Armed America

[monster]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

Hoplophobia so thick you can cut it with a knife...

Originally Posted by wikipedia

"the most common manifestation of hoplophobia is the idea that instruments possess a will of their own, apart from that of their user".

So you're saying he's got the Pizza because he thinks his guns may get hungry?

[Aliantha]

lol...nice one Monster. Even more so because you've got the context exactly right.

My father has a fairly extensive gun collection, most of which are maintained and ready for use.

I don't think it's the fact that he's got the guns that matters so much as that he looks like a freak. That's just my opinion though.

[Spexxvet]

I wonder how many of those folks have shot someone to death. Certainly not Maggie. There's not a scenario I could think of that would cause her to shoot - at least not that she'd admit to in the Cellar. Cartainly are alot of guns for not killin'.

[Aliantha]

Well I've shot things to death before, but not humans. Rabbits, snakes, Roos and foxes, oh and feril pigs.

[Aliantha]

I also killed a toad with a brick yesterday. It sucked because its guts came out of it's mouth and splattered my leg.

Very disgusting.

[Spexxvet]

Is that guy really wearing a skirt with knee-high socks?

[Aliantha]

Oh look, it's another fucking weirdo!

(Could be UG though. Looks a lot like a black kilt lol)

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I wonder how many of those folks have shot someone to death. Certainly not Maggie. There's not a scenario I could think of that would cause her to shoot - at least not that she'd admit to in the Cellar.

Still lying about that? Amazing. The evidence is clear. Now go read the Justification law.

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by monster

So you're saying he's got the Pizza because he thinks his guns may get hungry?

No.

The hoplophobes I referred to clearly are not in any of the pictures.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Is that guy really wearing a skirt with knee-high socks?

Hey, don't be ragging on my homey's kilt and hose. And before you start, no, it's not a purse it's a sporran. :p


Oh, and the cat needed killin'.

Originally Posted by Elspode

While I admire and even envy that gent's collection of firearms, I have to wonder why he's got a pile of small pizza place boxes stacked in the corner.

Those are rounds.

[Hagar]

I really don't get the whole gun culture. I don't know anyone who openly admits to owning a gun. I have over 200 regular customers, countless irregular customers and dozens of friends and acquaintances, and guns just don't get a mention. You can go around all day in Brisbane and you might see a cop with a sidearm if you looked for it.

Sure, we played with air rifles as kids, and my dad used to shoot rabbits in the bush as a kid, but the .22 he had was gone long before I came along.

I know it's in your Constitution, but why does that guy need ten guns?

It's scary.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I also go for days on end and never see a gun. You have the wrong impression, Hagar. That doesn't mean they're not out there, just not as visible as you seem to assume.

[Hagar]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I also go for days on end and never see a gun. You have the wrong impression, Hagar. That doesn't mean they're not out there, just not as visible as you seem to assume.

You could be right. The impression I have is that gun ownership is so exalted, almost a rite of passage, and that it it really is a "right" to own a gun, necessity doesn't enter into it. I get this from the web and TV - I've never been to the USA, so it is all second hand.

I don't doubt that there are guns out there (over here), but our gun ownership laws are so different: if they're there, you don't see them. I can't ever imagine seeing a website like "Armed Australia" (sure 'nuf there probably is one).

It's not that I want to come over all "Michael Moore" at you, it is that I see the attitude toward guns as the single biggest difference between Australian and United States cultures. And, as far as differences go, its a whopper.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Michael Moore? Not at all, I commented because I see foreigners on the net seem to have a distorted picture of the US from TV, Hollywood, and the rabidness? ... rabidinity? ..... conviction, many of us show on the subject.