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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack T." data-source="post: 1794996" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>Are you saying that the act of carrying a firearm causes, or is intended to cause, *physical* harm?  Because that's the argument you are making in regards to yelling Fire.  The "crime" is the harm caused, not the method by which it was caused.  If I yell fire in a theatre and people get harmed, then I am tried based on the harm caused, not the act of yelling Fire.  Same thing with carrying a firearm. . .if I shoot somebody unlawfully with that firearm, I am charged with whatever, and the charge is the same whether I used a gun or a ball bat.</p></blockquote><p></p>