XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 1/22/2021 8:11 PM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:   
   > Just Wondering wrote on 2021-01-22 9:51 PM:   
   >> On 1/22/2021 2:26 PM, Dechucka wrote:   
   >>> On 23/01/2021 8:14 am, Just Wondering wrote:   
   >>>> On 1/22/2021 1:39 PM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:   
   >>>>> Just Wondering wrote on 2021-01-22 3:30 PM:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> 10. I lost all my guns in an unfortunate boating accident.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Did that boating accident happen inside a pawnshop?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It happened in open water.   
   >>>> It happened to millions of people.   
   >>>> Lots of guns accidentally falling into the ocean is the   
   >>>> reason water levels are rising.   
   >>>   
   >>> Actually dropping a rifle into the water from a boat will cause the   
   >>> water level to fall. Well the boat is on shore   
   >>   
   >> 1.  Boat is on shore.   
   >> 2.  Gunowner puts stuff into boat including gun, takes it to   
   >>     water and launches it.   
   >> 3.  Boating accident, gun falls overboard.   
   >> 4.  Gunowner removes boat from water.   
   >> 5.  Final result is a permanent rise in water level.   
   >>   
   >> OR   
   >>   
   >> 1.  Boat is permanently docked in water.   
   >> 2.  Gunowner puts gun in boat.  Water level rises.   
   >> 3.  Boating accident, gun falls overboard.  Displacement from gun   
   >>     in water equals loss of displacement from gun no longer in boat.   
   >   
   > Wrong. The gun displaces more water when it is in the boat than when it   
   > is in water.   
   >   
   > Similarly, a gigantic ship displaces more water when it is floating than   
   > when it is sunk because steel is a lot heavier than water.   
      
   Nice strawman you've got there.  The fact remains that the water   
   level is higher because the gun is submerged than if the gun wasn't   
   there at all.  The fact that the water level was higher still when   
   the gun was in a floating boat does not change the final result.   
   The water level is still higher with a gun in it than without the gun.   
   >   
   >> 4. Final result is a permanent rise in water level.   
   >>   
   >> But you're missing the whole point.  In the good ol' USA, we   
   >> don't have to given anybody a reason if we want a gun.  No   
   >> justification needed, no reason, no apologies.  "I want one"   
   >> is all the reason we need.  Why is nobody's business.   
   >   
      
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