JohnW Do not want to sidetrack a very good thread, but the basic concept is weapon is an offensive impliment wielded by an aggressor and by original definition could not include defense, nor even use by a losing aggressor.
You will notice the term is not used by the NRA, and not because it is PC, but because it is wrong. You will be able to look at MW and find definitions now you can argue about, but I will not go there again. Improper usage is allowing its acceptance, but I see no reason to keep the word.
It has exactly as much validity with my firearms as Saturday Night Special and serves gun owners no purpose.
If weapon was the correct term I would have zero problem using it, but it is not. Your firearms are not weapons until you use them to overcome an enemy on its own turf. art
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
