blueshift
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| posted on 25/2/04 at 02:38 PM |
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I seem to remember some statistic about people having handguns in their homes in america "for defense of person and property" or whatever.
something like 70% of the time the householders end up shot with their own gun, also lots of kids getting hold of them and blowing their sister /
themselves away, and under 10% of the time they actually get used to shoot an intruder. And then you go to prison for murder.
I think it's related to the whole government-encouraged "culture of fear" thing they've got going on in the USA, get everyone
scared of black people, drug addicts, etc etc, pump out more shows like COPS, makes everyone subservient and afraid and takes their attention off the
fact the government is in bed with the big corporations and bleeping over the guy on the street, the environment, the economy.. etc etc..
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The Shootist
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 posted on 25/2/04 at 11:46 PM |
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I didn't mean to highjack the thread.. really
It just kinda caught me in a poor mood.
I'm gonna let this one die after just 2 more comments.
#1 Syd, Uzis are fully auto weapons which have been all but banned since the National Firearms Act of 1934, and since Uzis were not made back then,
most likely you saw a semi auto Uzi. A semi auto Uzi is nothing more than an overpriced 9mm pistol. Fullauto gun may be purchased under the NFA but a
heafty fee is paid along with an extensive background check which may take 3 months or more.
A legally obtained NFA weapon has never been proven to be used in a crime.
#2 London Metro Police report some 5,000 gun related crimes in 2003-03
Oh, and I didn't get my permit to carry a gun around like John Wayne (The Shootist handle come from his movie of the same name, because we share
a birthday). I enjoy participating in shooting sports, just as I'm sure many of you like to play darts at the local pub. Not that I want to
engage in any stereotyping.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 25/2/04 at 11:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by The Shootist
#2 London Metro Police report some 5,000 gun related crimes in 2003-03
what does that say? either that we use guns as big sticks to scare people with and rarely use them, or that we're poo at shooting.
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Carl.H
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| posted on 25/2/04 at 11:59 PM |
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Not to mention many of those semi’s are easily converted to full automatics 
I drink to make other people interesting.
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thekafer
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| posted on 28/2/04 at 10:13 PM |
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I have never driven pissed! I drive a 65 volkswagen microbus so even going over the speed limit is highly unlikely. I think seat belts were a great
idea.(not manditory in my 65 bus so I added them).
But when a goverment thinks it needs to make everyone blow into a tube to start their car because it does such crappy job of enforcing the laws and
penalties for the few people that do drive pissed,thats just stupid!Why not put everyone on parole just in case?!? My rant was based on another
freedom lost for all by a law aimed at a few.....just my opinion ...
In his painfully bad book "Dude,Wheres my country?" Mr Moores first choice for a presidential candidate was Oprah Winfrey.
His third was Wesley Clark....(dear god)
Oh,..everybody listening to "Mike-L-More"alright! sorry starting to rant again
All in good fun guys! fletch.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 28/2/04 at 11:10 PM |
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just changing the subject, but in some places in stoke on trent, there is a curfew 4 pll aged 15 and under from 9pm till 6am in the morrning this will
contineue 4 another 3 months, and if u r out at that time they will arrest u or escort u home, and reportably all this (over 2000 kids affected) cus
of 12, and i said again 12 kids
now y dont they do anything about them 12 instead of punishing every1 else
[Edited on 28/2/2004 by I love speed :-P]
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
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