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This event was "attended" over the weekend. Held twice a year, deep in the desert of Arizona. No way to really describe the experience.
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R. Lee Emery does a show on History Channel called "Mail Call" where he goes out and shows off vintage and new military weapons. He did a show at this location two weeks ago, and films several throughout the year here. This shoot is mostly fans of vintage machine guns and such, but a extremely respectful and friendly group, or so I'm told
You must think Americans all walk around packing heat!
Now, once again don't take me out of context. I just found these comments funny that's all :-)
The most dangerous game...
Around here we have saying, "an armed society is a polite society".
It's certainly unusual that such things happen with any frequency. But it's a pity in both cases that the people frightened off weren't instead taken into police custody, convicted, and then fully rehabilitated in some fashion so as to eliminate the possiblity that they would make nuisances of themselves to an unarmed citizen.
Guns are great, but care needs to be taken about who get's to use them.
imagine a society with no guns, at all... wow how nice for everyone to be equal
...but that cant happen, since the bad guys will get them
so, how do you make it equal again?
yes, it is unfortunate. but gun laws only stop abiding citizens from being at the same level as the threat.
no matter how much people hate nukes, we will stock them, because of other countries' capability to have them.
i dont see how anyone can see how gun laws are any different.
imagine a society with no guns, at all... wow how nice for everyone to be equal
...but that cant happen, since the bad guys will get them
so, how do you make it equal again?
yes, it is unfortunate. but gun laws only stop abiding citizens from being at the same level as the threat.
If what you are saying is true, there would be a direct proportionality between the strictness of gun laws, and the amount of gun crime being perpetrated on innocent people. The truth is that it's more like the other way around.
When the economy is properly managed, and unemployment is low, crime is less prevalent, and the public, being more content, is willing to accept addressing such crime as remains through enlightened rehabilitative measures.
One of the reasons the second amendment is there is to prevent a government from being tyrannical.
imagine a society with no guns, at all... wow how nice for everyone to be equal
However, I don't see why you Americans need to continue denying yourselves universal health care.
Since the United Kingdom is an island, and Continental Europe is pretty much all agreed on the merits of strict gun control, it is easier for them to set their own policy effectively.
You do realize that Ireland has been independent of the United Kingdom since 1921, right?
What would falsify the United Kingdom being an island is that Northern Ireland is still part of the United Kingdom. Before 1921, it was two islands. If one wishes to oversimplify, of course.
I've got a friend from Mesa, Arizona and she's alone because her ex is in Livermore in CA and she doesn't feel safe because there is a lot of gun-heads near her and she's in an isolated surburb living in a big house on the outskirts of the desert more or less.