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Originally posted by pajoly
reply to post by budaruskie
Do you expect the rest of the world to know what a Starbucks or McDonald's is or do you just think it makes you sound big to rag on another country. You are the worst sort of American -- worldly ignorant and jingoistic.
Originally posted by TrueBrit
Well thats all very well , and I appreciate your right to bare arms. But in Canada, no such right exists, or at least not in the same way, certianly not with regard to public carriage . I think hunting weapons are allowed but I believe there are some pretty tough rules about transporting such items. This means that the only people carrying weapons of any nature in public in Canada, are either cops, military , or armed sociopathic criminals intent on the destruction of a nations peace. In that scenario, its pretty important that any ununiformed men who appear to be in a position to start a war with what they have on them, are reported to the authorities with all due haste!
Originally posted by Aliensun
Originally posted by TrueBrit
Well thats all very well , and I appreciate your right to bare arms. But in Canada, no such right exists, or at least not in the same way, certianly not with regard to public carriage . I think hunting weapons are allowed but I believe there are some pretty tough rules about transporting such items. This means that the only people carrying weapons of any nature in public in Canada, are either cops, military , or armed sociopathic criminals intent on the destruction of a nations peace. In that scenario, its pretty important that any ununiformed men who appear to be in a position to start a war with what they have on them, are reported to the authorities with all due haste!
Oh, yeah. And those "armed sociopathic criminals intent on the destruction of a nation' peace...."
Yep. Those guys are easy to spot usually, because they religiously stop for coffee and donuts at the "official" cop stop place. Masterminds that they are, they first wanted to draw the attention of the public as they are on their way to the next incident of terror and destruction on their "To Do" list. Or maybe they were on their way home from a caper. Makes perfect sense to me somehow. Join the hysteria I always say, rationalize it anyway you want if we are all safe.
So these guys were "heavily armed" in a country where you cannot legeally carry? What the Hell were they thinking!!! And what wasa the reporting person thinking? Oh, right, the hysteria thing.
I do not believe you read the article thoroughly. HEAVILY armed , is how the men are described. If they were wearing pistols at thier hips and no other weapons , then you would be closer to the mark with your comments. However, heavily armed suggests pistols, smgs, rifles, shotguns, and the possibility of grenades to me.
Originally posted by TrueBrit
Originally posted by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi
*facepalm*
How embarrassing...
Frankly I don't know who to blame for this mess. The JTF-2 operatives who should've been concealing their profession in a, how should I say, MORE PROFESSIONAL MATTER; the authorities not having better communication with themselves, at least so the police could tell the difference between a criminal and the JTF-2; or the civilian who should've just minded their own business (I bet he ran into some interesting encounters with "burly men" after this incident ).
www.ctv.ca
(visit the link for the full news article)
Should've just minded thier own business? Why the hell are you even here? Tell you what, never mind the motto of this website, you just go right ahead and embrace ignorance, just put on some Celine Dion, get a bottle of Merlot from the wine store, put your best silk undies on, and get real hot and close , with ignorance. Go for it.
Meantime, the rest of us will freely admit that any member of the public, in any nation who FAILS to report a sighting of unidentified, un uniformed, heavily armed, burly guys, out at large in public view is a bloody idiot.
spikey-
I realise this is a bit of a light hearted thread, but i completely agree with TrueBrit here.
The last thing the member of the public, who spotted these guys (probably saw concealed weapons) or overheard them talking about an 'op' perhaps, would be to simply ignore it and keep quiet.
As TrueBrit says, what if they were planning a hit, a kidnap, a 'T' event, or even a plain old bank job?
Ignoring them and keeping quiet in those circumstances could have got someone killed.
aliensun-
Oh, yeah. And those "armed sociopathic criminals intent on the destruction of a nation' peace...."
Yep. Those guys are easy to spot usually, because they religiously stop for coffee and donuts at the "official" cop stop place. Masterminds that they are, they first wanted to draw the attention of the public as they are on their way to the next incident of terror and destruction on their "To Do" list. Or maybe they were on their way home from a caper. Makes perfect sense to me somehow. Join the hysteria I always say, rationalize it anyway you want if we are all safe.
So these guys were "heavily armed" in a country where you cannot legeally carry? What the Hell were they thinking!!! And what wasa the reporting person thinking? Oh, right, the hysteria thing.