American gun mania

**awa355** · 25th July 2012, 16:53

In the state of Colorado, since the shooting at the Aurora cinema, gun sales in that state have increased some 15% ( it may be even higher) as Americans decide that more firearms in the possesion of ( paranoid ? ) citizens are the answer.

The amount of weapons and explosives, this nutter was able to buy without any checks is amazing.

I guess the amount of weapons, both legal and illegal in the USA is probably well beyond any effective control.

What do you think?

**Paul in NZ** · 25th July 2012, 17:02

I think you are right...

**merv** · 25th July 2012, 17:07

They are crazy I reckon

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**Katman** · 25th July 2012, 17:09

Guns don't kill people.

People and guns kill people.

God bless America.

**SMOKEU** · 25th July 2012, 17:29

Motor vehicles are a (potentially) far more dangerous weapon than a gun will ever be.

**mashman** · 25th July 2012, 17:32

At least he didn't make them all smoke cigarettes

**misterO** · 25th July 2012, 17:32

Sales are up simply because people fear tighter regulation.

**superman** · 25th July 2012, 17:49

It's so striking how Norwegians didn't even mention death penalty with Breivik despite his mass murdering of youth, Americans however... not quite as civilised.

Thank God for the death penalty and more guns.

**sil3nt** · 25th July 2012, 18:02

**Paul in NZ** · 25th July 2012, 18:05

Ah - shooting dead a nere do well is truely living the american dream....

**Katman** · 25th July 2012, 18:42

Originally Posted by sil3nt

youchube video

Fuck me - he wasn't a very good shot.

Were those Braille Society glasses he was wearing?

**Road kill** · 25th July 2012, 19:05

There's two things about the American approach to firearms.
#1 the basic principal is spot on.
#2 in practice it doesn't work.
On an American Kayaking forum I read of a guy that approached some young guys in a speed boat that had gotten to close to him at speed.
He had his pet stainless steel .38 in his lap as he paddled up to give these guys a piece of his mind when they stopped close by.
They spotted the .38 so pulled out a shotgun an told him in no uncertain terms to fuck off.
Some of the repliers to his story weren't from America and asked silly things like "why pull out a gun just to talk to somebody.
neither he nore any of the other yanks could understand why you wouldn't.
The land of the brave.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 25th July 2012, 19:25

Oooh, i used to be a paddler.

On an american based music board I am on, they generally seem like sane and sensible folk, but in one of the threads one of the posters posted pics of the gun he was shooting at the weekend.

It was very cool. But a it was a .50 Cal rifle. something like a Barrett. They were shooting holes in engine blocks at 200 yards. "I wouldnt recommend shooting anything other than terrorists and lightly armoured vehicles with it" Obviously the guy isn't a nut job, but blimey.

the interesting thing for me was not the fucking looney with the AR15 (with 100 round drum mag) and shotgun AND a buncha .40 cal glocks, but the fact that he had tactical armour on, a helmet, was using gas and wearing a gas mask. Sure beats the long black coat a la Columbine (or the MAtrix).