Chalk up another "victory" for gun control...

[Irving]

You can put a long blade of grass in your fist and use the sound to call in natural predators.

[BigBear]

Until we can fully remove the evil and violence from the hearts of mankind, we will always have some degree of crimes of violence. If need be, man would find a way to use a blade of grass as a weapon.

Funny you should say that. There was a recent report of a guy in prison who made a shank/shive out of dried, wrapped grass. It cut very sufficently according to the CO's who found it.

[jake]

I have to admit I used to go for the 'sit on his chest and tickle his nostrils with the tip' method. This was of course AFTER using it to summon ducks (ducks are pretty vicious in the UK).

[iamhunter]

Well, if I may play devil's advocate, this is probably the first mass shooting (12 reported dead now) since the stricter gun control laws were enacted after Dunblane in 1996. In that same time period, how many mass shootings have there been in this country?

You fail to take into account the sever discrepancy between US and UK populations.

taking that into account, our "mass shooting" occurence since 1996 is about 1 per 30,000,000

While, if this is the first mass shooting since 1996, the UKs is 1 per 61,000,000

Again though, the statisitics are virtually meaningless as it's impossible to establish a direct correlation between gun control and shooting occurence.

It could be due to any number of societal factors, including cultural influences, stresses, etc.


On a side note, it was found that the shooting was carried out with a sporting-shotgun and a .22 rifle.


So much for that whole "assault" weapons theory.

[jake]

You fail to take into account the sever discrepancy between US and UK populations.

taking that into account, our "mass shooting" occurence since 1996 is about 1 per 30,000,000

While, if this is the first mass shooting since 1996, the UKs is 1 per 61,000,000

Again though, the statisitics are virtually meaningless as it's impossible to establish a direct correlation between gun control and shooting occurence.

It could be due to any number of societal factors, including cultural influences, stresses, etc.


On a side note, it was found that the shooting was carried out with a sporting-shotgun and a .22 rifle.


So much for that whole "assault" weapons theory.

That's kind of my point - it's meaningless to compare the two countries because they're so different when it comes to attitudes towards firearms. I've read estimates that half of the households in this country own at least one firearm. The firearms restrictions after Dunblane affected about 50,000 people. How many people in this country would be affected by a ban on semi-auto rifles larger than .22 caliber and shotguns capable of holding more than three shells?

[sniper7]

too bad the good guys didn't conceal carry and drop the guy dead. gun control fails in all aspects of allowing the law abiding citizens to defend themselves.

[Irving]

I don't know why the French have such a bad rap for being pussies.

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/06/ga...ayer_in_re.php

[jake]

I was playing Call of Duty and got in a fight with a guy from the UK which ended with him requesting my address so he could cut my head off. I guess I haven't lost too much of my accent because I don't think he would have expected to knock on my door and be welcomed by the business end of a 12 gauge

[Irving]

Well, you did say "for a laugh" in the art thread and you probably called him a Bloody Wanker without realizing it.

Brilliant.

[jake]

One small victory in my evil plan to turn America into England: the other day at Panera I asked my wife if she wanted chips or bread with her sandwich and she replied, "say 'crisps,' dammit!"