And then that other country arms all of their populace with nukes.
The efficacy (or lack thereof) of Gun Control
- Thread starter Emperor Tippy
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And then that other country arms all of their populace with nukes.
Then we have peace because no one wants to go to war.
I found the way to perfect world peace
And then some idiot does want to go to war...
They uh...disppaer under glass
Enough with the hyperbolic nuke detail. "Arms" are not the same as "ordinance." Words matter.
I'm down w/everything besides ABC weaponry being available to the public...though I have no problem with your local sheriff being empowered to perform an inventory check with the owner. I'm also OK with allowing laws to impose a certain level of access restriction (security, locks, etc...) so 14 y/o Timmy can't take your Abrams for a drive downtown with ammo in the hopper.
I mean, Storage is its own issue
Morphic Tide
Well-known member
Naval artillery on merchant ships says otherwise. Not even privateering, literally just self-defense from piracy.
Guys. "Muh right to a privately owned nuclear weapon" is a parody talking point raised as mean-spirited mockery. Please stop living down that parody.
KilroywasNOTHere
"BEEP!"
the fact that we have to bring up god killer tier weapons (believe it or not even gods fear nuclear weapons in many a science fiction and fantasy) to justify arms restrictions ought to tell you how flimsy this whole debate is. Under 99.99999% of circumstances people should have the right to bare arms. And for all the talk about how bad actors get ahold of arms, bad actors get ahold of said arms ANYWAY.
Keep in mind my own interpertation of the second amendment is that any arm is legal as long as it can be mostly precise in its usage and can be used to defend yourself and the innocent.
Hence artillery would be fine to own because it can be used in a precise way without hurting bystanders if used carefully and tanks are the same way, ABC weapons however dont qualify as they cant be used without hurting someone innocent upon release.
Sobek
Disgusting Scalie
Yeah pretty much. You can aim a handgun, rifle, machine gun, minigun, missile, artillery or MOAB. But you can't aim Sarin Gas or nuclear fallout.
Also this thread is about to get some more traction with the latest school shooting. Media seems to be spinning up fast to use it as THE end of the year story and distract from the Maxwell Trial.
Also this thread is about to get some more traction with the latest school shooting. Media seems to be spinning up fast to use it as THE end of the year story and distract from the Maxwell Trial.
I am completely color blind so I couldn't tell you everything is a shade of violet to me.
Probably white.
Or even Hispanic.
If he were Black he would be on bail and celebrating
There actually is a good use for "civilian" nukes; fusion power plants.
You dig a big hole, line it with concrete, fill it with water, dump in a fusion bomb, add steam vents connected to turbines on the top, and drop in a nuke. The nuke detonates and with sufficient size of the container vs. the nuke it is perfectly* safe. The energy of the detonation is spent turning the water to steam which is used to generate power.
For extra fun, you use breeder reactors to produce power and the needed material for the nukes.
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I still wish explosives didn't have all those pesky licensing and permit issues. Who needs a chainsaw when you have a shaped charge? Or a shovel when you have C4.
You dig a big hole, line it with concrete, fill it with water, dump in a fusion bomb, add steam vents connected to turbines on the top, and drop in a nuke. The nuke detonates and with sufficient size of the container vs. the nuke it is perfectly* safe. The energy of the detonation is spent turning the water to steam which is used to generate power.
For extra fun, you use breeder reactors to produce power and the needed material for the nukes.
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I still wish explosives didn't have all those pesky licensing and permit issues. Who needs a chainsaw when you have a shaped charge? Or a shovel when you have C4.
There actually is a good use for "civilian" nukes; fusion power plants.
You dig a big hole, line it with concrete, fill it with water, dump in a fusion bomb, add steam vents connected to turbines on the top, and drop in a nuke. The nuke detonates and with sufficient size of the container vs. the nuke it is perfectly* safe. The energy of the detonation is spent turning the water to steam which is used to generate power.
For extra fun, you use breeder reactors to produce power and the needed material for the nukes.
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I still wish explosives didn't have all those pesky licensing and permit issues. Who needs a chainsaw when you have a shaped charge? Or a shovel when you have C4.
Don't forget project Orion we could have mass civilian stuff in orbit if we were willing to go that route.