1) Not a complicated answer. We don’t use our planet’s limited minerals like they’re renewable.

2) I don’t think you’re understanding how weapon bans work. The criminal has no weapons either, because there aren’t any. There are none to buy, there is no means to manufacture them, there aren’t any to steal.

When incapacitating somepony takes a great deal of effort, the desire to go ahead and do it is substantially reduced. And if you can’t be sure you can get away with it by stacking the cards in your favor, the probability of the act taking place is reduced as well.

The fact that weapons are illegal isn’t even important. There aren’t any. When you try to rob somepony in Equestria, the factors of break in and exit time, population, and the reaction time of law enforcement just means you’re more likely to get beat up yourself. Why do you think I got arrested so many times for? I don’t know how things are for you humans, but [omitted]’s not easy to pull off here.

3) You wouldn’t be the first pony to come to that conclusion. Is there anything wrong with that way of thinking, though? Batmare, were she real, is basically some rich filly living out a revenge fantasy over and over again to fill the void left by the death of her parents. Do the psychological implications of that matter if she’s stopping villains from taking the lives of others?

4) [Audible Sigh] Please clarify the nature of your aggression.

5) Animals are animals. They were around since before we were. Leave them alone and they’ll balance themselves. The reason that never works in your world is because you can’t ever seem to leave them alone, what with the pollution, deforestation, segmentation, poaching, and whatever you want to call this bright idea.

If an invasive species is introduced, massive, long term efforts are usually undertaken within days to remove them. That parasprite invasion was bad, but it would have been taken care of before it caused any long term harm, if Twilight hadn’t destroyed the town and nearly killed us all.

6) Not sure if you read what you just wrote, but it sounds to me like you got a pretty big worry for the future there. You could go ahead and start working on that.

Delightful, considering I used to be forced into theft.

Dragons stay at bay because of our magically capable numbers, but back before the formation of Equestria even pegasus and earth ponies were capable of deterring dragons.

And the only strength leaders possess is what their followers give them. Griffon history is the perfect example of what happens when leaders take advantage of their subjects. Riddled with assassinations, rebellions, and governments overthrown overnight. Why? Because their leaders don’t respect the power their followers possess, which is far greater than their own. And those followers remove them.

Even Princess Celestia only rules over us because we allow her to do so. Even with her being immortal to anything we’re capable of, she and Princess Luna could still be removed from power. Our numbers and individual strength are far too great to defend against.

Leadership is only a byproduct of society, and society is formed around ponies working together to specialize in their craft, field, or talent. Unity is our strength.

1) Anypony remember regular roulette? That was a good game.

2) The only strike that counts is the last one. The number of attempts don’t matter.

3) I’m a pony and what is this?

4) I’d rather you didn’t, if it’s all the same to you.

5) I thought they said “Don’t want to die.”

Unless you weren’t talking about Deadly Premonition, in which case…

6) Broke into a lot of places.

7) I have no idea what you’re talking about. So here’s a song (Sort of violent).

8) Are you kidding? Those plushies, pencils, general collectables are sold at a premium in zoo gift shops. We could sell them for half price at one hundred percent profit and still be competitive.

A good gang has their hooves in many pots. If it can produce a profit with little risk, you want a part of it.

9) Never been to a carnival at all.

10) Maybe late Sunday. This weekend is sort of packed.

1) The answer, of course, is-…

…

Bet you thought I forgot about that. In truth, I did, for just a few seconds, though.

2) You think I’d be here today if I was baited by every taunt and insult thrown my way? You’re obviously not worth my time and neither are your words.

3) I should. But instead I’m going to bed.

4) The regular ones have simple balance readers that go off if the machine is forced around, or the claw is guided by an outside source. If you move the object slowly and carefully, or if you just move it to an easier location to grab with the claw, it won’t detect anything though. Could still get caught by a greeter or a security officer while you work.

Head to Las Pegasus and you’ll find motion sensors in every machine. If anything is moved that’s not supposed to be moving, a silent alarm is sounded to alert the staff. Not a perfect system, more than a few false alarms, but that’s Las Pegasus for you. They’d rather detain somepony and review evidence to see if they’re innocent, than produce a more accurate system where somepony might have a chance of getting away with their bits.

Before anypony asks, one of the gangs I was dragged into had a particularly boastful unicorn that talked about all sorts of cons and anti-theft measures. I never saw him work, but he supposedly knew the ins and outs of all sorts of machines, locks, security protocols; you name it.

5) Because he was kind enough to take you to the zoo instead of the bar.

How would I know? I have no parents and the only time I went into a zoo was to break into the gift shop.

6) When you feel like that, just remember you don’t have to feel like that. You don’t owe me anything.

Remember that one episode of Pokemon where all the main characters’ pokemon got lost and subtitles came up so you could understand what they were saying for once? Remember that one line? It went something like…

There are no bad pokemon, just bad trainers.

There are no illegal cutie marks. You can use a talent to do something illegal, but even thieves can have positive impacts. The best pickpocket in the world can train law enforcement in how to detect if somepony is trying to steal something.