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Originally Posted by lostalex

it's similar to the gun rights debate though. does having a big gun really make you more safe? do you own any guns waterhog?

I can see the logic in that, it's a proven statistic that carrying a gun makes you much more likely to be shot.

If the worst were to happen, and if someone were to push that button, our possession of nukes would simply make us one of the very first targets. Again, though, not that it really matters who is the first target, if it happens we're all dead anyway.