raggedjimmi said:
I think you've watched too many Westerns. It's not like everyone is packing heat and blasting away at each other constantly. Statistically it's rather improbable that you will get shot if you visit. Stop being so melodramatic.
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I think you've watched too many Westerns. It's not like everyone is packing heat and blasting away at each other constantly. Statistically it's rather improbable that you will get shot if you visit. Stop being so melodramatic.
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raggedjimmi said:
Hang on, didn't you have a thread a couple of weeks ago asking for advice on a road trip round America? It's not going to be much of a trip if you won't get out of the car....
Lau said:
And it better be well armored (err armoured), since even 7 year old girls are armed with .50 cals!!
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Well just for clarification, that is a redneck weekend but more specifically it is a hick picnic.
When they are done shooting up those cars, they'll tow them back home in there 1984 F150 and will park them out in their front yards.
When they are done shooting up those cars, they'll tow them back home in there 1984 F150 and will park them out in their front yards.
MongoTheGeek said:
I suspect that I am fairly biased here, because as I said I don't agree with the 2nd Amendment, it isn't safe and scares the hell out of me. Florida passed a law that allows people to shoot first if they feel they are in danger, I wonder how many paranoid people are going to start shooting the neighbors.
My problem with the girl shooting the guy wasn't that she was going to hurt herself or others. The fact is, you are teaching her that weapons are "fun" and good, while weapons are, IMHO, not either of these things. I don't plan on ever owning a gun, because I don't think they are good things. Sure sure, what do they say "Guns don't kill people, I do". Well guns make it easier. Teaching a little girl that they are good just inforces the idea that it is okay to shoot someone if you feel they are bothering you.
There was a store in Waco, TX, this was a number of years back, but a dude was stealing a can of spam from the store, the store owner used a .22 shotgun and killed the spam thief. Is this justice? I think not!
raggedjimmi said:
Is that a joke? I really would not worry about being shot in America. Notice how there are many of us who live in America on this forum and have yet to be shot. It is not like everyone who lives in America has a gun. Stop letting the new brain wash you.
cycocelica said:
Don't think so, he's made multiple references in multiple threads.
Personally, I've been shot 8 times. Just today. Crazy Americans.
maestro55 said:
I don't know how the law will affect the number of shootings. It probably won't. There are people who carry guns and shoot and there are people who don't. If I am making a decision that determines if I survive the next 5 minutes I likely won't be considering what I will be doing for the next 5-10 years. I am sure Bernie Goetz will agree.
As for teaching the girl that guns are good and fun. A gun is a tool. Its purpose is to impart a large amount of kinetic energy to a small mass and release it in a directed manner. It can be used to make art. It can be used to destroy. Its like a chainsaw or a car. People are far more likely to injured by moving cars than moving bullets. I know I've been hit by moving cars twice and partially crushed once (All as a pedestrian, all when I was in place where the car shouldn't have gone). I have yet to be shot, I think.
Looks like fun. Kinda reminds me of my bachelor party (except the part where we didn't get to blow up a car.) My buddies and I went to a shooting range in Athens and got to shoot a bunch of fun guns including an MP5 (shot on full-auto... 50 rounds in under 10 seconds ) and a .50 caliber Desert Eagle (which recoiled on my unprepared friend-who was shooting it-and nearly hit him in the face).
) and a .50 caliber Desert Eagle (which recoiled on my unprepared friend-who was shooting it-and nearly hit him in the face).
mkrishnan said:
It's like "having 10 nuts and walking with a severe limp, that's kinda cool cause it looks like a pimp strut."
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yellow said:
I hadn't heard of Psyche Origami before. I like them. Not bad. Tight flow, nice rhymes.
mkrishnan said:I hadn't heard of Psyche Origami before. I like them. Not bad. Tight flow, nice rhymes.
Me neither until I started watching Samurai Champloo.
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I've shot .22 caliber rifles (that means the bullets are .22 inches in diameter, for people who don't know) and 12 gauge shotguns since I was 10 or 11.
I think that, as long as guns are legal for the public to own, people should know how to be safe and smart about having a gun.
I personally think that guns should not be available to anyone, and that laws like those in the UK are ideal, but until the laws change it can be a fun challenge to target shoot.
Being able to shoot accurately is really an exercise in mind and body coordination and relaxation. On a good day I can (could...I guess) put 5 shots in a row through the same hole from 50 feet with an open sight. It's all about controlling your breathing and relaxing enough that you're not jittery.
That said, I don't think that children should be taught that blowing things up and shooting huge caliber automatic guns is acceptable and fun...I think that's a bad impression to leave on a little kid.
I think that, as long as guns are legal for the public to own, people should know how to be safe and smart about having a gun.
I personally think that guns should not be available to anyone, and that laws like those in the UK are ideal, but until the laws change it can be a fun challenge to target shoot.
Being able to shoot accurately is really an exercise in mind and body coordination and relaxation. On a good day I can (could...I guess) put 5 shots in a row through the same hole from 50 feet with an open sight. It's all about controlling your breathing and relaxing enough that you're not jittery.
That said, I don't think that children should be taught that blowing things up and shooting huge caliber automatic guns is acceptable and fun...I think that's a bad impression to leave on a little kid.
..and statistics would agree with that. there were 29,573 gun deaths (2001) but 42,116 auto deaths (1999), per the following links respectively:
http://thegreenman.net.au/mt/gun_deaths_in_usa.htm
http://www.unitedjustice.com/death-statistics.html
However, we could likely cut down, atleast $10,000 U.S. deaths if we enforced tougher gun control laws. Even if it could save one life, I would agree with it. We are already working harder to make cars safer and teach drivers to be safer on the roads. I would like to see some statistics for more recent years to see if the car accident deaths have gone down.
And in 1 sentence we can neatly sum up some of the differences between you Yanks and us Britsjoepunk said:
Having said that I still remember my Dad letting me fire a Gimpy (that's a Squad Assault Weapon for the Septics
), when I was 7 or 8. And I still get a kick out of watching things like that.
yellow said:
I'm drawing blanks here....care to fill me in?
Pearl Harbor and 9/11 are all I could come up with, and they weren't technically "invasions", more like isolated attacks. Anything with fighting Native Americans doesn't count, as they were here long before us...
Every other event here after the signing of the Constitution in 1789 seems to have involved the U.S. invading other countries(1812, Spanish-American, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf, Afghanistan, Iraq etc.), or fighting wars at sea.
Britain invaded us in 1812, not the other way around. The Civil War, being a civil war, would tend not to count...
What's the second?
What's the second?