[hackerspaces] Firearms in Hackerspaces?

[Phillip Rhodes]

Likewise, next time you encounter an elk in your local hackerspace,
please post the
video to youtube!  :-)


Phil

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
> it would be difficult to take down an elk with a band saw.  but if you
> ever try i hope it ends up on youtube.
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Phillip Rhodes
> <motley.crue.fan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If that were true, then how could anyone ever use a drill press, band
>> saw, lathe, etc.
>> I think having a healthy-respect for tools is one thing, but being
>> *afraid* of them is quite
>> something else.  But maybe we're just debating semantics?
>>
>> At any rate, all tools can be dangerous and deserve to be used with care and
>> the proper precautions.  In that regard, how is a pistol any different
>> from a band-saw?
>>
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Michel Gallant <sfxman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Being afraid of tools that can rip your fingers off isn't insane, it's
>>> healthy. You are insane to claim otherwise.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Mark Atwood <me at mark.atwood.name> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Pete Prodoehl <raster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Here's a quick question for US-based hacker/makerspaces... Do you have a
>>>> > firearms ban at your space, and if so, what are some of the reasons behind
>>>> > the decision?
>>>>
>>>> We don't have a rule at our space.  Our space is a member-oriented
>>>> space, no "general public" except as guests of members or as visitors
>>>> to specific private events.
>>>>
>>>> If such a rule was proposed, I would argue strongly against it.  If
>>>> someone is a legal owner/carrier of a firearm, if we can't trust them
>>>> with their gun, we can't trust them with all the tools *either*.
>>>>
>>>> More generally, if someone in a makerspace is "afraid" of guns, that's
>>>> insane.  They should be afraid of all the other tools too.
>>>>
>>>> ..m
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