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The same can be said of BB guns that can put out eyes, lock picks that can open locked doors, and bolt cutters than can break chains. More powerful tools are a

The same can be said of BB guns that can put out eyes, lock picks that can open locked doors, and bolt cutters than can break chains. More powerful tools are a good thing.

aqme28 3y ago
A BB gun has to be used very intentionally to hurt your eyes. A high-powered laser could blind you because your neighbor is doing some work on his shed and you caught a reflection
- bingbingbing777 3y ago
  Have you not heard of stray bullets, crossfire etc?
  - ben_w 3y ago
    BB gun — that's as in "ball bearing" — also known as "airsoft". In this example, crossfire would require someone to walk into an airsoft combat area without any eye protection and for someone in that game to not realise and shoot them anyway. In the face. Stray BB bullets don't go very far. They're not rifled, and they have fairly low muzzle energy compared to real weapons — I've shot myself with one at zero range, and even on bare skin it stings rather than penetrates.
    - marky1991 3y ago
      A bb gun and an airsoft gun are very different things to me. A bb gun shoots metal balls and airsoft shoots plastic. I would not want to be hit by a bb gun, but an airsoft gun is no big deal (though the snipers can definitely hurt).
- jjk166 3y ago
  Diffuse reflection is only dangerous up to a few feet away. You're neighbor would have to be deliberately aiming the beam at your eye to blind you assuming you're not in the shed with them.
sungho_ 3y ago
What about nuclear weapons, which have become so accessible that even small organizations can have them?
- ben_w 3y ago
  When small organisations get nuclear explosives, the only two safe options are: 1. Spending your life in a nuclear bunker and only interacting via the internet — including pure VR and/or remote controlled robot bodies. 2. Let your government poke around everywhere to make sure nobody is making (or importing) their own nukes, regardless of what anyone says about the 2nd amendment.
- BlueTemplar 3y ago
  What makes you think so ?
fsckboy 3y ago
>The same can be said of BB guns that can put out eyes I know! these are the same people who took mostly harmless Jarts off the market! https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31176/how-one-dad-got-lawn-darts-banned https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31176/how-one-dad-got-la...

The same can be said of BB guns that can put out eyes, lock picks that can open locked doors, and bolt cutters than can break chains. More powerful tools are a good thing.

aqme28 3y ago

A BB gun has to be used very intentionally to hurt your eyes. A high-powered laser could blind you because your neighbor is doing some work on his shed and you caught a reflection

bingbingbing777 3y ago
Have you not heard of stray bullets, crossfire etc?
- ben_w 3y ago
  BB gun — that's as in "ball bearing" — also known as "airsoft". In this example, crossfire would require someone to walk into an airsoft combat area without any eye protection and for someone in that game to not realise and shoot them anyway. In the face. Stray BB bullets don't go very far. They're not rifled, and they have fairly low muzzle energy compared to real weapons — I've shot myself with one at zero range, and even on bare skin it stings rather than penetrates.
  - marky1991 3y ago
    A bb gun and an airsoft gun are very different things to me. A bb gun shoots metal balls and airsoft shoots plastic. I would not want to be hit by a bb gun, but an airsoft gun is no big deal (though the snipers can definitely hurt).
jjk166 3y ago
Diffuse reflection is only dangerous up to a few feet away. You're neighbor would have to be deliberately aiming the beam at your eye to blind you assuming you're not in the shed with them.

sungho_ 3y ago

What about nuclear weapons, which have become so accessible that even small organizations can have them?

ben_w 3y ago
When small organisations get nuclear explosives, the only two safe options are: 1. Spending your life in a nuclear bunker and only interacting via the internet — including pure VR and/or remote controlled robot bodies. 2. Let your government poke around everywhere to make sure nobody is making (or importing) their own nukes, regardless of what anyone says about the 2nd amendment.
BlueTemplar 3y ago
What makes you think so ?

fsckboy 3y ago

>The same can be said of BB guns that can put out eyes I know! these are the same people who took mostly harmless Jarts off the market! https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31176/how-one-dad-got-lawn-darts-banned https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/31176/how-one-dad-got-la...