Shooting at Mandalay Bay Resort (Las Vegas)

better dead than red said:
I know you were probably bring flippant but if they did 32 floors of stairs they'd probably be worn out. I'm guessing they were carrying about 50lbs of gear when you take into account their ballistic armor, helmets, long gun, pistol, ammunition for both guns, flash bang grenades and whatever breathing tools they'd have. This would be in addition to their body weight. SWAT operators typically aren't fatties. :)
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You got it right first time. I was going for sarcasm but flippant is fine. Well spotted.
 
The Fat el Hombre said:
Vile country populated by deluded gun toting brainwashed idiots. Sick of hearing about the fucking shit hole. Room 101 the fucker
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There's nothing wrong with the country, it's a fantastic place to visit and travel around, I've had many a holiday there, worked there and lived there, the U S seems to have more wankers than anyone else.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
The Magna Carta is more like a bit of guidance, rather than any ossified, immutable rule. It's a deficient analogy.
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It is the basis of the modern world! However, even then I went on to explain the Constitution and its importance. The analogy stands, even if you can't relate it back to the time it was so inspirational.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
Again -- find me one person -- ONE -- who will admit to being careless with his weapon. No offense, but anyone who believes you about "being concerned" is ridiculous. It's not personal; it's prudence. The stakes are infinitely higher if we are wrong about trusting you. You don't trust others; that's why you own a weapon, but you are asking us to trust you. You can make a mistake with terrible consequences. You probably won't. But you could.
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I'm pretty sure you won't lose control of your car and plough down dozens of pedestrians, but you could! All it would take is a brake failure on a steep SF street and you're there! Lose your brakes in the Stockton tunnel and Union Square has a massacre on its hands!

I'm telling you that I have a gun for home defence and you are acting like I'm some kind of gun nutter?! Your SF fog is showing!
 
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ChicagoBlue said:
I'm pretty sure you won't lose control of your car and plough down dozens of pedestrians, but you could! All it would take is a brake failure on a steep SF street and you're there! Lose your brakes in the Stockton tunnel and Union Square has a massacre on its hands!

I'm telling you that I have a gun for home defence and one for work and you are acting like I'm some kind of gun nutter?! Your SF fog is showing!
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Where do you keep your gun?
 
squirtyflower said:
I'm sure all those killed agree 100% with you.
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Thete were many armed people there, but their handguns are of no use in an elevated shooter, under cover, with high powered rifles scenario. Anyone with a modicum of understanding of life here, or the specific situation would have already known that, but then your frame of reference might be Gorton, so I'll cut you some slack.
 
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peace frog said:
if a burglar got into your house whilst you were in the kitchen and pointed a gun at you would you be able to go to your gun safe unlock the safe and shoot the burglar before he shot you
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I don't believe he was saying that a gun can unprotect you from every conceivable situation but it offers some 'potential' protection that not having one wouldn't.
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
No idea how but I hope he finds a way to do it ;-)
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No chance. I'm a ninja :)

Not that I would do that type of thing, but it's absurd to have it locked away and hope you get people who would make the Home Alone villians look like the Krays.

I can't see how that's a viable option. A bat by the bed if things are that perilous, a knife. At least as you ran to the safe, put the light on, found your reading glasses, thought about the number, take it out, you could throw the knife or bat at them. :)
 
Magicpole said:
No chance. I'm a ninja :)

Not that I would do that type of thing, but it's absurd to have it locked away and hope you get people who would make the Home Alone villians look like the Krays.

I can't see how that's a viable option. A bat by the bed if things are that perilous, a knife. At least as you ran to the safe, put the light on, found your reading glasses, thought about the number, take it out, you could throw the knife or bat at them. :)
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Obviously it can't offer protection from every situation but I'd probably feel safer in the USA if I had a gun upstairs rather than a baseball bat or golf club.
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
I don't believe he was saying that a gun can unprotect you from every conceivable situation but it offers some 'potential' protection that not having one wouldn't.
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if I lived in America id have a gun infact two id wear them like a cowboy .with bullets across my chest,a big fuck off knife down my boots and my lady friend would have a dinky gun in her garter :)
the post I did was a play on that video by the ozzie bloke
 
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