Today's shooting in America thread

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I thought hungerford led to the semi-automatic ban, and dunblane led to handgun ban

I think you are right. My mistake.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I've spent 12 and a half years here and have yet to see an open carry! Though to be honest I haven't been looking.
I know when out and about friends have said that friends of theirs we are with are carrying but I've never (obviously) asked them to show me!

I've seen open carry in Ohio and Nevada loads of times.

 

[Bill Walker]

but, for the most part, simply knowing where not to go keeps one out of 99.9% of potential trouble…because it’s rarely random.

You mean like school, Uni or cinema's etc?

 

[Bill Walker]

I've spent 12 and a half years here and have yet to see an open carry! Though to be honest I'm blind as a bat due to my hobby.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

You mean like school, Uni or cinema's etc?

Are you a tabloid journalist or would you prefer to deal in reality?

While they certainly make the news, they are a rounding error on the numbers, which are obscenely large and need changing.

That said, flip remarks like yours do nothing to advance the discussion, but well done from afar!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I've seen open carry in Ohio and Nevada loads of times.

I’m probably considered fairly well traveled in the U.S., esp the metro urban areas, and have seen very little open carry. It is far outside the norm, except in a tiny sliver of the country.

 

[idahoblues]

I’m probably considered fairly well traveled in the U.S., esp the metro urban areas, and have seen very little open carry. It is far outside the norm, except in a tiny sliver of the country.

Unsee it all the time in rural merca, doesn’t faze me in the slightest

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Unsee it all the time in rural merca, doesn’t faze me in the slightest

Exactly. In your neck of the woods, it’s almost negligent not to be wearing some self defence.

 

[idahoblues]

Exactly. In your neck of the woods, it’s almost negligent not to be wearing some self defence.

It’s so peaceful, I really doubt and have never run into any chavism

 

[idahoblues]

Exactly. In your neck of the woods, it’s almost negligent not to be wearing some self defence.

The Brits pride themselves on being subjects, obedience to the rule of a non existent law and being completely helpless to fight for themselves. Lots of chest puffing in the name of decency whilst all around the flames get higher. The level of ‘Little England ‘ on here, whilst makes me smile, also makes me cringe and worry for my friends and family that still live there.