Skip to main content ↑ ↓
Topic: Another School Shooting in the US (Read 13571 times) previous topic - next topic
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Re: Another School Shooting in the US

Reply #60 –
Quote from: DJC on
According to Planet America, the USA makes up 4% of the earth’s population yet 48% of the privately owned firearms on earth are in the USA.  I reckon that smashes the Swiss effort.  Firearm ownership in the USA is limited to a relatively small percentage of the population but gun owners often have many firearms.

..........................

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

Re: Another School Shooting in the US

Reply #61 –
Quote from: DJC on
And I have to comment on the claim by the POTUS that he would have charged into the school even if he was unarmed  :o Strong words from a bloke who had strings pulled to avoid the draft and Vietnam.  ::)

He nearly fainted when a guy charged the stage during his election campaign.

The Trump media spinners tried to paint it as him not flinching in the face of danger, but that is the opposite of what tough guys do, they usually are people lacking empathy who act without thinking about the risks to themselves or the pain they might suffer.

Reality is Trump was frozen, a rabbit in the headlights and in shock, he would have been cleaned up like a bug hitting the front of a bus! ;)
The Force Awakens!

Re: Another School Shooting in the US

Reply #62 –
Quote from: DJC on
According to Planet America, the USA makes up 4% of the earth’s population yet 48% of the privately owned firearms on earth are in the USA.  I reckon that smashes the Swiss effort.  Firearm ownership in the USA is limited to a relatively small percentage of the population but gun owners often have many firearms.

And I have to comment on the claim by the POTUS that he would have charged into the school even if he was unarmed  :o Strong words from a bloke who had strings pulled to avoid the draft and Vietnam.  ::)

Lot of collectors in the USA, they have enough stuff to start a war......you see some of the types who own this stuff on youtube and you start to worry....

Re: Another School Shooting in the US

Reply #64 –
Just one of the things we need to be a bit careful of in this debate is a blanket description of Americans.

We're a pretty homogeneous nation.
Apart from an argument over "Scallops" and how to pronounce "castle"...and a slight difference of opinion over football codes there's not a great deal between folks from the various states.
Yes.... we have a city/country divide but with most people living in the big cities or large regional centres we're a pretty standard folk.
Moving between states doesn't take a lot of adjustment.

The USA is quite a different proposition.
Apart from the fact they share a common language, in some respects it's more like 50 different countries.

Ironically the states with the least level of gun ownership include many of the original 13 colonies whose representatives were involved in the framing and approval of the very amendment that enshrines gun ownership.

Re: Another School Shooting in the US

Reply #65 –
Quote from: Lods on
Just one of the things we need to be a bit careful of in this debate is a blanket description of Americans.

We're a pretty homogeneous nation.
Apart from an argument over "Scallops" and how to pronounce "castle"...and a slight difference of opinion over football codes there's not a great deal between folks from the various states.
Yes.... we have a city/country divide but with most people living in the big cities or large regional centres we're a pretty standard folk.
Moving between states doesn't take a lot of adjustment.

The USA is quite a different proposition.
Apart from the fact they share a common language, in some respects it's more like 50 different countries.

Ironically the states with the least level of gun ownership include many of the original 13 colonies whose representatives were involved in the framing and approval of the very amendment that enshrines gun ownership.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZO30lPGm4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCppmoZiXUY

Florida and Arizona seem fairly compatible....good luck banning automatic weapons, I like the machine gun rentals sign....like that finnish anti tank gun too.....
Firearms, freedom and the constitution.....

Check out these rocket scientists...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwElLPSt0vY