Hey, we have a gun thread!! Batten down the hatches. Hide the women and children. Paul On Sep 25, 2006, at 6:36 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
> Cotty wrote: >> On 25/9/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> I've fired a S&W .40, didn't like it, prefer the .45ACP in a 1911 >>> (More >>> managable recoil). If I was going to carry, it would be a 1911 >>> (but I >>> can't, despite the fact that Canadian Gun Law technically permits >>> CCW, >>> the permits simply don't get issued. Luckily even my somewhat >>> dangerous >>> neighbourhood, by Toronto standards, isn't bad enough that I feel >>> the >>> need to go armed). >> >> I've filmed handguns, shotguns, rifles and even cannons being fired - >> from close range. I have never had the remotest interest in trying it >> myself, and cannot imagine living somewhere where carrying something >> like that out in society is deemed acceptable. Admittedly, you would >> need a large trench coat for a cannon, but that's by the by. >> > > I've an abiding distast of government officials and actively dislike > relying on them for anything, especially protection. Especially since > the local PD is famed for doing a better job of framing innocent > shopkeepers as drug dealers than actually catching anyone who's > committed a crime. While I appreciate the job the Police actually do > (And the problem with the Toronto PD is primarily at the > administration > and City Council levels), the job they do is to catch criminals, not > protect innocents. The latter occurs to the extent it does simply via > deterrence and getting criminals off the streets (Although with teh > Canadian Criminal Justice system, too often the ones who stay behind > bars have proved innocent, while the truly guilty tend to get out > relatively quick). > > -Adam > Who strongly believes in the Right to Self Defence. Even armed Self > Defence. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
