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Boils down to what type of society you're happy with .. one that tries it's best to look after each other or a more dog eat dog one where the strong survive and get rich and the weak fend for themselves. The Europeans and to a somewhat lesser extent the Canadians take a more social outlook.
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i already have a mommy to look after me. don't need a government showing the same level of interest, or control over my life.
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PS:But anyways let's tal guns;the french make the best revolvers!Manurhin...S&W and Colt is only schitt compared to Korth or Manurhin...;-)
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how can you judge the quality of a weapon that has never been fired? do they handle being dropped better?
i grew up in the extremely rural midwest. guns were everywhere. once in a while some hunter would blow his foot off. but there was nothing that could be called gun violence. countless drunken fist fights, and one axe murder, but no gun violence.
got a bolt action mauser for my tenth birthday. bagged my first deer not long after. guns were about hunting, the whole self defense issue didn't really factor in my mind til i came out here.
i moved to los angeles about three weeks before the riots. anybody remember them? smoke rising in every direction, and thugs stoning the fire trucks. after the first few hours the police and fire abandoned my neighborhood. it was a long 48 hours before the guard showed up.
i had a job riding shotgun ,literaly, in a van full of million dollar panavision cameras. the studio was in the rioters path, and the producers were evacuating everything of value. we ran the gauntlet over the hill into burbank. good times.
i've never shot anyone. never had to point a gun at anyone. but there have been several times now when i thank god i had a weapon.