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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 781033" data-attributes="member: 2525">First, I think you are making a huge Hasty Generalization.<a href="http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/hasty-generalization.html" target="_blank">http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/hasty-generalization.html</a>You use one example where you personally think a choice is apparent between two guns, and conclude from that that guns altogether do not make sense.  That's a fallacy.  Most guns in the system compare in a fairly balanced way.Second, I feel you are mistaken even on the example you use.  The Uzi has a collapsable stock, making it extremely compact and concealable when not in use (and the stcok is mentioned in its description).  The M16 does not have this advantage.  And it can be a HUGE advantage to be able to hide an Uzi under your leather jacket, when you cannot do the same with an M16.  So if you are going into danger in an open field, then you want the M16 for its greater range and slightly higher damage.  But if you are going into danger in a bar, you want the Uzi due to it's concealability, despite it doing on average one point less in damage and having a bigger range (which probably means nothing inside a bar).</blockquote>