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

nate45 · November 28, 2012, 02:25 PM

All weapons aren't firearms, but all firearms are weapons. Guns, pistols, rifles, shotguns are all firearms and firearms are all weapons. Intent, has nothing to do with it.

November 28, 2012, 02:25 PM	#85
nate45 Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,746	All weapons aren't firearms, but all firearms are weapons. Guns, pistols, rifles, shotguns are all firearms and firearms are all weapons. Intent, has nothing to do with it. __________________ "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."- Thomas Jefferson ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (>_<)