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The Romulans are of the Vulcan species. One of three theories regarding how the Romulans arrived at the stellar system that includes the planets Romulus and Remus involves Sargon's people, referred to in conjecture as the "Arretians", as mentioned in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Return to Tomorrow". Sargon claimed that his people had seeded their species throughout the galaxy, and Spock said that could explain some enigmas of Vulcan pre-history. Hanoch, one of Sargon's people and a rival, further claimed that Spock's hybrid Human-Vulcan body was a "good fit" for his alien physiology. If these claims are true, then the Arretians may have been the antecedents for the Romulans — and indeed, they may have also been the species known as the Preservers. The inhabitants of Mintaka III ("Who Watches The Watchers?"
seem to support this theory.
Another theory says that Vulcan colonization efforts led to a split, or schism, between factions favoring the school of logic espoused by the philosopher Surak and opposition groups, led by S'task, which ended up leaving Vulcan. However, there is no explicit canon evidence that the group which left Vulcan was in rebellion against Surak. The "Vulcan Soul" Trilogy, written by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz, told the story that it was Surak's idea that some of the Vulcan population should leave their homeworld to find a new home so that the Vulcan race could be preserved due to the endless wars then raging on the homeworld. (Conversely, the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Awakening" includes a line from the long-deceased Surak referring to the enemies of logic in his time as "those who marched beneath the raptor's wing": this would appear to be a reference to the symbol of the Romulan Empire.) These Vulcans arrived on Romulus and founded what would become the Romulan Star Empire. This theory is supported by a reference within the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "United": Senator Vrax refers to Vulcans as "our distant brothers" during the first part of the episode.
Information from "Balance Of Terror" suggests yet a different theory. While Spock makes it clear that the events during the period of Surak are well documented ("The Savage Curtain"
, he is completely uncertain in regard to the origin of the Romulans: "If the Romulans are an offshoot of my Vulcan blood--and I think this likely--then attack becomes even more imperative. Vulcan, like Earth, had its aggressive, colonizing period, and if they have retained that martial philosophy... then weakness is something we dare not show."
They do seem to be evenly matched Captian.
I'm not asserting you can shoot it without breaking your wrist, mind you.
It lets you shoot the .50 GI cartridge:
Certainly not recoilless, but quite mild! 300 grain bullet at 860 fps...more of a big "push" than sharp recoil.
Let's say I want a toxic waste dump put next door to someone I hate. And let's say I have enough political power to get an pollution-law exemption passed (like "I'm a job creator!" , and enuf money to buy the land next to the guy I want to poison. And if pressed on why I want it, I'll just say "I do want it...and that's enough, yes?"
Just a hypothetical.
Oh, one of those TECHNICAL objections to my obviously satirical post. 
OK, respond to this slightly-altered version of my post #10:
""I felt threatened! That guy wants me to wait 3 days & go thru a background check to buy my XX-round YY caliber gun! I've only got 352 other guns to protect myself, and I NEED THAT GUN!"
I'll wait for your reply. 
...I enjoy irony.
Nor was she an NRA member!
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The only one that might be a talking point is the one about criminals not having to comply, the other two were pretty original
Beyond that, though... 
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(this one doesn't have anything to do with guns...I just like it)
