The Weapons Continuum

“Protection from unwarranted bodily harm” is a basic right that we all can claim.  It makes sense that people should be able to possess a weapon appropriate to that end.  But what sort of weapon? There are two important concepts that can help us make this determination: (a) weapon damage coefficient — basically, the extent of damage that the use of a particular weapon is designed to cause; and (b) minimum force necessary to produce a result — that result being protection against bodily harm...

 Michael Boylan: The Weapons Continuum