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**CibQueersejer** · 08-18-2006, 09:43 AM

Throwing a sword from 20 yards may not have the same outcome as a bullet from a gun.

Just a thought.

But either way, banning whatever weapon your're talking about only takes them away from the people who are basically law-abiding. There's a reason these folks are called "criminals". Look at how well making drugs illegal has worked - the people who don't care about the law have them anyway. The difference is that a bag of dope doesn't give a scumbag an advantage when trying to rob you, the weapon he has and you don't because it's illegal does.

08-18-2006, 09:43 AM	#31
CibQueersejer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 361 Senior Member	Throwing a sword from 20 yards may not have the same outcome as a bullet from a gun. Just a thought. But either way, banning whatever weapon your're talking about only takes them away from the people who are basically law-abiding. There's a reason these folks are called "criminals". Look at how well making drugs illegal has worked - the people who don't care about the law have them anyway. The difference is that a bag of dope doesn't give a scumbag an advantage when trying to rob you, the weapon he has and you don't because it's illegal does.
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