Have you ever had to pull your weapon?

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by Thekatar

This semantic argument is all sort of silly, but in the end these things simply are what they are. A pistol is a pistol, a revolver is a revolver, a bolt gun is a bolt gun and a semi-auto carbine is a semi-auto carbine. Anything becomes a weapon when you employ it as such. If I jab someone in the eye with a hairbrush I just used it as a weapon. If I shoot pieces of paper with a carbine it is not being used in the capacity of a weapon. It is appropriate for the .mil to insist on the use of "weapon" because they are trying to instill a martial mindset.

I agree to a certain extent except that I believe the law looks at Firearms as "weapons" regardless of how they are used. Please correct me if I'm in error.

Hawk,

[Thekatar]

We are issued a license to carry firearms not a license to carry weapons.

Again, it's hardly a big deal unless you decide to really wrap yourself around the axle over it. Just KNOW what these tools are capable of.

[DaveM55]

Gun/Firearm/Weapon, this is as important as clip and magazine.

Don't tell EM I said that.

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by Thekatar

We are issued a license to carry firearms not a license to carry weapons.

Again, it's hardly a big deal unless you decide to really wrap yourself around the axle over it. Just KNOW what these tools are capable of.

That is true, except if you look at what the law defines as "weapons" you will see rifles, pistols & shotguns included. This is what I was referring to.


Hawk,