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tavernier

(12,389 posts) Thu Dec 27, 2012, 11:35 AM Dec 2012

What if suddenly every gun on the planet disappeared... POOF... [View all]

and for some unknown reason, no one could build another.

What would be the murder weapons of choice? Knives? Fists? Poison?
Would it be harder to kill another human if you had to do it "personally"?
Would we be safer?

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What if suddenly every gun on the planet disappeared... POOF... [View all] tavernier Dec 2012 OP

Girls want boyfriends with great skills...Nunchuku skills, bow hunting skills... jmg257 Dec 2012 #1

More reason to qualify Napoleon Dynamite! Panasonic Dec 2012 #32

swords. didnt you see that horrible show Revolution? NightWatcher Dec 2012 #2

I enjoyed the concept... Coyote_Tan Dec 2012 #26

If that happened, some clever giant hairless yard ape would invent guns slackmaster Dec 2012 #3

"Yard Ape? " - Slackmaster, I suggest you delete your bigoted gun crap. Hoyt Dec 2012 #17

Are you a Creationist or something, Hoyt? I had no idea. slackmaster Dec 2012 #19

Look it up and apologize. Hoyt Dec 2012 #20

Oh, so you're a pedagogue. slackmaster Dec 2012 #21

Tasers? dkf Dec 2012 #4

"Crazed madman strangles 26 in an elementary school before clubbing himself to death." Aristus Dec 2012 #5

This one is possible though: FrodosPet Dec 2012 #11

Possible? Maybe. Probable. Not very. Aristus Dec 2012 #12

Except it's common enough to be the source of the term "running amok." (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #33

Objection, your honor Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #6

Aahhh, I would wonder if I should believe in aliens or gods. Coyotl Dec 2012 #7

Bow and arrow for distance FrodosPet Dec 2012 #8

Something like a machete or long knife AngryAmish Dec 2012 #9

Sarin gas, bombs, e-coli? dkf Dec 2012 #10

I read an interesting novel with that theme. Hatchling Dec 2012 #13

That whole series is neat. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #34

It would make it a lot harder for the deranged to terrorize a large group madokie Dec 2012 #14

Harsh words??? nt Walk away Dec 2012 #15

All the gun cultists would die of a broken heart, or extreme withdrawal. Hoyt Dec 2012 #16

People that want to kill, HappyMe Dec 2012 #18

The OCD gun nuts will start collecting swords. nt Javaman Dec 2012 #22

In some states, one can't carry a sword in public. A friggin gun or two is fine. Hoyt Dec 2012 #29

History shows it'd be swords and knives. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #23

I'm picturing millions of gun nuts, all running frantically around their houses, yelling, Marr Dec 2012 #24

Hand grenades, pipe bombs, timed explosives. no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #25

Very good question shintao Dec 2012 #27

An invisible suit of armor? tavernier Dec 2012 #28

I'd rather a society where people didn't need to wear personal deflector shields. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #31

Sharp objects worked well enough in our long, considerably more violent past. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #30

Crossbow jp76 Dec 2012 #35

Right now, knives are the second-most-used weapon in homicides. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #36