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Originally Posted by Skybird
Isn't this circular logic? To claim one invents a weapon just becasue one needs a defense and has a right to defend against such weapons that just got invented?
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Let me put it into a clearer perspective. Weapons ARE invented. Since the dawn of mankind they have been used to force people to do things they would not normally do. If all weapons disappeared I can assure you that I would invent some kind of a weapon and use it to subjugate everyone else. Eventually I would have to fight with other a$$holes like me. I might even use my weapon to make people like you fight those other guys with weapons so I don't have to.
It's just human nature. There is no eliminating the "weapon" factor. However, if YOU had a weapon as well, I would not attack you because I might lose. I would build a weapon better than yours so I could attack you if I wanted to. But then you see me building a better weapon and make an even better weapon.........blah blah blah
As far as your argument that weapons are to easy to use goes, so are cars. Millions of people worldwide are killed by automobiles and no one cares because no one wants to see them get banned since they rely on them. But for gun-haters it is easy to hate guns because the vast majority of them have never used one. Cars kill more people than guns, why don't we ban them? Clubs are also easy to use; swing at target's head with maximum force. Care to ban blunt objects?
I will make no argument against the fact that my gun (Walther P38) is for killing people who attack me or another person. Sometimes I shoot cans with it for fun.
The only thing that would stop me from using a grenade or a machine gun (if they were legal) is the potential for collateral damage. A crimninal would have no such objections, which is why I need a weapon to defend myslef.
If anything I would argue only for more training in the use of firearms so that we do not have as many accidental shootings.
How about we have a contest where I am armed with an illegal gun and am intent on killing you and stealing all your stuff and you are armed with anti-gun rhetoric.
I bet I can kill you and steal your stuff well before the police ever arrive to protect you.
As noble and theoretically noble the ban on any kind of weapon may be, reality says that you will regret not having said weapons.