I'm sitting here with a gun in my hand... (page 3)

Paralipomenon

Simon lives in Calgary and doesn't at least have a rifle strapped to the inside of his pickup's cab?

Shameful!

Satans little helper

I've just picked up a .303 SMLE with the sweetest woodwork, I'm in negotiation with Mrs SLH as to what further toys are joining my collection next year.

lfcviking

Fave Dirty Harry Quote:

"Well when a naked man is chasing a woman down a dark alley with a butcher's knife and a hard on, do you think he's out collecting for the Red Cross?"

LOL!

5go

simon doesn't know canada has the same gun control that briton and australia have . Even if you had one you better not talk about it ...............

Canada ? IT COULD BE WORSE

Canadian readers: you can open your eyes now.

As strict as Canadian gun laws are, they are much harsher in Canada's peers in the Commonwealth. Canada still has a substantial rural, hunting, and subsistence culture that will not vanish overnight. Firearms which are "ordinary", "non-restricted" etc. throughout Canada and the US (even Washington DC) are banned in much of the Commonwealth.

Here's what it looks like in some other Commonwealth countries:

Australia has banned most firearms, is now banning swords and machetes, and is considering a ban on crossbows!
The United Kingdom bans all handguns and semi-automatic (or pump-action) centerfire long-guns, and is considering a ban on knives with points!
New Zealand's web page suggests that their gun laws are about the same as Canada's.
South Africa, Jamaica, and Zimbabwe have all passed extremely restrictive gun laws, and crime has soared in all of these since their passage.

None of these gun laws have reduced crime. What's more, as noted above, it was the UK Conservative Party that started the most recent wave of gun bans in Britain. Britain's Olympic shooters are forced to train in Switzerland because their sport is banned in their home country.

I recently was contacted by someone in the UK who insisted that the idea of banning knives with points was considered to be a crackpot proposal and the government was not taking it seriously. Immediately after that came the news that the London municipal police were stopping passers-by to lobby them for support for a knife ban. Now (June 2006) comes the announcement of a "knife amnesty" in the UK in which knives can be turned anonymously at boxes outside police stations, no questions asked; along with a major propaganda campaign to "take knives off the streets."

Warlock

zeroday you are such an ASS!!!!!!

I thought you were contemplating something more serious.

Even though I'm pissed, I'm glad it was only Dirty Harry.

Warlock

oldflame

I am one who truly believes that if it were law that every adult person was required to carry a fire arm we would have a lot less crime. There would still be crime but much less I think.

erynw

Every time I see this topic my heart leaps into my throat. You scared me!

zeroday

zeroday you are such an ASS!!!!!!
I thought you were contemplating something more serious.

I know my family never lets me forget it... I always watch "Dirty Harry" with my .44 mag in hand (no ammo though). And my other hand is on the other gun... MY 357. MAG... I know what you were thinking...

primitivegenius

S&W 500 Magnum
Yeah Try this one Simon, I hear it isn't to bad on the novice. I hear it will knock them canadian Grizzy's backard a few feet.

be sure and buy the one with the 2 inch barrel................. makes the recoil so much more BEARABLE........ lol

Robdar

Kitty cats shouldn't play with guns.

I'm sitting here with a gun in my hand...

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