I have a czech military surplus rifle easily capable of downing 20 men, but the most fearsome thing i've ever shot with it is a pumpkin

it is not a weapon

Is a shotgun that fires bean bags a weapon?

not in the strictest sense

You're trying to argue that because you don't use your sword to cut down people it was never made for cutting down people to begin with.

the point is that there is no logical distinction between weapon and non-weapon

There is.

What about an ornamental sword?

It's not made for usage at all

Most kitchen knives are made to cut meat but not necessarily cleave through a man.
A cleaver is made to cleave the bone in meat on a table but it's horrible to try to cleave down an actual person. For that you have *larger* and generally sharper *weapons* made.

so if I kill somebody with, say, a benchrest gun, its a rifle that is used exclusively for high-accuracy target shooting and can't even be weilded as its literally bolted to a table, is it not a weapon?

Also generally known as. Here it comes. Swords.

Swords are weapons.

Guns are made for killing, they're inherently weapons.

ugh

that statement is factually untrue

I can name you several dozen guns clearly not designed for lethal use

What about a target pistol made specifically for competitive shooting?

Literally designed from the blueprint to be used in competition

Using an unicorn to disprove a trend

flare pistols, line guns, bench rifles, etc etc etc

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31RKPt0VTlL._SX355_.jpg

Are those the majority of guns?

They're a subset, and certainly not one-off

no, but nevertheless they are guns which are not weapons

And flare pistolf have a designated use

But you said pistol

lol actually no

Which is a gun

i have a 37mm flaregun I use an adapter for to shoot shotgun shells

intended use be damned

Oh snap

You're literally not helping your cause here mate.

Your logic is so far out of the window it's not even funny.

What about potato guns?

my point is that even if you make the absurd statement that guns can even be intrinsicly weapons, that not all guns *are* weapons, but even those can be used outside of their intended purpose

Made out of pvc and compressed air

UK banned katanas, right? That sure stopped the increase of criminal samurais.

If this is still going on after my midterm I will gladly jump in.

its because intended purpose is completely meaningless

Should pvc pipe be regulated?