American gun mania

[Swoop]

...an office duty female officer...

What was she doing out of the office?

[mashman]

What was she doing out of the office?

Doing what they're genetically programmed to do... getting coffee and donuts.

[GTRMAN]

you been a bad boy Akzle??

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8103461/Armed-police-respond-to-gun-incident

[SMOKEU]

Is it possible to convert a Russian RPG-7 to A cat?

[Swoop]

Is it possible to convert a Russian RPG-7 to A cat?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-7
Even though it has a free-standing pistol grip, it is still only a single shot.
You should be safe.

[Delerium]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-7
Even though it has a free-standing pistol grip, it is still only a single shot.
You should be safe.

I suspect it is classed as a restricted weapon so you will be shit out of luck

[scumdog]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPG-7
Even though it has a free-standing pistol grip, it is still only a single shot.
You should be safe.

C'mon already, the last thing SMOKEU needs is encouragement!

[Swoop]

I suspect it is classed as a restricted weapon so you will be shit out of luck

I think finding live rounds for one of those would prove difficult, hence the sarcasm dripping off of the last sentence.

[SMOKEU]

It would be mean to go deer or pig hunting with a RPG.

[PrincessBandit]

I see that the NRA is stating that their solution to the school massacre is to have armed guards in every school in the States. "The only thing stopping a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun". Dearie me. I guess only if the "good" guy gets in first...

Educating people isn't the answer either because, generally speaking, it would be preaching to the converted - nutters and those with an axe to grind aren't usually open to being educated in the ways of harmonious living. In a nation where carrying arms is basically a right, and in many states a rite of passage, one wonders if they will take the 'fight guns with guns' route.

Despite everything we bitch and moan about in New Zealand, I'm glad I live here.

[caseye]

Same here PB.
I can't believe that the NRA has made such a fucked up proposal.
They deserve everything they get from here on in, in my humble opinion.

[dinosaur]

You have to get a license for both a car and a gun, if used irresponsibly they both can kill people, pretty easy to get your hands on one even if you're not licensed
Cars are responsible for the death of thousands each year? 42,643 in 2004, 32,788 in 2011 in the US. A lot of children die on our roads - from adults making mistakes or not following the rules/laws, misusing a vehicle.
What about the family in Whakamaru last week; two parents and three kids all dead? Is it the car that killed them, or the person who was responsible for operating it correctly and safely? It's stupid to ban cars but do we need more regulation? Will people break the law anyway?
Lets not even get started on alcohol and drugs, smoking, and how many people die (eventually) from those indulgences?
What about motorbikes? No one NEEDS a motorbike yet they kill between 3000 and 5000 a year in the States? Far more fatalities than the miss-use of firearms? Do we need more regulations or requirements around getting a bike license? I know plenty of unlicensed riders? Would making it harder to get one reduce the stupidity that results in deaths?

How come some things we find acceptable in terms of consequences, and others we don't? Sure we want to prevent it, but realize it's the price of freedom, to be able to get out there and have a blast on our bikes. Some of us are safety nuts, some lunatics, some of us are responsible but some should never put a leg over a bike

I don't have a gun, nor a gun license and I think the internal low level arms race that is going on in the streets of the USA is crazy - but is it any crazier than what we do?

[misterO]

You have to get a driver's license because driving is a privilege. In America gun ownership is a right.

[Akzle]

you been a bad boy Akzle??

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8103461/Armed-police-respond-to-gun-incident

surrender. lol. you be trollin.

Is it possible to convert a Russian RPG-7 to A cat?

restricted under schedule 1 Arms (Restricted Weapons and Specially Dangerous Airguns) Order 1984

It would be mean to go deer or pig hunting with a RPG.

no it wouldn't

You have to get a driver's license because driving is a privilege. In America gun ownership is a right.

driving's a right. i claim it.

in yankland you have a one week wait while the FBI does a background check, to buy a gun. sidearms at 18, long guns at 21 (or the other way around, can't remember) you can't buy .50 cals (because "terrorists use them to shoot down planes" - lulz) or silencers (without a 200$ permit for EACH silencer) (because "black people use silencers when robbing places" - lulz)
america(ns) are/is fucking stupid.

the fact that the guy in this instance possessed the guns legally. well.
well fucking nothing. really. the insane might do more damage with a gun, but if a power drill is the only thing they can lay hands on (or a car) then they'll use that to do harm instead.

america has a sick attitude to firearms. they deserve what they get.

[lakedaemonian]

You have to get a driver's license because driving is a privilege. In America gun ownership is a right.

And beyond the focus on the right to self-protection, there is also the responsibility to deter tyrrany.

Anyone familiar with the 4th Estate? Journalism performs a non-codified check/balance function on an out of control government.

Unfortunately, the formerly diverse opinions/ownership of mass media in the US has collapsed from over 6000 owners to a mere 6 that represent 90% of mass media in the US.

While there seems to be a lot more variety of magazine/television/radio options, the reality is the ownership of 90% of them has shrunk to 6 owners.

That should be quite concerning to anyone living in the US as media there has become a bit like a mix between Orwell's 1984 Ministry of Information, Gilliam's Brazil, and a corporatized hybrid of Goebbels' propaganda machine.

The 2nd Amendment is codified in law(as well as written about extensively in the Federalist Papers used by the US court system) as a check/balance against government tyranny......it's a control measure by the Founders to deter a future government from spinning out of control.

The original Mutual Assured Destruction relationship.