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Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Reply to post by gambon
Then you blow your clip in 2 secondsand get shot several times while trying to reload.
Body armor isn't magic. It hurts like hell and breaks bones and bruises organs to be shot while wearing it.
You're fictional spree would last all of 20 seconds.
Now, do it in a "gun-free" zone or in some heavilly anti-gun area and you'll likely have a field day free to roam and kill for hours before anything is done about it.
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Originally posted by IcarusDeepSea
I don't think more people with guns would have helped in this situation.
Although it makes an argument that criminals will find a gun when they need to.
Originally posted by gambon
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
Tis funny that cos Ive just got back from galveston and didnt see trucks full of gun racks any where apart from were family where on the bar 0 a ranch our friends own...
[edit on 3-6-2010 by gambon]
Originally posted by gambon
there is no hunting here for instance like in the usa...
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
Originally posted by gambon
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
Tis funny that cos Ive just got back from galveston and didnt see trucks full of gun racks any where apart from were family where on the bar 0 a ranch our friends own...
[edit on 3-6-2010 by gambon]
Any idea how big Texas is? Galveston is about a 14 hour drive for me. Those folks are nothing like the folks here in West Texas.
Might as well visited Kansas and compare it to where i live.
Originally posted by gambon
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
So there you go you have made the point not everywhere is the same
And i dont know mate , our friends made ther life in that ranch for 120 years , from cattle and oil...Hunt shoot and sail..I think they are TEXAN through and through, tell you what I will try get them on here ....
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by gambon
there is no hunting here for instance like in the usa...
Understandable.
It's likely the animals would win any "hunting confrontation" in the UK.
Originally posted by selfisolated
Here in NW England barely anybody carries a gun. Theres no worry of being shot, except in some big-city dodgy areas - I live close to a few!
In that respect, I agree with the owning of small firearms to protect one's property. I was burgled, by some little scally who made off with a few hundred quids worth of stuff - a lot of money to a student like me! Surely if I'd pointed a pistol at him he would've done one, and if I had to shoot him/her to protect myself, I'd sure as hell like the law on my side.
Not carrying guns round streets though - plenty of people get into little tiffles all the time, which at the worst get resolved with a punch or two. If people carried guns as a way of life, I'd be genuinely scared walking around town. I can take a kicking,but not a bullet to the face! Been mugged, but hey - I'd rather give some guy with a knife my phone than have a stand off with us pointing guns at on another (In all honesty I probably wouldn't have the balls to shoot a guy in the street in this culture!)
As it is, I'm only scared at night.