i say we make handheld projectile weapons (ie-guns) universally illegal and go back to the timehonoured method of dueling with swords. but wait! you say. i don't know how to use a sword!
that's exactly my point. 99.9% of the earth's population would have to learn a skill, or become partial to some other weapon that requires some bit of skill or training. it's much harder to "accidently" kill instead of merely injure with blade or blunt weapons, and there seems to be more respect for the handling of such than for the handling of guns. i once scared off a would-be burgler by merely unsheathing my sword and dropping into stance. had i a gun, he'd be dead and i'd be doing time. you don't get into trouble (legal, karmic, or otherwise) by tapping a fear ingrained from earliest recorded history.
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that's exactly my point. 99.9% of the earth's population would have to learn a skill, or become partial to some other weapon that requires some bit of skill or training. it's much harder to "accidently" kill instead of merely injure with blade or blunt weapons, and there seems to be more respect for the handling of such than for the handling of guns. i once scared off a would-be burgler by merely unsheathing my sword and dropping into stance. had i a gun, he'd be dead and i'd be doing time. you don't get into trouble (legal, karmic, or otherwise) by tapping a fear ingrained from earliest recorded history.