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[wolf]

Originally Posted by warch

And apparently glocks are very sexy.

Glocks are about as unsexy as you can get.

Unless you are talking from an engineering standpoint.

As firearms go, they are utilitarian and butt ugly.

And I REALLY love my Glock.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by wolf

Glocks are about as unsexy as you can get.

Unless you are talking from an engineering standpoint.

As firearms go, they are utilitarian and butt ugly.

And I REALLY love my Glock.

I agree, Glock rocks. Of course Lady Sidhe would just say that that is my Teutonic heritage talking.

Function over form every time. Make it work, and then make it pretty.

[xoxoxoBruce]

If someone lies on an application to get a gun and are found out, is there any sort of "punishment" or are they just allowed to walk away scott-free and look for a gun somewhere else?

It has been a Federal Felony since the Brady Bill went into effect a long time ago. Thousands of people violate that law every year. To my knowledge NOT ONE has been prosecuted.

Originally Posted by warch Must just be my perception. Seems to me I hear more about hand gun incidents and availability

As the population increases so does the number of incidents, even if the %age goes down. Back when everyone that could afford it, owned a gun, it wasn't news. With an increase in the population that does not own a gun a market for the news was created.

[Sun_Sparkz]

1. cooked mushrooms are delicious.

2. I dont understand the whoe guns thing. Whats the big attraction? they cost money to get and to keep, they dont do anything except kill things (and who would want to do that?), and they arent much good at protection in my point of view. you feel unsafe? move somewhere safer.

[lookout123]

garnet we're not talking about kids playing with guns. that is the whole point. some would argue that teaching kids the responsible handling of firearms from a young age would lead to more responsible actions in future years.

and sun - it costs money to purchase a gun. unless you modifying it or buying extras, maintenance costs are negligable. target shooting is very effective at releasing stress.

[404Error]

Originally Posted by Sun_Sparkz

...they arent much good at protection in my point of view. you feel unsafe? move somewhere safer.

I beg to differ, guns used properly in the right circumstances are perfect for protection against any would be predator set to to you or your loved ones harm. And let's face it, moving to somewhere safer is not really a viable option to most people. Owning a gun is much cheaper.

[garnet]

Originally Posted by Sun_Sparkz

I dont understand the whoe guns thing. Whats the big attraction?

Damn good question, and a question that people outside the US frequently ask. I don't get it either.

And I dislike cooked mushrooms even more than I dislike guns. They're slimy, taste like dirt and have the consistency of BOOGERS.

[404Error]

Originally Posted by garnet

...And I dislike cooked mushrooms even more than I dislike guns. They're slimy, taste like dirt and have the consistency of BOOGERS.

Not to get into the whole peta thing but I read this as you've eaten dirt and boogers and dislike them, yet you're a vegetarian and wont eat meat?

[garnet]

Originally Posted by 404Error

Not to get into the whole peta thing but I read this as you've eaten dirt and boogers and dislike them, yet you're a vegetarian and wont eat meat?

Somebody doesn't have a sense of humor apparently.... And do everybody a favor--don't go into the PETA/vegetarian thing. Please.

[404Error]

Originally Posted by garnet

Somebody doesn't have a sense of humor apparently.... And do everybody a favor--don't go into the PETA/vegetarian thing. Please.

Sorry Garnet, it was meant to be humorous. Maybe my choice of smiley gave the wrong impression. And I said 'not' to get into the PETA thing, I don't try to stir doo doo. Really.

[farfromhome]

Beat me up. I don't care. Anytime a tragedy like this occurs I'll be there.Guns kill people.Period.

[farfromhome]

How did I get on the wrong link???

[Undertoad]

Gun-related crimes vary a great deal from decade to decade, even though the number of guns around doesn't change so much. Gun crimes went through a massive peak during alcohol prohibition, but by the time life in these United States settled down, they were at a tenth what they were during that period. Then they started upwards again, until they reached a second, nearly identical peak during the "crack epidemic", theoretically a new prohibition period. During the 90s things began to settle again and with the peak in jobs in 1999, gun crimes reached a new low. Since then they have been edging upwards, but are still nowhere near what they were a decade ago.

There is absolutely NO DOUBT in my mind that gun crime correlates with the war on drugs. It's so easy to see. As the profit potential for illegal activity rises, so does the number of people who are willing to go to far illegal lengths. Drug lords are running a multi billion dollar industry and it's entirely underground. Guns are how they legislate and control their activity.

[Kitsune]

No one has ever seen a normal human brain that didn't have all the parts normal human brains have now.

Well, yeah. If any human brain is missing any specific parts, it tends not to be normal. Its rare to hear someone say, "We found a normal human brain that doesn't have a somatasensory cortex."

[xoxoxoBruce]

Makes me wonder what's normal when they can take out one entire half of a brain and still have the patient function "normally"

Oh please. I won't get into it here, but I'm not buying the whole "evolutionary brain" argument. No one has ever seen a normal human brain that didn't have all the parts normal human brains have now.

Wasn't that just separating the functions of the human brain into groups that critter brains can also handle? Nothing evolutionary here folks, just move along.