I shot a rifle on grandpa's farm, when i was young The trigger was hard to pull And the kick back, it bruised my arm When I turned 30 I went to Las Vegas To a machine gun shooting range I was just so shocked at how easy it was To shoot 100 bullets on a target page It just felt like a toy I thought toys were for fun? Not for destroying the life of no one They say it's just a few bad apples Not the fault of no gun But I ask how many would we lose If we just fought without thumbs And no I'm not trying to sound funny I know these things come down to power and money And I know that I'm foreign and not from around here Should I just shut up and go drink my beer And what about your father son trips hunting deer And I know its hard to relax when your country's built on fear While back home there ain't got no more left There was one big shooting back in 96 Where they threw em on a pile and melted them down to steel Oh Mr. Howard gave him a real good trade-in deal When I float the idea to folks in America, they say 'Take them away, you'll create hysteria It's written in stone it's our right to bear arms To protect our own from the evil and harm in this world It just felt like a toy and I thought toys were For fun Not for destroying the life of no one They say it's just a few bad apples Not the fault of no gun But how many would we save If we just fought with our thumbs