28-01-10, 15:21 | #1 |
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Weapons: Your worst nightmare - Or your best friends?
i think it's in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? some regard a gun, knife or whatever as very dangerous weapons. and some may regard them as pretty useful in dangerous situations. how do you think about that?
i think, i would take a little knife with me as selfedefense, if i could. but then all my friends would freak out and think i'm crazy. besides it's just a matter of time when we even need a gun licence for our nailclippers over Germany... and in Texas, for example, people are allowed to run around with bazookas lol^^ so this made me curious how other people regard that topic. please, tell me your opinions |
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I like the idea of a gun for self defense, but the government here have ridiculously strict gun laws and even before hand guns were banned they weren't seen as things for self defense. |
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28-01-10, 15:24 | #3 |
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They can be either. It's in the context of their use, and nothing more.
Until human nature changes it's always going to be that way. As long as the strong prey on the weak, weapons of some sort will always be desired to even things out. |
28-01-10, 15:26 | #4 |
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pretty much what StellarDave said. It depends on your use for it.
A pen could be a nightmare as well, if you use it to stab someone, and a knife could be your best friend if you wanna chop some veggies for a salad. |
28-01-10, 15:27 | #5 |
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Weapons are the enemy. All I want, and need, is a nice sparkly vampire or werewolf for protection..no guns. New motto...Shove guns, Sparkly vampires! |
28-01-10, 15:32 | #6 |
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Personally? They scare me, and (regardless of laws banning or allowing them) I'd never want to have anything worse than a kitchen knife in my house.
Generally speaking: Weapons (at least those designed as weapons) have only one use: To hurt and kill (or train either; this includes things like sport shooting for me). Sadly, we live in a world where this is sometimes unavoidable, so I don't see them as always evil. Nevertheless, they should be treated with extreme respect, and the less there are needed and out there, the happier I am. |
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i'm not sure about that, but i once heard something like that on TV. not sure if it's actually right, sorry. but it's for sure that laws in Texas (what depends weapons) are a lot less strict than in Germany for example.
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or for some special knifes you need a gun licence (in Germany as far as i know), while you have a whole big sortiment of other knifes in your kitchen? it's unlogical imo |
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28-01-10, 15:39 | #8 |
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Mehh... Its not the weapon that is the problem, its who has it. Like a knife, it can be used for: cut (slice or what ever) food, self-defense or a robbery or something:/
Now depending on the person, it could use for 1,2 or 3. |
28-01-10, 15:46 | #9 |
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Don't always believe gossip you hear on the TV. I don't know of any place in the world where it's legal to run around with a rocket launcher, except in countries where there is no law at all. Texas certainly has more lax gun laws than Germany though.
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28-01-10, 15:48 | #10 |
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Pepper spray. It's legal, stops someone in their tracks and doesn't kill them.
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