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   can.talk.guns      Discussion of gun ownership in Canada      54,497 messages   

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   Message 53,363 of 54,497   
   Trevor Wilson to RD Sandman   
   Re: What is it with skeptics and shootin   
   12 Nov 13 08:49:53   
   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns, uk.politics.guns, aus.politics.guns   
   XPost: aus.politics.guns   
   From: trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au   
      
   On 12/11/2013 2:54 AM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   > Trevor Wilson  wrote in   
   > news:beamluFpercU1@mid.individual.net:   
   >   
   >> On 11/11/2013 10:50 AM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>> Trevor Wilson  wrote in   
   >>> news:beaihfFokjkU1@mid.individual.net:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 11/11/2013 6:30 AM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>>> "Dechucka"  wrote in   
   >>>>> news:xrmdnfuuzPq0dOPPnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> news:XnsA2735FAA69B06Hopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>>>>>> "Dechucka"  wrote in news:vN-dnazhJ61dx-   
   >>>>>>> DPnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>> news:XnsA27288CAD6EAAHopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>>>>>>>> "Dechucka"  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>> news:juOdnRcS6_QizeDPnZ2dnUVZ_oOdnZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>> news:XnsA2727A555D6FAHopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>>>>>>>>>> benj  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>> news:Jmbfu.313527$cT3.143627@fx29.iad:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:34:05 -0600, RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Trevor Wilson  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:be2nuvFmkiiU1@mid.individual.net:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> **I go for a run every day around the block (4km) to keep   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> crime down in my neighbourhood. So far, it has worked   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> perfectly.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Then, by all means, keep doing it no matter threatened you   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> become.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah was working in my neighborhood too...until the jogger   
   > was   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> killed by some black kid.  Don't you make the same mistake so   
   >>> be   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> sure to line up a replacement jogger BEFORE you go jogging.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> I assume that is for Trevor.  I am old, can't run very far or   
   >>>>>>>>>>> very fast. Ergo, I carry a gun.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> sad really that you live in such a society   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Not really.  I have found it most enjoyable.  I have hunted   
   >>> usually   
   >>>>>>>>> successfully, sometimes not.  I have enjoyed shooting sports.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> as do I   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Good.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>      I have not   
   >>>>>>>>> shot anyone who didn't need shooting.  I haven't gone bonkers in   
   >>>>>>>>> any schools or shopping malls.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Unlike a few of your fellow   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> You mean the ones with mental problems?  Unfortunately, we have   
   > laws   
   >>>>>>> in the US that run counter to each other.  To reduce those types   
   > of   
   >>>>>>> shootings we are trying to modify medical privacy laws regarding   
   >>>>>>> mental illness......HPAA says we cannot do that....so far.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> That would help as would a raft of others to stop weapons getting   
   >>> into   
   >>>>>> the wrong hands.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It depends on what those others are.  Most of the proposed ones   
   > would   
   >>>>> accomplish nothing other than to harass law abiding gun owners.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> **Diddums. You seem to feel that a small amount of inconvenience is   
   > not   
   >>>> worth trading against human life.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have no problem with things that do what they intend to do and do   
   > not   
   >>> mess with law abiding citizens.  Most of the proposals do not meet   
   > that   
   >>> simple criteria.   
   >>>   
   >>>>>> Of course without background checks or   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am for the universal background check but am dead set aginst   
   >>>>> registration.  We have had a problem with ATF keeping a list of   
   >>>>> purchasers although they are supposedly prevented by law from doing   
   >>> so.   
   >>>>> One way to do it would be to provide an online list to all FFLs of   
   > the   
   >>>>> prohibited possessors.  The dealer checks the purchaser against that   
   >>>>> online  list.. Not data on the purchaser goes upstream.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> knowing who   
   >>>>>> has guns knowing someone is crazy isn't a great help   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ??  I assume you are thinking of a registration database.  The one   
   > in   
   >>>>> Canada where they are, supposedly, a lot more compliant than us   
   >>> upstarts   
   >>>>> in the US, is being discombobulated as ineffective and suffering   
   > from   
   >>> an   
   >>>>> over 50% noncompliance.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> **That's only because the Canadian system was designed to fail. They   
   >>>> should have adopted the Australian system. Compliance is almost 100%.   
   >>>   
   >>> Fuck off, Trevor.  I don't discuss your government or its politics   
   > since   
   >>> I don't live there.  You might try the same.   
   >>   
   >> **Ignorant, arrogant cunt. YOU brought up the Canadian system.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Nope.  I brought registration database not the Canadian system..   
      
   **Good. I'm pleased you realise that.   
      
      
   --   
   Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au   
      
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