[Trayderjoe]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

You make some good points, and then you blow it with a statement like that.

So anything, such as a <fill in with absolutely any item on the face of the planet> is as much a weapon as a gun because it can accidentally or when used by an evil person kill somebody.

Yeah. Right.

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Yes, you are reading something wrong in what I've said in my previous replies...

First off, I am very much in favor of the improvements you suggest. Absolutely.

However, the statements "cars can be used as weapons" and "cars are as much a weapon as guns" are two totally different statements. I agree with the first. I would never agree with the second. And personally I think your cause suffers when you try to equate the two.

Thanks for your reply, however we are going to have to agree to disagree. The statements are separate, but no less true statements. I go back to your post (highlighted in bold red) where you speak to an evil person using something to kill. In that case, it is the weapon of choice by the perpetrator of that crime to kill/harm all of those people. We don't know why they chose to use a motor vehicle, but regardless, they chose to drive that vehicle into a group of people with the sole purpose of killing people. By definition alone the vehicle is a weapon and as such, is as much a weapon as a gun.