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SUBMAN1 · 10-12-07, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Ya'll like Wikipedia so much that I went out and quoted it for you:

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A weapon is a tool used to injure, incapacitate, or kill an adversary.[1][2] Weapons may be used to attack and defend, and consequently also to threaten or protect. Metaphorically, anything used to damage (even psychologically) can be referred to as a weapon. A weapon can be as simple as a club or as complex as an intercontinental ballistic missile.

An airgun seems to fit the definition of weapon. Webster's seems to agree as well. I don't think that I see any bias.

:rotfl:That shows how terrible Wikipedia is. Nice. They wouldn't even allow us to use Wikipedia in college because of that. Anyway, so I guess by Wikipedia's definition, the kitchen sponge is a weapon!

Wikipedia should further clarify that for the sponge to be a weapon, it must be used in a threatening manner first! Same goes for the airsoft. It can't be used to kill or incapacitate, nor injure someone, so before it could be thus classified, it must also be used in a threatening manner.

-S