Comment on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged with using ‘weapon of mass destruction’parentComments−josh260013yI find it disturbing that under this definition of WMD, what the US does with Drones almost each day is certainly also massive.Is a gun a weapon of mass destruction? Why not?−noonespecial13yIts probably more about the anonymous killing of multiple random people vs the actual number of people killed. A gun may kill many, but the shooter must do some selection of each one.−josh260013yThis isn't true with a high-powered rifle being shot into a crowd...I think an assault rifle would've done a lot more damage than the pressure cooker.−bryne13yBecause the NRA.
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I find it disturbing that under this definition of WMD, what the US does with Drones almost each day is certainly also massive.
Is a gun a weapon of mass destruction? Why not?
Its probably more about the anonymous killing of multiple random people vs the actual number of people killed. A gun may kill many, but the shooter must do some selection of each one.
This isn't true with a high-powered rifle being shot into a crowd...
I think an assault rifle would've done a lot more damage than the pressure cooker.
Because the NRA.