The intelligentsia ratio in the USA is very depressing... one sometimes wonders if they actually got to the Moon on a bullet fired from a cannon ala Man in the Moon...
Some believe the gun laws in Australia worked. Yes, they DID for law abiding citizens.
Laws mean NOTHING to the black market and terror rings - if anything, they ENHANCE them. The amount of machine guns, unlicensed handguns, semi-automatic rifles and heavy ordnance I have been offered in my years of firearm collecting is bewildering. The Police know it, the Government knows it - they just don't want Joe Blogs and Joanna Blogs knowing. Let alone the Anti-Gun establishments knowing the truth.
I could go out tomorrow and purchase any number of illegal handguns.
Shooting someone followed by a by-stander during a re-enactment on the other hand is several shades of sheer DUMB. There are safety parameters and rules in place at re-enactments, one of which is that someone visibly checks for either a loaded (as in projectile) firearm, and also checks to make sure none of the re-enacters actually are possessing projectiles. How these safety parameters were ignored or overlooked speaks for itself, late arrival or NOT.
The intelligentsia ratio in the USA is very depressing... one sometimes wonders if they actually got to the Moon on a bullet fired from a cannon ala Man in the Moon...
Being that, given a choice of close to 20 million people we could find no better candidate than Tony to govern this country (two years ago) I wouldn't be so bold as to crow about the quality of our gene pool
nor levels of discernment for that matter.
(unless of course the system is corrupt.... say it aint so?)
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I have spent a good deal of my working life on lay-overs in the USA (pushing 28 years now).
Most Americans I meet are good mannered, well intentioned and well educated.
I'd also have to observe they have more freedom to do as "responsible adults" as they please.....unlike nanny-state Oz...but there are consequences...sadly, their lunatic fringe can on do kill themselves and others....as do ours...but in our case, more likely with a blunt instrument or cutting edge.
To label the general US populace as somewhat dim....well...I can't agree.
Every society has its rednecks and bogans.
But they have NASA, JPL, NOAA, Boeing, Lockheed, IBM, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Apple, Astro-Physics, Software Bisque, RCOS, ...... you get the drift.
We dig up dirt and gas and sell it to the Chinese at a serious discount.
In the land of Oz:
70% of police resources (perhaps more) are devoted to fining the general populace, and you are guilty until proved innocent on most traffic matters.
The government can read your (e-mail) and web browsing habits without a warrant
In Oz only the Police, Army and crooks have guns.
Yet the Homicide rate has not fallen.
Soooo.... one live round made it to the OK Corral re-enactment.
Six rounds actually Peter, when the man's revolver was checked there was one live and five spent cases...... two rounds were found in nearby buildings, could have been much worse.
But I agree with much of what you say........ seems that the average Australian is likely to possess very noticeable Bogan tendencies.....
Six rounds actually Peter, when the man's revolver was checked there was one live and five spent cases...... two rounds were found in nearby buildings, could have been much worse.
But I agree with much of what you say........ seems that the average Australian is likely to possess very noticeable Bogan tendencies.....
Correct me if I am wrong, but blanks also leave a spent case.
BTW my childhood toy (and much adored) spud-gun (a pop gun that, when pressed into a spud, popped small pieces of potato ) is now deemed a "prohibited weapon"
Seriously??? And some think the Americans are nuts?
Correct me if I am wrong, but blanks also leave a spent case.
BTW my childhood toy (and much adored) spud-gun (a pop gun that, when pressed into a spud, popped small pieces of potato ) is now deemed a "prohibited weapon"
Seriously??? And some think the Americans are nuts?
Yes blanks also leave a casing, but that was not apparently the case here, as they found two of the rounds had hit buildings and caused an injury to a woman. The other two rounds were not located. The fifth round was recovered from the victims groin...... The sixth round would have fired on the next pull of the trigger... Accidents do happen!
Yes blanks also leave a casing, but that was not apparently the case here, as they found two of the rounds had hit buildings and caused an injury to a woman. The other two rounds were not located. The fifth round was recovered from the victims groin...... The sixth round would have fired on the next pull of the trigger... Accidents do happen!
A forensic "fair 'nuff"
I've met with and talked to Aldrin and Sheppard (at length).
Sure the USA has social problems, but they also went to the moon and back....
BTW my childhood toy (and much adored) spud-gun (a pop gun that, when pressed into a spud, popped small pieces of potato ) is now deemed a "prohibited weapon"
Gotta agree.
The most dangerous thing about owning a spud gun ( and yes we had em as kids, along with air rifles, slingshots and crab spears ), was facing the wrath of mum, when she found out what we had done to her spuds.
And following Peter's comment - here in Australia both the guns and cheeses are prohibited, although it is possible to license a handgun here. But you cannot have unpasteurised cheese regardless of what club of like-minded cheese fans you belong to.
cheers,
Andrew.
But you cannot have unpasteurised cheese regardless of what club of like-minded cheese fans you belong to.
Or unpasteurised milk.
I quite like the fact that if one person has an adverse affect from eating an unpasteurised product, its a national tragedy that requires banning the product, but if someone has a bad outcome from a vaccination, thats just bad luck and the national good over rules it.
Who is making the money out of these decisions???
