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There is some logic in that statement, but there is also a massive difference. Guns are inanimate objects. They can only be used for "good" or "bad" purposes based on human control of that object. However, government is a social construct borne of human design. Consequently, it can originate into existence for "good" or "bad" purposes, and that is only how it originates. As human constructs all governments continually evolve for "good" or "bad" purposes. You are correct, however, that the extent to which government is "good" or "bad" is in the eye of the beholder/beneficiary, reflecting the intended elicitation of perspectives in this thread.the government is neither good nor bad. just like guns are neither good nor bad. theyre both tools that can be used to do things that are harmful or beneficial to different people or peoples