Reply to post: Re: The reports so far with some editorial....

You know what's coming next: FBI is upset it can't get into Texas church gunman's smartphone

Lysenko

Re: The reports so far with some editorial....

no no no no no

If you chose to own a weapon designed to kill people you may be demonstrating the ability, as a last resort in defence of person or property, to stop people doing you harm

So that would be "yes" then. I didn't say you were demonstrating intent to murder, just to kill. You are contemplating the possibility of legally justifiable homicide pursuant to defence of life or property. That's still premeditated intent to kill. You're just confining to circumstances that will avoid prosecution.

The rest of your point misses the point in exactly the same way as car and baseball bat arguments do. The devices you cite are not primarily designed to facilitate more efficient homicide. You can kill someone fairly easily with your bare hands, but it would be quite tricky to pull off mass murder that way.

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