I was hoping no one would notice. The last one left me with a very bad taste in my mouth.
Paul Stenquist wrote: >Hey, we have a gun thread!! Batten down the hatches. Hide the women >and children. >Paul >On Sep 25, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > > > >>Cotty wrote: >> >> >>>On 25/9/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I've fired a S&W .40, didn't like it, prefer the .45ACP in a 1911 >>>>(More >>>>managable recoil). If I was going to carry, it would be a 1911 >>>>(but I >>>>can't, despite the fact that Canadian Gun Law technically permits >>>>CCW, >>>>the permits simply don't get issued. Luckily even my somewhat >>>>dangerous >>>>neighbourhood, by Toronto standards, isn't bad enough that I feel >>>>the >>>>need to go armed). >>>> >>>> >>>I've filmed handguns, shotguns, rifles and even cannons being fired - >>>from close range. I have never had the remotest interest in trying it >>>myself, and cannot imagine living somewhere where carrying something >>>like that out in society is deemed acceptable. Admittedly, you would >>>need a large trench coat for a cannon, but that's by the by. >>> >>> >>> >>I've an abiding distast of government officials and actively dislike >>relying on them for anything, especially protection. Especially since >>the local PD is famed for doing a better job of framing innocent >>shopkeepers as drug dealers than actually catching anyone who's >>committed a crime. While I appreciate the job the Police actually do >>(And the problem with the Toronto PD is primarily at the >>administration >>and City Council levels), the job they do is to catch criminals, not >>protect innocents. The latter occurs to the extent it does simply via >>deterrence and getting criminals off the streets (Although with teh >>Canadian Criminal Justice system, too often the ones who stay behind >>bars have proved innocent, while the truly guilty tend to get out >>relatively quick). >> >>-Adam >>Who strongly believes in the Right to Self Defence. Even armed Self >>Defence. >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
