Re: Why in God's name would you use a LETHAL weapon to shoot at dead targets when you can just as well use a non-lethal weapon. -- The Anti-Oppression Federation

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Date Posted: 15:58:28 04/13/03 Sun
Author: ��Tone Capone��
Author Host/IP: 1Cust228.tnt2.coos-bay.or.da.uu.net / 67.227.171.228
Subject: Re: Why in God's name would you use a LETHAL weapon to shoot at dead targets when you can just as well use a non-lethal weapon.
In reply to: Kharn 's message, "Well, you're partially right there" on 09:21:05 04/13/03 Sun

>But Bullock is right, guns have on primary function;
>to kill. That's what they were invented for, that's
>why we give them to the army

True, but my point still stands.

>And you're forgetting about one thing; paint-ball
>guns. We Dutchies have them, they're legal for anyone
>over the age of 18 and paint-ball is a practiced sport
>here. And they can be used for target practice, if you
>want. Why in God's name would you use a LETHAL weapon
>to shoot at dead targets when you can just as well use
>a non-lethal weapon.

Cost, accuracy, range. BBs are cheap, BB guns are cheap, but they have a very short range and unless you spend a lot on a good one, their projectile paths can vary greatly (thus lack of accuracy).

Paintballs are a bit expensive, as are generally the needed air fills. A case of 2000 good paintballs is at least twice as expensive as 2000 .22 rounds. Additionally you must pay for either CO2 or Nitrogen. Also, paintball trajectories are innacurate as well. I've played a heck of a lot of paintball and know this from experience. Ever tried hitting a person at 100m with a paintball gun?

>The primary function of the paint-ball gun and BB gun
>is sport and target practice, the primary function of
>any kind of hunting rifle is to kill animals, the
>primary function of handguns and army rifles (I don't
>have much gun knowledges on types, so I'm not naming
>any types) is to kill people.

Well, then we better close down the space program because the rockets were primarily developed to kill people also.

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Replies:

Heh -- Kharn, 07:41:55 04/14/03 Mon
- Re: Heh -- Kilus, 07:51:36 04/14/03 Mon
  - Rockets -- Hagbard, 20:25:28 04/14/03 Mon
- Re: Heh -- Gwydion, 07:58:18 04/14/03 Mon
  - Silly, katanas are more expensive over here (n/t) -- Kharn, 08:48:36 04/14/03 Mon
    - Same here, but you can't shoot targets with a katana. (NT) -- Gwydion, 09:44:02 04/14/03 Mon
  - Re: .22 LR ammo itself is only about $10 for a box of 500 rounds -- ��Tone Capone��, 11:13:55 04/14/03 Mon

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