Birds would have to outgun their prey with superior firepower to eat them . The war between the two would then escalate to the point of one side achieving nuclear superiority .

Yes ever since the 20's up till about the 50's it was the main weapon of choise for bank robbers, gangsters, and all other types of criminalsit fired ridiculesly fast and could hold up to 100 bullets in a drum thus allowingcriminals to outgun the police

It is a bad thing because it leads an already staggering expentiture level (over $ 1.7 trillion worldwide in 2012 alone, $ 711 billion by the US) to rise even more steeply.
Apart from the financial waste, an arms race - or a case where one country starts outspending its neighbours or tries to outgun them by developing atomic bombs - can easily fuel political tensions as presently shown in the case of China, Iran and Korea.

Words that end with the letters U and N:

adnoun. antigun. begun. blowgun. bosun. bun. dun. faun. finespun. flashgun. forerun. fun. gaun. gun. handgun. homespun. honeybun. hun. jun. korun. leprechaun. maun. mesclun. millrun. misbegun. mun. noun. nun. outgun. outrun. overrun. popgun. pressrun. pronoun. pun. rebegun. rerun. run. scattergun. shogun. shotgun. shun. speargun. spun. stun. sun. swoun. tabun. tuchun. tun. underrun. unspun. vodoun. vodun. wangun. yamun.

These laws went beyond counter-intelligence and attempted to muzzle freedom of the press and speech. Some concepts were so vaguely worded- that if the law was still active-= relatively harmless but anti-war songs such as Give Peace a Chance, and 99 Red balloons would be BANNED and in the case of the former, Mr. Lennon might be wearing a license-plate number around his neck and be garbed in black and white stripes- he could have been jailed- if he were a US Citizen if this law was still in effect. Some songs that might be termed Communistic or anti-capitalist ( some would even argue John Henry) might fit this category also- The Piledriver of the E and S laws would outgun the hammer of Mr. Henry!