day:

One aim is to abuse

And the other to use

The same means

 To finish the play.

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