Are you getting mixed up with the Chinese restaurant thread? John
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:29:25 +0100, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
