I get your point, Dave, and to be fair I thought about the very same point myself.

But if you genuinely don’t see the difference between (1) a restraint designed to allow an owner to keep a pet dog under control whilst allowing the dog a limited amount of freedom to follow its natural instincts, and (2) a weapon that has one purpose only - to kill another human being at a considerable distance, then I can’t help you and I fear that any further discussion would be fruitless.

As things are showing signs of beginning to go south, and In the interests of preserving friendship, I’ll bow out of the thread at this point