Not to get too off the mark here but where I live is close to cattle and I occasionally see, well, a cowboy, with his whip on his belt in a holder. No one bats an eye here. I see the reservation of those in large cities. Too many people greatly enhances danger with almost anything.David Stokes wrote:Lets consider this shall we.......
prehaps folks (on both sides of this debate) are rather "chicken and Egg"ing this....
Whips,guns,knives,paintball guns, pencils, swords, axes, frozen chickens.......... NONE of these things are weapons. But merely TOOLS!
Since the very definition of the word weapon implies INTENT, you would have to show what INTENT that tool was used for. Take for instance "Turkey shoots" which are very popular in my part of the country. A "turkey shoot" doesnt even involve shooting a turkey at all! in fact, competitors have shotguns loaded with birdshot, shoot at targets and whoever hits the bullseye wins a FROZEN turkey!
There is alot of competition and skill in these Turkey Shoots and people spent alot of time working on shotguns designed specfically for these types of matches.
So basically, you have a shotgun that is DESIGNED to basically just punch holes in paper... THATS IT!...
so... how can that be a weapon? when its essentially just an expensive hole punch! :-)
same thing with whips.... and for that, i do aggree with you Robby...
you cant call whips , in general, weapons..... becaue that would imply that ALL whips are DESIGNED for that purpose..... simply not true.
So I'm with this gentleman.