re the usual arc cco caltech edu aaron ray clements writes yes i am pro gun and yes i do disagree with this statement nuclear weapons in and of themselves are dangerous radioactive decay of plutonium and uranium as well as the tritium in the weapon tends to be somewhat dangerous to living things can you say neutron flux can you say i get more background radiation from living in denver or having an office in a limestone building than i do standing next to a power reactor at full power or standing next to a nuclear warhead that is armed look up shielding in your dictionary you don t need six feet of lead to make decent shielding your dead skin cell layer does an excellent job on alpha particles and neutrons are slowed by mere water what do you think of you is plus these things have no self defense purposes it s kinda hard to justify their use as a militia weapon when at best they are meant for battlefield use low yield weapons or at worst for industrial target obliteration translation cities and population centers if the militia has as its job the overthrow of an illegal government they are indeed useful weapons to the militia they won t be too useful in certain areas but leveling the pentagon would be a good thing for said overthrow and it s likely one man carrying a backpack would stand a better chance than one thousand armed with colt peacemakers don t let self defense become the only reason you can have a gun and your sole means of justification myself i won t overthrow my government until it ceases to be my legal government but if i need to i want every weapon i can get one can just as easily say no rifle larger than a is needed to kill a human being they are right when that human being is wearing armor and riding in an apc things get a bit different i don t see where the weapon is a problem it s not only the manner of use is in contention here not to mention that for it to be used as a militia weapon and expect the user to live requires some sort of launch vehicle i guess you either don t have an alarm clock or have never heard the terms timer or martyr either don t forget remote detonation devices that cb radio in the pickup next to you can easily transmit ten miles in decent weather that s out of the blast radius of many portable nuclear devices just what is it about radioactive decay that has you worried 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 usenet post to exotic distant machines meet exciting unusual people and flame them
