11-10-2012, 05:10 AM
(11-09-2012, 03:35 PM)Hammerskjold Wrote: IMO, discussion like this is swayed too much by how a weapon often looks.
Weapons are specialized tools to me, and again IMO any tool can be used for good or bad.
I think I draw the line when a weapon is designed to kill many things at once as easily as possible. A shotgun could fit this definition, but only if one has multiple targets within a few feet of oneself. I really don't think that a gun is a tool that has multiple uses though - it kills things. I suppose a really good shooter could use it as a fancy beer bottle opener.
I like your historical throwbacks though. I thought about that a bit and decided that even in this modern day - if a guy that lives half a block away from me started building a giant trebuchet and had giant pots of boiling oil around I might get a little bit scared.