[Lazamataz]

How will a land mine or booby trap, emplaced upon my own property, "violate an innocent persons right of quiet enjoyment of their property"? Consider that I live alone and have no pets, and also that the property is prominently posted "No Tresspasing".

Human intervention is required in order for any weapon to be considered 'discriminating', since the discrimination must come from someone with the capability to make that discriminative decision. Therefore -- since these two weapons lack human intervention -- discrimination is impossible and they fall into the final catagory of weaponry.

[Chemist_Geek]

Therefore -- since these two weapons lack human intervention -- discrimination is impossible and they fall into the final catagory of weaponry.

Human intervention was performed during the siting and emplacement. The person who chose the sites for the mines and traps (presumably) made decisions on where to emplace them with an eye towards self-defense, and didn't just randomly scatter them over the landscaping.

[Registered]

Good post Laz. But I'm still in the market for a W88.

[sneakypete]

"Therefore -- since these two weapons lack human intervention -- discrimination is impossible and they fall into the final catagory of weaponry."

Not true. They can be "command detonated".

[sneakypete]

BTW,machine guns,machine pistols,anti-tank rockets,and satchel charges ARE the very weapons the 2nd Amendment guarantees ownership of by the common man. The 2nd Amendment ain't about duck hunting or target shooting. You might want to redo your list and put things like benchrest rifles,skeet and trap guns,and target pistols in the "questionable catagory.