Making the news today....

[Steve Bullman]

38 minutes ago, carlos said:

i just cant see how it could be a good idea for the joe public to be walking around town with a gun !!!!

fair enough if your hunting, but picking the kids up from school??

it just seems like total insanity to me.

Its so ingrained into them. I met a friend at the Baltimore expo a few years back. He was an avid shooter and always carried. As Maryland had a no carry law he drove half way across the states rather than fly purely so he could take his gun with him.

 

Its a different world over there.

[Johnsond]

7 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

big boys toys

Do you not want to ask why ?? Rather than what particular type of weapon. Somewhat like the stabbing to death epidemic we see on UK streets. 

Edited July 14, 2024 by Johnsond

[Mike Hill]

4 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

big boys toys

She was transgender.

 

Big Trans toys maybe?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nashville_school_shooting

 

 

[carlos]

5 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Do you not want to ask why ?? Rather than what particular type of weapon. Somewhat like the stabbing to death epidemic we see on UK streets. 

so are you saying weapon type  makes no difference to the death toll in mass shootings?

[Johnsond]

I’ll leave the argument to the left wing experts on everything on here. It’s strange that it’s our liberal left members who are cracking jokes and moaning that Trump wasn’t killed. Those here with a more right leaning view who may own firearms and possibly having been fired upon tend not to be treating it in a political point scoring manner. 
 

[tree-fancier123]

7 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Do you not want to ask why ?? Rather than what particular type of weapon. Somewhat like the stabbing to death epidemic we see on UK streets. 

well now you're putting it like that it becomes patently obvious the issue is far too complex for someone like me to even begin to understand, so off the net for me and back to simple manual tasks

[Steven P]

59 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

The shooter was a felon,thus prohibited from owning guns by federal law.

 

The news I was reading this morning said they thought he was legally allowed to own guns

[Stubby]

I have some guns . .308 , .22 ,  12g .410 and I have never tried to shoot anyone , at all , ever .

[Mike Hill]

4 minutes ago, carlos said:

so are you saying weapon type  makes no difference to the death toll in mass shootings?

 

Can you define a mass shooting?

 

I would say that weapon type is a factor,just like the level of firearms competence by the offender is a factor.

 

Bolt action repeating rifles are more deadly with regards to hit probability than semi automatics. In many cases hunting type rifles are also faster to reload.

[carlos]

16 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Its so ingrained into them. I met a friend at the Baltimore expo a few years back. He was an avid shooter and always carried. As Maryland had a no carry law he drove half way across the states rather than fly purely so he could take his gun with him.

 

Its a different world over there.

i guess it just becomes normal, but then do people use them much?

would of thought one would get bored carrying it around.