The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Need to stop using the word weapon. What's more appropriate?

Metal god · November 27, 2012, 12:01 PM

weapon is to general a word . A gun is a weapon but a weapon is not necessarilly a gun . You can use a table lamp as a weapon but you can't use a gun as a table lamp and yet they are both weapons if used as such . I still like firearm

November 27, 2012, 12:01 PM	#32
Metal god Senior Member Join Date: April 10, 2012 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 1,061	weapon is to general a word . A gun is a weapon but a weapon is not necessarilly a gun . You can use a table lamp as a weapon but you can't use a gun as a table lamp and yet they are both weapons if used as such . I still like firearm