re rewording the second amendment ideas in article viking ponderous cc iastate edu viking iastate edu dan sorenson writes dfo vttoulu tko vtt fi foxvog douglas writes you believe that individuals should have the right to own weapons of mass destruction i find it hard to believe that you would support a neighbor s right to keep nuclear weapons biological weapons and nerve gas on his her property that really depends upon where you draw the line while defining these weapons this means you would support a ban if it were narrow enough good and also on if you intend the law to be reflective of modern practice five months or five centuries down the road i would hope so let s define a nuclear weapon as an explosive weapon whose majority of energy comes from fission and or fusion of atomic nuclei let s define a biological weapon as live organisms or viruses in such state quantity and with such a vector that they could cause death or serious disease further defined to a significant number of people if released in a city similarly populated area resevoir or cropland nerve gas and mustard gas are well defined other poisonous gasses should be individually banned only if it can be shown that there is no use not related to weaponry licenses should be available for research purposes on such chemicals i am not a lawyer but these ideas could certainly be a basis for definitions i ll give you a little hint see that manure pile in the farmer s field down the road in the usa that is a weapon of mass destruction nope it is not considered a weapon biological in nature because if it gets washed into an open well it will contaminate the aquifers that supply thousands of cities with drinking water so where do you draw the line in the usa the epa has ruled that a pile of scrap iron is illegal care to draw a thinner line this time it is not defined as a weapon of mass destruction many things are banned for other reasons dan sorenson dod z dan exnet iastate edu viking iastate edu isu only censors what i read not what i say don t blame them doug foxvog douglas foxvog vtt fi
