Good read....Pro-gun article ....Nugent

[beeraggie]

All I am going to say on this is "Guns don't kill people, people kill people!" Its been happening since the beginning of time. IMHO most of the gun control only makes life harder on the law abbiding citizens like myself who like to hunt and shoot skeet. If someone wants a gun bad enough, they will get it, just like drugs or anything else.

 

[homebrewer_99]

...IMHO most of the gun control only makes life harder on the law abbiding citizens like myself who like to hunt and shoot skeet...

Question: Just how do you prefer to cook them "skeet"? Any special recipes you have there? Not a lot of meat on 'em as far as I'm concerned. A bit tough too.

 

[EvilTOJ]

You know, them kids nowadays have a different meaning for 'skeet shooting' and it doesn't involve firearms.

 

[Evan!]

SKEET SKEET!

Okay, this thread is now officially retarded.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Funny stuff...

"This method has been widely used for at least 2,000 years and was used by an estimated 38 million couples worldwide in 1991."

I wonder why it doesn't say how many kids came from those unions...

Reminds me of the joke...what do you call people who use the rhythm method? Parents...

PUUUUULLLLLLLL!!!!

 

[EdWort]

I'm all for more gun control..

First you start off with a firm grip....

 

[SpamDog]

I'm trying to find some stats on crimes. I want a total violent crime and a number involving guns. For my own curiosity I'm wondering what percent of crimes involve them.

Todd, Try reading "More Guns, Less Crime" by John Lott Jr.. it is a good read.. While I can't verify the numbers he uses he does quote his sources. he is a statician (sp? .. whatever.. he is a number geek) and shows some stats from foregn countries.
Also FWIW.. the PD I used to work at was on the NH/Mass border.. NH with fairly lax restricions on guns (my town had about 65% of our eligible citizens having permits.. how many carried i can only guess) and mass that had/has very strict gun laws (no idea how many permits but not many i would think).. the diffrence in crime rate between our town and surrounding NH towns versus the 2 mass towns we bordered was very noticable.. with similar populations mass departments did almost 3 times the amount of calls we did and like 5 times the "Report Causing Calls" (as opposed to "i need directions"/public service calls) I know someone will call me out for numbers and I don't have them.. however it was figured from "Town Annual Reports" in either 03 or 04 i can't remember..
Now I live in Northern VT.. the city has almost twice the population of my NH town and we get about half to 3/4 the amount of RC Calls that I used to in NH.

but hey YMMV

SpamDog

PS Since someone will notice that RC Calls aren't always violent or gun related and only reflect the general crime rate.. in my 5 years in my NH Dept we never had a shooting of any type.. while our neighboring mass towns had atleast 4 or 5 a year..