I thought the 'Arms Race' was a title given to the competition 'twixt the USSR and the USA in their efforts to make MAD a reality.
Don't go bad-mouthing the NRA. Their support for the Second Amendment is what keep the First in place and helps permit our blubberings to be acceptable behaviour rather than violations of the state ban on critisism of the State. Now what 90 mile away Sovereignity does that bring to mind.