WildBill wrote:In popular culture, the person who made this is a "tool".
To answer the original post, IMO a gun is a tool for self defense. By definition that makes it a weapon.
A weapon is a tool used with the aim of causing damage or harm (either physical or mental) to living beings.
My dad used to say "use the proper tool for a job." So a hammer or screwdriver, might be good tools, but they are poor weapons.
Neither a hammer nor a screwdriver would be considered long range weapons but I ain't volunteerin' (Go VOLS!) to be boinked with a hammer or poked with a screwdriver.
