Nolo
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Again... sidearm. Arm being weapon.
Weapon or Firearm-Is it just semantics?
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Thek9
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Hmm,
weapon, noun, verb.
noun 1a. any object or instrument used in fighting. Swords, spears, arrows, clubs, guns, and shields are man-made weapons.
b. (Figurative.) any means of attack or defense.
Ex. to use truth as a weapon of freedom. Drugs are effective weapons against many diseases.
firearm, noun.
a gun, pistol, or similar weapon to shoot with. It is usually one that can be carried and used by a single person.
Call it what you want. Threaten me and or my family it may be the last thing you see. No bravado here, just the facts.
weapon, noun, verb.
noun 1a. any object or instrument used in fighting. Swords, spears, arrows, clubs, guns, and shields are man-made weapons.
b. (Figurative.) any means of attack or defense.
Ex. to use truth as a weapon of freedom. Drugs are effective weapons against many diseases.
firearm, noun.
a gun, pistol, or similar weapon to shoot with. It is usually one that can be carried and used by a single person.
Call it what you want. Threaten me and or my family it may be the last thing you see. No bravado here, just the facts.
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Do we have to pick just one term?
I like guns, weapons, firearms, bang-sticks, pieces, gats, arms, shooters, hand cannons, walking artillery, powder-actuated power tools, and things that go bang in the night.
When referring to a specific object in serious conversation, my personal habit is to designate it by what class of firearm it is-- pistol (which I use to identify both revolvers and autoloaders), shotgun, rifle, or whatever. When I was a kid, the older generation of my family would always correct me if I referred to anything but a shotgun as a "gun". They'd say, "That's not a gun, that's a pistol," "that's not a gun, that's a rifle," which I found (and still find) perfectly silly.
I think both firearm and weapon are more formal terms than gun. If someone repeatedly uses them in a normal conversation (not a class that they're teaching or a news report, etc.), I'll probably get the impression that they're trying to put themselves above me by using fancy talk. Kind of like if someone keeps calling me "thou" and "thee" when they're not preaching a sermon.
I like guns, weapons, firearms, bang-sticks, pieces, gats, arms, shooters, hand cannons, walking artillery, powder-actuated power tools, and things that go bang in the night.
When referring to a specific object in serious conversation, my personal habit is to designate it by what class of firearm it is-- pistol (which I use to identify both revolvers and autoloaders), shotgun, rifle, or whatever. When I was a kid, the older generation of my family would always correct me if I referred to anything but a shotgun as a "gun". They'd say, "That's not a gun, that's a pistol," "that's not a gun, that's a rifle," which I found (and still find) perfectly silly.
I think both firearm and weapon are more formal terms than gun. If someone repeatedly uses them in a normal conversation (not a class that they're teaching or a news report, etc.), I'll probably get the impression that they're trying to put themselves above me by using fancy talk. Kind of like if someone keeps calling me "thou" and "thee" when they're not preaching a sermon.
Officers'Wife
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Hi ClarkEMyers,
The furthest Dad has carried his Barret is the deck on the roof when he lived on the farm. And even then he didn't mean to kill "anybody" just coyote-dogs. In his case I suppose it would be a matter of perspective- to the cattleman it would be a tool and to the coyote-dog it would be a most effective weapon.
To my perspective an axe is a weapon not a tool. But only because I was given "punishment hours" that usually meant cutting trees out of fencerows with that weapon of tree destruction.
Whatever works for you jump right in.
Selena
The furthest Dad has carried his Barret is the deck on the roof when he lived on the farm. And even then he didn't mean to kill "anybody" just coyote-dogs. In his case I suppose it would be a matter of perspective- to the cattleman it would be a tool and to the coyote-dog it would be a most effective weapon.
To my perspective an axe is a weapon not a tool. But only because I was given "punishment hours" that usually meant cutting trees out of fencerows with that weapon of tree destruction.
Whatever works for you jump right in.
Selena
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