RE: Noteworthy News
October 17, 2021 at 6:31 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2021 at 6:32 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(October 17, 2021 at 5:36 pm)Helios Wrote:Quote:Actually, the deadliness of a weapon is determined by more than the skill of the user. This is why a slingshot expert is less deadly than a moderately proficient rifleman on an elephant hunt.Now to ask yourself the question. Why are guns more prevalent? (because they are a better weapon)
To return to our muttons, though, it seems pretty clear that guns cause more deaths than bows and arrows, if only because guns are more
Boru
No, because one can become reasonably proficient with firearms in a relatively short period of time. Something like a longbow or a sword requires considerably more practice.
Let’s do a hypothetical. Someone is stalking me with a pistol. I manage to sneak up behind him and brain him with a rock. In this situation, the rock is - by the only metric that means anything - the ‘better’ weapon. On the other hand, if we’re facing each other and standing 10m apart, his gun is going to turn out to be a better weapon than my rock.
Boru
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