Originally Posted by
Lightning Pilot
Those machines are just so much potential scrap metal without the people operating them. The people are the dangerous element. No weapon ever kills without human interaction, no tool causes death or injury without human interaction. It is, indeed, simple. A simple truth that most are uncomfortable with. We, and only we, are responsible (oh that word!) for whatever happens with a tool of any kind that is under our control. Anything else is fiction.
A person is far more dangerous when they are operating a car or truck than they are when they are riding a bike or walking. You're just playing silly word games.
By your logic, keeping hydrogen bombs readily available to the general public isn't a bad idea. If you can get to that conclusion using your logic, you might want to reconsider what your point is.