Terrorist attack NZ, 50 dead, many injured
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Good plan. I'm going to do this too. I've forgotten his name already, and won't be reminding myself.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
crikey. i get the whiff of entitlement though, so could be a special case. hopefully it will go nowhere. (unless battering was used, and there's no mention of that.)
Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
This turned out to be a controlled detonation of bags that seemed suspicious, but turned out not to be.
Auckland bomb scare: Exploded bags contained scaffolding equipment
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Target practice is actually really enjoyable. Almost zen like as it combines eye, brain, and muscles plus nature (wind etc) I agree with likefish that a .22 is probably all that's required though.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I have no problem with gun clubs, rifle ranges that keep firearms on site, safely locked away when not in use. Legitimate shooting sports survive in the UK post-Dunblane.
New Zealand may be another matter but there's really nothing in the UK that needs to be hunted by amateurs with guns.
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yeah pretty much agree. I guess there will be farmers who will say they need a gun.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
How about cycling (trained) pilots?
Athos
Well-Known Member
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Loads of people safely hold guns for all sorts of reasons.
Define loads?
Only time I've toyed with the thought of having a gun is fantasising about murdering someone. I'm happy that more focused and motivated potential gun happy people don't have them.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Rentokil more hard line these days are they?
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
This is not restricted to Sweden. The main reason for union membership amongst my colleagues is for the legal protection it affords from malicious accusations. Christ knows why this even made a newspaper. It happens in the U.K. all the time. It happens at my school on a regular basis.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Rentokil, absurdly, do security for military bases.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
150,000 or so people with firearms certificates (rifles), and about 570,000 people with shotgun certificates in England and Wales.
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I don't particularly think we should ban everything that goes bang, just that a total ban would be better than no controls at all.
My original point was just that the, 'if we let them control our guns soon they'll ban them altogether' argument lacks a credible 'threat' component because the thing we're being warned could happen is not really that bad.
I've fired rifles on ranges FWIW. It's entertaining enough and has an interesting self-discipline aspect to it but it's not something I would bother to do regularly.
Athos
Well-Known Member
There's about three million legally-owned guns in the UK.
Your fantasies probably say more about you than they do about gun owners.
Athos
Well-Known Member
Continuity Rentokil don't recognise the ceasefire.
Athos
Well-Known Member
Well obviously. Nobody is suggesting no controls at all.
It might not be bad for you, but it would be for a lot of people.
Do you think my fantasies say something about myself. Your insight is fucking deep lol.
Maybe Athos told them
Athos
Well-Known Member
Bizarre.
Pointing out your pointing out the obvious
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
Hey Athos without trying to shut you down..
Please note anyone giving reason for why people should have guns on here is going to get short shrift
their are gun lobbyist in the UK who thankfully don't find a good footing
Athos
Well-Known Member
I think you may have missed the point I was making.
What was it?
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