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Re:What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows? by CalRobert on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:38AM (#38219383)
I loathe SUV's more than anyone I know but I think it's fair to acknowledge that we _have_ banned and/or regulated entire classes of vehicle. You need a commercial driver's license over 11,794 kg https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration/commercial-drivers-li... (which feels bonkers compared to the 3,500 kg in Europe) for instance.

Of course, safety is important, so you also are forbidden from operating electric scooters on many public roads.

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Re:What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows? by mc32 on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:46AM (#38219470)
People need to rent/hire I-hauls to move. If that required a four class of license it would suck for people who move —which is most people.
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Re:What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows? by staringback on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:06AM (#38219728)
This is definitely not supporting that point you wanted to make....
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Re:What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows? by snypher on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:49AM (#38219516)
? Just call a contractor, same as electrical, plumbing etc.
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Re:What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows? by bluGill on Friday November 10, 2023 @10:38AM (#38220171)
I do all that myself as well. The work is not hard. It just takes some effort to learn.
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Re:What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows? by mutex_man on Friday November 10, 2023 @03:12PM (#38223902)
I can get a u-haul for under $100 and move myself if it's same city, only a few hundred if it's between. My move from Florida to DC was ~$700 total. Quotes for movers were easily 4x that cost.
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Re:What If We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows? by CalRobert on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:06PM (#38222251)
Sure but I rented a moving truck just fine - https://www.vanrentals.ie/.
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