Subj : My Hobbies past and prese
To   : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Mar 13 2025 08:27 pm

 Re: My Hobbies past and prese
 By: Nightfox to MRO on Thu Mar 13 2025 03:05 pm

> So if the issue is defense, if someone could do that/defend themselves with
> other household objects, why would everyone (or really, anyone) need a gun?
>

Well, the crowd that would restrict guns is usually the same crowd that restricts household objects because they look too scary.

I mean, carrying a can of legal, certified pepper spray here has the same implications you get from carrying a knife.

But following the question, I happen to have a gun. It is heavy and big and doesn't cut. Meanwhile a bushcraft knife is light and portable and can be used for lots of day to day activities. So yeah if you want to pack iron but don't feel like carrying a heavy chunk of metal it might make sense to pack something else.

You might have as well asked "if it is for defense, why don't you wear body armor and wield a pair of MAC-11 submachineguns?" Well, same reason why soldiers go around with rifles and cops with handguns: big weapons are less convenient  :-)


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