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Any tool or item can be used to take a life or cause injury.
It could be argued guns are designed for hunting, and cars are designed for travel, but both can be used to cause harm.
Hell even a shopping cart design to haul groceries can be used to harm. Relevant video in the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePmc1656EVo
(Sort of a side note, but) I would argue that guns are designed to fire a projectile. That's it, nothing more. The other stuff comes in externally: What are you firing at, and why? That is what determines if you're hunting, target shooting, competing, murdering, self defensing, etc.
If you're firing a projectile at an animal for food? Hunting. At paper for practice? Target shooting. At paper for a good score compared to others? Competing. At people who aren't trying to kill you? Murdering. At people who are? Self defense. All depends on how you're using it.
Most calibers in use today were designed for military use, and their primary purpose was to be fired at a human. It just turns out they work well on animals too.
There's only a few that were designed for use on animals, most as a pest control round.
That'd be the specific caliber, not the gun itself necessarily, but also: Not really. The primary purpose is again "to fire," you have to make the distinction of what it is fired at.
Hell, most guns in the US never even shoot people nor animals over the course of their existence, most by far will only ever shoot paper or steel, so if you have to pick one it seems like they're designed for target shooting to me.
I'd argue the purpose of almost any handgun is to be fired at a human, any target practice is just preparation in case that happens.
There have only ever been two nuclear bombs dropped in anger in human history, does that mean the purpose of a nuke is to be carried around on a submarine or sit in a warehouse somewhere?
That depends on why you bought it. Did you buy it to carry and defend yourself, or did you buy it to leave in a box unloaded until you decide to hit the range?
Honestly? Yes, the point of nukes seems to be moreso MAD than actually blowing shit up.