Tools, Weapons and Toys

Sometimes in my line of duty I have to use a gun.

Almost everyday I carry a knife.
My high-carbon steel blade is so sharp that last week it sank deep into my thumb like a warm knife into butter.

I'm not in the security industry.
But the engineering fascinates me.
And engineers need something to engineer.
But whether a device is considered to be ‘a tool’ or ‘a weapon’ or ‘a toy’ is less about the engineering and more about 1) the application and 2) where you are standing.

Here is a prophecy worth pursuing; read the ‘Isaiah Wall’ across the street from the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, USA. [Isa 2|Yesh 2]

When weapons turn into tools.

Swords into ploughshares, spears into pruning hooks, military Land Rovers painted white, blades for spreading, guns for building, and nuclear science for freezing our peas.

I suppose that my education and qualifications could be considered to be tools. Except when they have no application, and so they become toys.

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