Alec Baldwin Shooting

[onlinebiker]

I gotta draw you a picture?

If you don' t know how to handle guns - DON'T!

Do you see any flaw in that plan?

[HappySkeptic]

Explain how the rules about never pointing a gun at someone unless you intend to blow them away works on a movie set, where you are paid to point guns at people.

[onlinebiker]

Do you need the casting couch explained to you as well????

Just because " that' s the way we do things here" doesn' t make it right.....

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I gotta draw you a picture?

If you don' t know how to handle guns - DON'T!

Do you see any flaw in that plan?

Flaw? 

Perhaps just the teensiest bit naive?

I'll give an Australian analogy;  85% of us are urbanites living in half a dozen coastal cities.  35% of my country is named desert.  A full 70% is arid and pretty much uninhabitable. 

 Here your average male fancies himself a 'bush expert', an heir of Crocodile Dundee if you will. He ain't, and people  still die from ignorance 'out bush'.

I'd be fascinated to know how many gun owners anywhere have  actually received training about gun safety.

[onlinebiker]

I gotta draw you a picture?

If you don' t know how to handle guns - DON'T!

Do you see any flaw in that plan?

Flaw? 

Perhaps just the teensiest bit naive?

I'll give an Australian analogy;  85% of us are urbanites living in half a dozen coastal cities.  35% of my country is named desert.  A full 70% is arid and pretty much uninhabitable. 

 Here your average male fancies himself a 'bush expert', an heir of Crocodile Dundee if you will. He ain't, and people  still die from ignorance 'out bush'.

I'd be fascinated to know how many gun owners anywhere have  actually received training about gun safety.

The Alec Baldwin School of Gun Safety?

[arewethereyet]

Don't we have the technology to not have to use bullets at all in movies and TV shows? Seems to me that with CGI they could get rid of live ammo as well as blanks, dummies, and whatever else.

[onlinebiker]

Hopefully the insurance industry pushes that idea....

And really - most people don' t give a rats ass if a gun is real or not - for the most part they can' t tell....

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Flaw? 

Perhaps just the teensiest bit naive?

I'll give an Australian analogy;  85% of us are urbanites living in half a dozen coastal cities.  35% of my country is named desert.  A full 70% is arid and pretty much uninhabitable. 

 Here your average male fancies himself a 'bush expert', an heir of Crocodile Dundee if you will. He ain't, and people  still die from ignorance 'out bush'.

I'd be fascinated to know how many gun owners anywhere have  actually received training about gun safety.

The Alec Baldwin School of Gun Safety?

 I suppose I'm a bit conservative when it comes to devices which can kill you.

IMO anyone who buys a fire arm should be required to do a course of gun safety and maintenance and have certificate of competence before taking possession of firearm. Ex military and police would only need to take a practical test. 

In Australia, the  driving age is 16. Once they get a licence here, a person is required to show P (probationary) plates for 2 years.  The person may not exceed 80km/hour, (49 mph) period. The person is allowed a blood alcohol limit of 0.00. Above that is an automatic loss of licence.

I think those rules are an excellent start.  I would like to see the driving age to 18 and having completed an advances driving course mandatory.  

Don't know what it's like in the US. Here, car insurance for people between 18-25 is hideously expensive. Probably because  that age group is the most likely to be involved in a car accident .

My age group is the least likely to be involved in a traffic accident. However, I think the elderly may cause accidents due to over caution or in attention.

[ToTheMoon]

The Alec Baldwin School of Gun Safety?

 I suppose I'm a bit conservative when it comes to devices which can kill you.

IMO anyone who buys a fire arm should be required to do a course of gun safety and maintenance and have certificate of competence before taking possession of firearm. Ex military and police would only need to take a practical test. 

In Australia, the  driving age is 16. Once they get a licence here, a person is required to show P (probationary) plates for 2 years.  The person may not exceed 80km/hour, (49 mph) period. The person is allowed a blood alcohol limit of 0.00. Above that is an automatic loss of licence.

I think those rules are an excellent start.  I would like to see the driving age to 18 and having completed an advances driving course mandatory.  

Don't know what it's like in the US. Here, car insurance for people between 18-25 is hideously expensive. Probably because  that age group is the most likely to be involved in a car accident .

My age group is the least likely to be involved in a traffic accident. However, I think the elderly may cause accidents due to over caution or in attention.

Where I'm from, young people just put the car in their older relative's name. Solves insurance being too expensive.

[onlinebiker]

 I suppose I'm a bit conservative when it comes to devices which can kill you.

IMO anyone who buys a fire arm should be required to do a course of gun safety and maintenance and have certificate of competence before taking possession of firearm. Ex military and police would only need to take a practical test. 

In Australia, the  driving age is 16. Once they get a licence here, a person is required to show P (probationary) plates for 2 years.  The person may not exceed 80km/hour, (49 mph) period. The person is allowed a blood alcohol limit of 0.00. Above that is an automatic loss of licence.

I think those rules are an excellent start.  I would like to see the driving age to 18 and having completed an advances driving course mandatory.  

Don't know what it's like in the US. Here, car insurance for people between 18-25 is hideously expensive. Probably because  that age group is the most likely to be involved in a car accident .

My age group is the least likely to be involved in a traffic accident. However, I think the elderly may cause accidents due to over caution or in attention.

Where I'm from, young people just put the car in their older relative's name. Solves insurance being too expensive.

That' s also known as insurance fraud.


It' s like calling a Corvette a 2 door Chevy coupe.

You get away with it until you have an accident - then you are fucked....