Sad Day in the United States

Difficult to form any opinion, impartial or not, when the key evidence is
being withheld though eh?

 

I'd expect their use of ammo to be more effective.

 

One of the victims was an Israeli Holocaust survivor who headed the
engineering and science department, but I would not expect that to move
you..

 

Deaths caused by firearms in the USA in 2004 = 29,569
Deaths caused by firearms in the UK in 2004 = 73

 

What Israeli holocaust? A few home made rockets fired over the border
by Hammas militants hardly counts as a holocaust, or are you referring
to their over the top retaliation against civilian targets in Southern
Lebanon last year? Which, while quite destructive, was nowhere as the
firestorm brought upon Dresden by Allied bombers during the last World
War. Now there was a holocaust worthy of the name.

 

I think you'll find it's an A10 "Warthog".

 

I bet your heart bleeds over all the people round the world your
government has topped. Isn't the daily death by gun toll something like
80 in the USA?

 

*Nice*

 

And they say that the Yanks are poor shots.

 

Does this make the shooter another "hero"?



--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Bullets used in the USA in 2004 = 352,872,339,343,238,983,239,378

Bullets used in the UK in 2004 = 74

 

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Am I right in thinking that all Swiss men over 18 are in the army
reserves and keep thier assault rifles at home? Was the case 30 yrs
ago at any rate... I suspect that burglary is relatively rare in
Switzerland...

 

Most Iraqi soldiers kept their guns too. Remind me how that panned out?

 

It's not changed, but to clarify, there's no 'reserve' such as you
speak of - all men of age are active members of the regular army until
they've completed their service, which I think is a total of 52 weeks
after initial training, normally done as one or two weeks a year.

It may be, like most crime, but to somehow link that with the presence
of weapons in many households is a nonsense, predicated as it is on
the american idea that it would be acceptable for the householder to
shoot an intruder. The Swiss aren't allowed to, particularly not with
their military-issue weapons. And, although ICBW, it's my belief that
they don't keep live ammo at home anyway.

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\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
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It's not changed, but to clarify, there's no 'reserve' such as you
speak of - all men of age are active members of the regular army until
they've completed their service, which I think is a total of 52 weeks
after initial training, normally done as one or two weeks a year.

It may be, like most crime, but to somehow link that with the presence
of weapons in many households is a nonsense, predicated as it is on
the american idea that it would be acceptable for the householder to
shoot an intruder. The Swiss aren't allowed to, particularly not with
their military-issue weapons. And, although ICBW, it's my belief that
they don't keep live ammo at home anyway.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

Someone must be recycling as that's about 50 times more lead than the
planet contains.

 

"Hang on Mr Burglar while I fix bayonet."

 

TMack simply makes a case for public finded firearms training for Yardies,
Ruskie Mafia etc. in the UK.

 

Reads like he went with some balls too. Shame he hadn't armed himself
though.

 

My sympathies to all the families involved, my friend's children graduated
from there last year.