sure, they're destructive, but so are cars, guns, whatever. the biggest selling point of nuclear arms are the psychological ramifications of your enemy having one. if you were to disarm all countries, what's going to stop a rogue nation from building one from scratch? it's not that hard. are YOU going to go over there and tell them, "hey mister, could you PLEASE not build that?" same thing with banning firearms. all that does is keep firearms out of the hands of good people. do you suppose a gun ban will keep a criminal from getting one? if he's a criminal planning on using a gun, he wouldn't mind breaking the law to obtain a gun, especially if it were to give him a LOT of leverage since he would KNOW that the victims would be without any firearms to use in defense. a frying pan or a stun gun or a baseball bat doesn't have the same effect as waving a shotgun in the air.
edit: i agree that they are destructive... far more power than any human needs, but that's not the question i'm asking.
edit: i agree that they are destructive... far more power than any human needs, but that's not the question i'm asking.
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