Is a crossbow a gun? What about a bow and arrow? What about a stapler? Where is the line between gun and everything else?

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chefpyro:

I think it has to go boom inside to be a gun.

a crossbow is a firearm but not a gun.

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  1. justsomerandomletters reblogged this from incompetentmedic
  2. not-the-conversation-starter said: So a rocket powered crossbow counts as a gun then
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  5. frikinnerd said: Crossbow counts as a firearm because it has to be loaded and triggered
  6. fatal---cutie said: party popper is a gun
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  8. atiredhedgehog said: Gun comes from the word gonne which meant cannon. The first Handgun or Handgonne translates to Handcannon and it was basically a small cannon on a stick.
  9. zoidion said: There’s a lot of things that slip through those rules and things as well, I think. Like a mossberg shockwave 500, which is a non-NFA (national firearms act) weapon. Typically, it would be criminal to own a shotgun with a barrel that is that short. However, since the stock of the weapon has been replaced with a pistol grip, it doesn’t count as a shotgun/rifle. It’s just a cute lil pump action cannon
  10. zoidion said: I believe that a crossbow is considered a firearm, but not a gun. I would consider a bow the same? I shoot archery and this question makes me feel ignorant LOL.
  11. fightingeagle said: Gun is the laymen term for FireArm, a weapon which requires flame to operate. I think it comes from a big siege weapon that was just huge and scary and destructive, so when the first firearms (cannons and mortars and such) were coming around it reminded people of that big scary destructive weapon so they were also guns and it just kept going. I think. Could be wrong. Crossbow could be gun, but it just has to be Thicc.
  12. arkh4mgh0st reblogged this from chefpyro and added:
    So a cannon is a gun?
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    Is a crossbow a gun? What about a bow and arrow? What about a stapler? Where is the line between gun and everything...