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In reply to the discussion: What if suddenly every gun on the planet disappeared... POOF... [View all]FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)8. Bow and arrow for distance
Knives and swords up close.
Poison probably would make a strong comeback as well.
While we're paying the "What If" game...
- What if all the world's chocolate turned into vanilla?
- What if the earth suddenly started rotating backwards?
- What if a clear sky was green instead of blue?
- What if Superman's spaceship landed in Berlin instead of Smallville?
Cool game. I could go on with this all day.
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"Crazed madman strangles 26 in an elementary school before clubbing himself to death."
Aristus
Dec 2012
#5
Except it's common enough to be the source of the term "running amok." (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#33
I'm picturing millions of gun nuts, all running frantically around their houses, yelling,
Marr
Dec 2012
#24
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