Maybe. John Forbes wrote:
>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -- 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
