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

K_Mac · November 28, 2012, 06:08 PM

Whether a sports car used for fun on the weekend, an SUV or minivan for hauling the kids, a pickup for pulling the camper, or a truck designed to haul 40,000 pounds or more of freight they are all vehicles. Even a Formula One race car or a motorcycle falls into the same class. Their purpose is secondary to their classification as such.

Guns are the same. All fall into the same class; and, that class is weapons. Purpose is secondary to their classification as such.

November 28, 2012, 06:08 PM	#98
K_Mac Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2010 Posts: 1,850	Whether a sports car used for fun on the weekend, an SUV or minivan for hauling the kids, a pickup for pulling the camper, or a truck designed to haul 40,000 pounds or more of freight they are all vehicles. Even a Formula One race car or a motorcycle falls into the same class. Their purpose is secondary to their classification as such. Guns are the same. All fall into the same class; and, that class is weapons. Purpose is secondary to their classification as such. __________________ "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Benjamin Franklin