[justshutupandtakeit]

I was informed and shown on another gun thread that "arms" are NOT merely those weapons which can be carried in the arms as I was arguing but is more general. It means weapons and is derived from the Latin word meaning "tool".

[Dead Corpse]

Arms are tools. Nothing more. Nothing less. Like any other object, legality should revolve around the uses to which it is put, not the mere fact of possession or carry.

Gun bans take away access to a tool. As do restrictive carry laws. It doesn't do anything to stop criminal behavior by those so disposed and in fact makes it easier for criminals to victimize the general public.

But, by your own words... if it saves one little girl playing with dolls from a gangbangers stray bullet... then all the preventable rapes, murders, assaults, and thefts from victim disarmament are worth it.