another horrible high school shooting in Ohio

[JaneV2.0]

This is a very sensible question. Speaking to the moral actor as opposed to totemic symbols.

Although in all candor, I see no point in owning guns myself. I can still remember one of my military instructors advising me to go into nuclear weapons because that was the only way I was likely to hit anything.

Hilarious!

[bae]

I can still remember one of my military instructors advising me to go into nuclear weapons because that was the only way I was likely to hit anything.

You have to be careful about the details.

This M-388 warhead which I came across while cleaning up the garage the other day has a range of 1.25 miles from the M28 handheld launcher, and a yield of about 20 tons of TNT, and puts out quite a bit of radiation. After the first test firing, they switched to the M29 launcher, with a range of 2.5 miles. Ooooops.




I sure would have hated to have been the guy firing the first one:



Oh Wile E. ...

[Gregg]

Oh Wile E. ...

[reader99]

Mrs-M - that is really dishonest. The thread you took that from is from a thread in Hobbies & Creativity, a thread *I* started, about a Sharps Buffalo rifle I picked up. (A "military assault rifle" from the 1800s)

It is not from a Public Policy thread discussing violence and gun control.

I stand by my claim - this thread is not full of gun owners "bragging about their arsenals". It is however full of gun owners who think you are misinformed and not paying any attention to facts.

Related: for those who care, the Simple Living forum software does support an ignore list. You can access it via the "Settings" button at the top of the page. Or:

http://www.simplelivingforum.net/pro...?do=ignorelist

Adios, Mrs-M.

Sadly, it will not allow me to ignore a Moderator.

[razz]

Mrs. M, I have to protest about the assumptions about legal gun owners. Responsible owners need licences based on training in proper use and safety practices for using their guns, carefully protect the ammo and store the weapons in safe places. DH and I do this.

Arms are big business around the world providing substantial revenue, come to North America from around the world and these are apparently available at the same type of sources that sell illegal drugs. No matter what the careful owner does with his or her weapons, the illegal weapons are going to be a problem.

It is a little tiresome to keep hearing about these 'terrible legal responsible gun owners' every time there is a shooting by someone who is very disturbed and using an illegal weapon.

Someone did something bad. I am really sorry to hear this. We don't know the whole story or background.

Sometimes it is a car that runs people down and we don't rant about the terrible legal car drivers; sometimes, a child drowns but we don't rant and deny access to all water sports, pools and beaches; sometimes, a ferris wheel has an accident but we don't rant and stop all fairground activities; sometimes, a parent kills their own children but we don't rant and go off about every parent...