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06-23-2012 #441
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Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
yep only the best That's why I buy German cars, tools, etc. (their sex can be brow-raisingly overwhelming lol
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06-23-2012 #442
Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
Life is essentially one long Benny Hill skit punctuated by the occasional Anne Frank moment.
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06-23-2012 #443
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Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
I just purchased a new toy as well.
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06-23-2012 #444
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Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
This is the one I'm going for next. I only buy my rocket launchers from Islamic Jihad, as well as other tools.
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06-23-2012 #445
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Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
I hear Beretta's are good.
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06-23-2012 #446
Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
Beretta is one of the world's oldest firearms manufacturers!
but I do not like the Beretta much. I want a Garand M1, but they are bloody hard to get here in Norway.
I would also like to have an RPG-7....
Last edited by irvin66; 06-23-2012 at 05:54 PM.
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06-23-2012 #447
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06-23-2012 #448
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Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
Anyone know where to get a good detonator? BAM!
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06-23-2012 #449
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Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
Since you're open to a discussion, I'm happy to engage. I know fourty some pages ago the intention of the thread was to discuss which firearms people were buying. This is a very organized and effective response to those of us who ring the alarm bells about the risk of allowing the average Joe the Plumber to carry a gun. I don't think others should only be upset by those who want to discuss the shortcomings of owning a weapon.
The first issue I have is with the analogy to cars, planes, and motorcycles. It is a fair response to the statistic you were given, as it regarded the risk level of a specific activity, which of course is going to be correlated with the frequency one engages in it. But cars, planes, and motorcycles at least serve an independent purpose apart from maiming people. You could say that the independent purpose of carrying a weapon can be narrowly defined as deterrence. A sort of man to man game of mutually assured destruction. Or shooting the odd person who has a gun and can only be stopped by using one of your own.
The response to the first rationale is the same issue we confront when looking at the increasing number of countries that want to enter the Nuclear club. How can you be certain about the rationality of everyone participating? I wouldn't want only one party to have a nuclear weapon, but then again I wouldn't want a hundred either.
The fact is that if guns were made illegal tomorrow, there would still be rogue individuals who carried them. This makes those who want to own guns crazy because they can't stand that they wouldn't be able to counter the force of someone breaking the law. Yet, if 90% of people owned guns you would have people with self control issues brandishing them, you'd have people witnessing a robbery carried out with a knife playing Charlie Bronson, and you'd have all sorts of claims by people standing over dead bodies that the other guy was reaching for his holster. And I really wouldn't want bouncers at clubs having guns. I don't trust them and the degree of vicarious liability for owners would go through the roof if they began lighting up the club and claiming provocation.
That said, I recognize that there's a second amendment. I also recognize that the issue for many people is that of self-determination; that they can hypothetically protect themselves even if on average they endanger others. It may be a right, but I can't really see it as a social good.
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06-24-2012 #450
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Re: What Is The Next Gun You Plan On Buying?
Yeah, I don't like them much either. We have one here at work, and we keep it dirty and use it as a misfire/misfeed practice gun because when its any bit dirty and you use anything but the best ammo it stovepipes 100% of the time... and its not in bad condition either- was new (when we started)
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