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Dangus · May 19, 2001, 10:52 AM

Sorry if I don't consider a radioactive weapon that in the case of an accident could kill you and a million other people around you ok for anyone to own.

Personally I'd tear the entire bill of rights up myself if it was that or let civilians possess nukes. It's not even remotely about trust, it's about common sense and sanity. Screwups with a rifle may kill 1 person, abuses with a rifle may kill a dozen, accidentally setting off a modern nuke, even ten miles outside a city would obliterate it regardless.

It's as absurd as saying we have a right to keep and bear VX gas. Drop a canister by accident, oops, whole town disolves as their DNA breaks down under the catalyst effect.

May 19, 2001, 10:52 AM	#11
Dangus Senior Member Join Date: July 4, 2000 Location: IA Posts: 1,907	Sorry if I don't consider a radioactive weapon that in the case of an accident could kill you and a million other people around you ok for anyone to own. Personally I'd tear the entire bill of rights up myself if it was that or let civilians possess nukes. It's not even remotely about trust, it's about common sense and sanity. Screwups with a rifle may kill 1 person, abuses with a rifle may kill a dozen, accidentally setting off a modern nuke, even ten miles outside a city would obliterate it regardless. It's as absurd as saying we have a right to keep and bear VX gas. Drop a canister by accident, oops, whole town disolves as their DNA breaks down under the catalyst effect.