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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 7:47 am
(August 30, 2012 at 12:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I'm sure our saner European members will be shocked by this but none of us who live in the Lala-land that the US has become will be surprised.
I'm not sure that we're any more sane on this side of the Shining Big Sea Water, Min. You might find this difficult to believe, but an ancient law that made it legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow in the English north eastern town of Berwick-on-Tweed (except on Sundays) was removed from the statute books only a few years ago. I was much relieved that I could then -- as an Edinburgh-born chappy -- for the first time go to the wee toon any day of the week to pick out a tweed hat without becoming a target for local archery nuts. Neil
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 8:38 am
You can only kill the Scotsman is he is carrying a bow and arrow. I make sure that I don't take mine with me to York. It is only on the inside of the old city walls though.
Although, I don't think there is actually anywhere in UK law where this is written down. Lots of news sources talk about it, but I don't think any actual law ones do. It is probably a law that was passed down through word of mouth and is now impossible to tell whether it is real or not.
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 9:09 am
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 9:20 am
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(August 31, 2012 at 7:15 am)Justtristo Wrote: They should go further and advocate the legal ownership by civilians such weapons as rocket launchers and tanks.
We -can- own rocket launchers and tanks Tristo..... it's just that the latter is horrendously expensive. Quite frankly, I am appalled at the lack of tank and rocket launcher based violence in this country, especially relative to handguns. I think it's high time that the criminally inclined at least attempt to up their game. As of right now they just seem lazy and inept.
(there's plenty of tape to cut through if you want to own either, legally, and regulations regarding whether or not you have to make the working bits inop. If I ever find myself in the position of being horrendously wealthy I do want to own a Bradley -not technically a tank- but it has a place in my heart.)
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 9:23 am
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That's a relief, Frankie. Thanks for the clarification. I was sure it was on the statute books, but I confess I didn't check before publishing and be-damning myself. I'm pretty certain than Berwick, which declared war on Germany separately in 1914, officially ended the WWI conflict very recently, though ... at least -- my excuse being a twenty-seven-year absence from the UK -- I think so. That correct? I trust you implicitly now, so tell me; is it true that the Pilgrims didn't sail on the 'Mayflower' across the Atlantic from Plymouth at all but on a coal barge called 'Fanny's Folly' up the Leeds-Liverpool Canal from Wigan Pier? Whateverest, chum, I agree with the OP that a clampdown on gunslingers wasn't the worst idea over here since we replaced the Druids with Steeleye Span. I understand the nefarious political advantages of defending or even supporting the right to gun possession and carrying in the US, I just don't catch the morality or common sense in making daily massacre such an easy game to play. N
My dad legally owned a tank, Rhythm. He was a Scots lad but, even so, he told me it was perfectly legal. He was even encouraged to conceal the weapon at times. Mind you, they wouldn't let him keep it and take it home with him after the North Africa campaign against Rommel ended during WWII. N
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 10:35 am
The voting population of the USA is currently considering -- seriously, mind you -- whether to vote a Mormon into the world's most powerful position, Kilic. With that in mind, do you honestly think that any European is unduly shocked by the idea that folks should also have the right to carry an arsenal in their underpants? N
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 10:55 am
(August 31, 2012 at 10:35 am)neilmarr Wrote: The voting population of the USA is currently considering -- seriously, mind you -- whether to vote a Mormon into the world's most powerful position, Kilic. With that in mind, do you honestly think that any European is unduly shocked by the idea that folks should also have the right to carry an arsenal in their underpants? N There was also a time in our country when it was unheard of that a Catholic could ever become president, until John F. Kennedy. You guys need to chill and to keep your noses in your own culture. Our individual rights in the U.S. are none of Europe's business.
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 11:17 am
I feel that what happens in the most powerful nation on earth is everybody's business. When it comes to who is in power over there, it affects all of us.
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RE: The GOP and Guns
August 31, 2012 at 12:26 pm
(August 31, 2012 at 11:17 am)frankiej Wrote: I feel that what happens in the most powerful nation on earth is everybody's business. When it comes to who is in power over there, it affects all of us. I'm not talking about our country's policies abroad. Our individual rights in the U.S. is none of Europe's business.
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