Cars

[Eddo36]

are they the deadliest weapon a civilian can own? Or the most destructive one at least?

[Dark_Raven]

No.

[Krookie]

No.

[Eddo36]

They kill more people than any else though.

[alanschu]

That probably has to do with a lot of them being out there.

[Krookie]

Eddo, if there were more guns then people in NYC, don't you think there would be a hell of a lot more gun-related deaths?

[Atreides]

Depends on how frequently they're used too.

[Pidesco]

Nice homework assignment.

[alanschu]

Yeah, I knew better

 

 

I keep helping him out with his homework assignments :sad:

[taks]

from dictionary.com

"any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon."

 

in other words, there has to be intent, not just the cause of loss of life. since cars are not made intentionally to kill, they do not otherwise qualify as weapons. one can use a car as a weapon, however, but then you've added intent to the equation. if you look up the number of intentional vehicular homicides, it's probably pretty low. most car accidents that result in death are unintended.

 

taks

[Walsingham]

Well, we have had actual murder attempts, and even contract murders using cars in the UK. Personally I think that yes, they are about the most useful (if not perhaps the most deady) weaopn a civilian can own. Once you factor in transportability, the lack of a 'threat profile' and so on.

[astr0creep]

They kill more people than any else though.

 

Cars don't kill people. Bad, stupid, distracted, reckless drivers do.

Same thing with guns.

[Diamond]

Did you know that donkeys kill more people per around the world annually than plane crashes? I therefore assert that donkeys are the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.

[Sand]

Cars don't kill people. Guns don't kill people. Physics kill people.

 

The leading cause of death is life. Please help wiping out death by ending life!

[Walsingham]

*fails resist urge check*

 

Guns don't kill people. _I_ kill people.

[Tale]

*fails resist urge check*

 

Guns don't kill people. _I_ kill people.

Roger kills people.

[Dark_Raven]

Natural and unnatural acts kill people.

[Gfted1]

Did you know that donkeys kill more people per around the world annually than plane crashes? I therefore assert that donkeys are the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.

 

 

And, iirc, hippopotamus kill more people then alligators.

[astr0creep]

I killed 5 mice in two days last week.

[Gfted1]

You live in a rural area astr0?

[astr0creep]

You live in a rural area astr0?

 

No. Montreal.

[Sand]

It could be worse. You might have had to kill five deer. The deer population here is so freaking high it is weird.

[taks]

Well, we have had actual murder attempts, and even contract murders using cars in the UK.

oh, i'm certain there is. i'll even lump in those that are so reckless that loss of life was imminent.

 

Personally I think that yes, they are about the most useful (if not perhaps the most deady) weaopn a civilian can own. Once you factor in transportability, the lack of a 'threat profile' and so on.

if you said "can be the most useful..." i'd agree. as it stands, they simply aren't used as weapons that often compared to other, true, weapons.

 

using the same logic we could say that we all commit suicide by eating <insert recent whipping boy food here> regularly which leads to <insert one of the top 5 killers here>.

 

taks

[Pidesco]

I killed 5 mice in two days last week.

 

Good effort!

[metadigital]

I can't see any future in this topic, except for a fatal dosage of spam.