LornaW opened this issue on Oct 03, 2006 · 104 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 05 October 2006 at 12:25 PM
BTW - one effect of guns is to equalize. In a chaotic world where swords & spears are the standard -- only the strong can prevail. That's one reason why guns were originally looked down upon by some as a coward's weapon. It's no fun when a powerful, 300lb giant of a man can be easily taken down by an 80lb. child with a gun. That sort of thing can make like tough on gangs of big, strong guys with machetes. It's much, much easier to slaughter the sheep when the sheep aren't armed -- and can shoot back.