[Texaggie79]

Strawman eh? A nuke is an inanimate object. Want to make it legal to sell them at k-mart? Or does the mere fact of owning a nuke endanger your neighbors to the point where their rights are being violated?

[OWK]

You have a habit of changing the subject when you get your butt kicked in an argument.

Stick to the subject.

[Alan Chapman]

A nuke is an inanimate object. Want to make it legal to sell them at k-mart? Or does the mere fact of owning a nuke endanger your neighbors to the point where their rights are being violated?

Possessing a weapon is not a threat. Pointing it at someone is. The threat is not the device itself but the act of pointing it at somebody.

The same rule applies to explosives. The device itself is not the threat. The threat stems from the act of pointing it at someone (bringing it to within range of another). Because explosives are indiscriminate, anyone in the blast radius is essentially having a weapon pointed at them. Unless they have consented to this condition, they could make a legitimate argument that a weapon is being pointed at them and would thus be morally justified in the application of force to defend themselves.