I Should Be Able To Legally Buy A Nuclear Bomb If Anyone Can Buy An AR-15

[DanieRains]

They are both made for the same reason.

Killing lots of people.

What's the difference?

[A.M. Kittenplan]

1. Uh,

Nuclear fallout, massive blast radius.

[Shaddox]

2. You do realize that you can't buy nuclear bombs over the counter, right?

I appreciate the sentiment but your position literally makes no sense.

[ColinC]

11. A purist interpretation of the 2nd amendment suggests that should change

Why are you trying to violate my second amendment ight???

[hack89]

19. Said no one ever.

Even when the constitution was written, it was understood that the 2A applied only to small arms and ammunition carried by an individual soldier. The state still maintained an exclusive monopoly on cannons and other artillery.

[zipplewrath]

3. No

Proportionality.

I'm not arguing against the goal. I'm saying the premise is flawed.

[Shaddox]

7. The premise is flawed bc it assumes that the only reason for the device

Is killing human beings.

[ColinC]

12. What other purpose does it serve?

Uranium's purpose can vary. A nuclear bomb's purpose does not.

[Amishman]

18. The premise is flawed, as 'arms' has traditionally meant an individual's weapon

Fun to use the originalists arguments against them.

Arms comes from the french word 'armes' meaning 'weapons of the warrior'. Weapons carried and used by a single person. A nuclear weapon, a tank, artillery, a big machine gun - all fail to meet this definition.

[marie999]

20. A dirty bomb can be made, carried, and used by a single individual.

What about hand grenades and IEDs?

[Notek]

4. Heh

Lets not give those troglodytes any ideas.

[gordianot]

5. If nor a nuclear weapon then a hand grenade or rocket launcher rpg.

[rickford66]

6. What are the regulations to buy or own the parts to build a nuke ?

Maybe it's possible to build one. If someone could legally figure out how to do it, on paper, that could be one way to get some arms regulations. Note: I stress legally.

[Decoy of Fenris]

8. I wrote up a whole shpiel, but this Wiki link is better. A Boy Scout pretty much did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn

None of Mr. Hahn's overt activities were -illegal- per se, at least not explicitly, save for the duping of the lab techs he tricked into sending him fissible material. The only reason he was caught/stopped beforehand was completely unrelated to his nuclear experiments.


That's the hard part of the nuke. The rest is just engineering and assembly and there's tons of shit online for that.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. On Top Of That...

...the uranium/gun barrel design of a fission weapon was so sure to work that the Manhattan Project staff didn't bother with a test.
That really limits the amount of engineering involved!

[hunter]

9. Nerve gas is a better analogy.

I can use it to kill one person or dozens.

I can keep some in my bedstand, wear protective clothing while I sleep, and spray it in the face of any home invader.

I can kill wolves with it.

I can fight off Communist invaders.

I can threaten my daughter's no-good boyfriend.

I can kill myself.

Yes, nerve gas should be legal!

Now, let's all debate the merits of each sort of nerve gas, argue about the nomenclature and killing power, blah, blah, blah...

[Dial H For Hero]

10. If you don't think there's a difference between a rifle and sunshine in a can, I can't help you....

[Kaleva]

13. Go on tv, call your rep, write to editors demanding the right to own nukes.

[retread]

14. When tactical nuclear weapons are outlawed, only outlaws will have

tactical nuclear weapons.

[hack89]

16. No. We have laws that say otherwise. Nt

[PJMcK]

17. Hyperbole much?

Still, I get you point.

[Hotler]

21. You can buy an AR-15 but not bottle rockets.

And they banned lawn darts. FREEDUM!

[ancianita]

22. You can buy an AR-15 with no ID but not sinus tablets.

The only real freedom is the freedom to be scared and stupid and buy your way out of both.