please allow me to share a funny story, without restarting the extropians/guns thread. please! {8^D
my coworker asked his son what he had in mind for his sixth birthday:
boy: ummm, how abouuuut... a machine gun! ratatatatat kapow! kapow!
dad: no guns.
boy: i mean a tooooy gun, dad.
dad: war isnt a game, son. death is forever. no guns.
boy: well, then, how abouuuut... a star trek phasor? phasors on stun. bzzzzzzzt! beam me up scotty!
dad: star trek phasor? set it on stun and break the knob off? science fiction? weeeeellll ok.
so he gives the boy a phasor, set to stun. five minutes later he hears junior outside running around with his phasor, shooting the neighbor kids: kapow! ratatatatat pow! pow! i got you fiiirst! youre deeeead!
{8^D no political message intended, extropians, just a funny story. spike