Leslie

I live in Texas and only very rarely get shot to bits.

exvj

That's what Lee Harvey Oswald said.

I know a guy in Belfast who says that - he is a rear gunner in a bread van

Bill_S

Speaking of weak arguments and cheap shots, I'll be happy to review any data you have about those daily gun nut fights in emergency rooms.

Leslie

Have you ever been the victim of a gun crime?

anotherlimey

Someone's been watching too much television!

exvj

I should have refined that some and instead of saying 'gun nut', I should have described it better as 'people who only think of their own rights, and won't give to the common good'

Go into any emergency ward in the UK and you will see huge posters warning people about assaulting the staff - and every unemployment office and many doctor's surgeries

If there is a physical incident involving children, then parents are always questioned and many of them react very badly and it can result in violence.

I am suggesting that people who are more 'community good' oriented are less likely to react in that way and more likely to understand the necessity of being questioned

I am coming to the conclusion that shooters who won't conceed at all to the 'wider good' arguments are being selfish in the same way

I should have used all these words to explain rather than 'gun nut' - my fault

chartreuse

In TX, the list of dos and don'ts is non-existent compared to England. I don't have to pick through my trash, putting different stuff into different bins (none of which are big enough) according to a list (which changes at random intervals) for collection every other week, even in high summer (if I'm lucky). I just chuck it all in a dumpster in the alley, which is plenty big enough, and it goes away.

Plus, the cost of refuse disposal is itemized on my monthly water bill, so I can see exactly what I'm paying (not much) for what I get (all I need).

chartreuse

Me too. Though I did recently by a very nice shotgun.

exvj

I have had a rifle stuck in my stomach but that's all - it tickled a bit

These good 'ole boys round here are all packin' I bet and I sometimes wonder about having a fender bender with their giant red trucks and what might happen when we step out into the road

Me having another bulge in my pants wouldn't help I am sure

anotherlimey

At the risk of sounding paranoid - this does sound a bit communist!

They used to make people cut their hair you know, for the common good!

anotherlimey

Who was living in fear again...??

exvj

Think of it as paying tax to buy more weapons for the military - that's a sacrifice for the common good and not too communist I would suggest

heck I have been called a troll and a communist and all before I finished this coffee !

What next, a pinko transvestite with a fear of metal objects ?

exvj

Exactly ! I do ! I wake to the sound of full bore pistols on the range near me and dogies (little cow things) being lassoed and 7 litre engines

Cheltenham this is not and I am sure that many of em carry guns - I can see me being as polite as them if I do get involved in a car accident

Bill_S

I've read some confusing stream-of-conciousness posts on BE before, but you take the cake. I've never heard anyone try to connect the dots between a poster in a UK doctor's surgery and US gun owners.

chartreuse

I think he's failing to grasp the we're not all chavs living on council estates.*















* Some of us are rednecks, living in trailers