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cachsux
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trplnkl
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So Klein are you saying you do believe accidents are caused by cars or by the people who drive them. be honest.
I understand what you are saying and to a large degree I agree. I'm not looking to add laws, I'm trying to figure out how to enforce the one's we have. Since your screen name denotes it and and I've been quite open about it myself, take our examples. You and I suffered from a pretty hellish disease, one that to this very day is often misunderstood, but one that I think we can agree affected "body, mind, and spirit". Bill W. himself suggested it was a malady we may only be able to overcome through a "spiritual experience". Think about that for a moment. Even what we claim as a solution would be viewed by some around here as the ravings of some kind of religious lunatic. Are people who don't even believe in God or a Higher Power supposed to believe that I am now a stable member of society? So the question is two-fold, sober. First, in my drunken and drug abusing days, and in your drunken nights showing horrible judgement (I assume you drove in that contition) should we have had our Constitutional right infringed upon? Or do I just get around it by lying about my "habit"? And second, after "recovery" why should continue to allow this right to people who have shown such horrible judgement because now they've "found God"?
klein
Für Meno :)
Oh great, like that makes sense.
An 18 yr old is responsible enough to go out and legally own and in some states, carry a gun in public.
But, is held not old and responsible enough to buy him/herself a bottle of beer !
Here are some facts, why we Canadians prefer strict gun laws:
*New York City has more murders in a week than the entire nation of Canada does all year.
* We have no right to keep and bear arms. So leave your guns home if you're visiting, otherwise they'll be confiscated at the border.
We have very strict gun laws, and fully automatic weapons are pretty much illegal. It almost takes an Act of God to get a licence to own a pistol. (This may be a contributing factor as to why we only have about 600 homicides a year, nation-wide.)
Oh, and 1 more thing, if you ever do visit Canada, and go to a bank here to exchange money - you won't see armed security guards in the branch. Actually, no security guards at all at any bank. (We don't need them).
An 18 yr old is responsible enough to go out and legally own and in some states, carry a gun in public.
But, is held not old and responsible enough to buy him/herself a bottle of beer !
Here are some facts, why we Canadians prefer strict gun laws:
*New York City has more murders in a week than the entire nation of Canada does all year.
* We have no right to keep and bear arms. So leave your guns home if you're visiting, otherwise they'll be confiscated at the border.
We have very strict gun laws, and fully automatic weapons are pretty much illegal. It almost takes an Act of God to get a licence to own a pistol. (This may be a contributing factor as to why we only have about 600 homicides a year, nation-wide.)
Oh, and 1 more thing, if you ever do visit Canada, and go to a bank here to exchange money - you won't see armed security guards in the branch. Actually, no security guards at all at any bank. (We don't need them).
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klein
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I did not say, we don't have bank robberies.
I simply said we don't have armed security guards in banks.
As both those articles say, guns or even other weapons aren't used in most cases. Simply a note, that they have a weapon.
They get away with very little, under $1000 in most cases (the litte amount a single teller has in her/his till).
It's probably much cheaper and safer not to have paid guards on duty.
A paid guards salary is well above those amounts being robbed.
Besides, 80-90 % of those robbers will be caught, sentenced and jailed, and will be ordered to repay those monies.
On my former UPS route a bank that I went to regulary got robbed - but was arrested as soon as he exited the bank !
Btw, nice picture on your link :
TD Bank, now all over the eastern coast of the USA, sveral of them in Florida, I seen.
TD stands for Toronto Dominion Bank, and they now have more branches in the US, then here at home in Canada !
(They bought many banks in the US that faltered when this recession hit).
And if there is an RBC Bank near you - that stands for Royal Bank of Canada.
(North Carolina's hockey stadium, where the Hurricanes play is named RBC Center).
I simply said we don't have armed security guards in banks.
As both those articles say, guns or even other weapons aren't used in most cases. Simply a note, that they have a weapon.
They get away with very little, under $1000 in most cases (the litte amount a single teller has in her/his till).
It's probably much cheaper and safer not to have paid guards on duty.
A paid guards salary is well above those amounts being robbed.
Besides, 80-90 % of those robbers will be caught, sentenced and jailed, and will be ordered to repay those monies.
On my former UPS route a bank that I went to regulary got robbed - but was arrested as soon as he exited the bank !
Btw, nice picture on your link :
TD Bank, now all over the eastern coast of the USA, sveral of them in Florida, I seen.
TD stands for Toronto Dominion Bank, and they now have more branches in the US, then here at home in Canada !
(They bought many banks in the US that faltered when this recession hit).
And if there is an RBC Bank near you - that stands for Royal Bank of Canada.
(North Carolina's hockey stadium, where the Hurricanes play is named RBC Center).
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moreluck
golden ticket member
LOGIC 101
Quote from an interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week,
"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the U. S. capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U. S., than you are in Iraq ."
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington .
Quote from an interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week,
"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and killed in the U. S. capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U. S., than you are in Iraq ."
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington .
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
I should have included (sarcasm intended) in that post.Hey, I thought I was the resident smartass! He can be the resident.
cachsux
Wah
All the more reason for you to stay in that Northern paradise of yours because God forbid on of us savages get our hands on you on one of your trips.
cachsux
Wah
I was pointing out what a dangerous place America is and why you should stay out, guns or otherwise.
I am willing to pay your airfare down here to show you how man enough I am. Pm me if you`re up for it.
I'm the kind of man that would come in and take your women while you bluster around about your guns...and weapons.
cachsux
Wah
klein
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I'm already booked out for the next month, and airfare paid with e-ticket.
Off to Florida next week for 29 days.
cachsux
Wah
Swing by Chicago on your way down or back. Your return trip would probably be best as you can take advantage of your free health care once you get home. You`ll need it.
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