On Tue, 24 May 2005 22:58:32 GMT, Dan/W4NTI wrote:

"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
...
Incidently you all might want to read where 73 really came from and
it has nothing to do with the Winchester 73 rifle (;-)

Why is it that US citizen's (American) lives all seem to revolve
around GUNS and weapons of one sort and another?

Are you all scared of being attacked? If so, by who?


By you Brits of course. You guys did it twice already you know.
Hardy har har.

Only once, AFAIK. We fought twice. They only attacked once.

Hardy har har back atcha.

Jonesy

Dave Holford wrote:
You mean if the police dissapear there is no change in the crime rate?

Actually, my crime rate would go down. No more seat belt tickets. :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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Dave Holford wrote:



You mean if the police dissapear there is no change in the crime rate?

Dave


That's close. The police affect crime rates after the fact by passing
the suspects over to the justice system, where they may or may not be
locked up, hopefully depending upon whether they are guilty or not.
Note that I didn't say innocent, we don't use that concept in the US,
but that is a different story. Not guilty does not always mean innocent.

Being locked up affects the crime rate from the back end, while self
defense, in all of its different forms, affect it on the front end. And
I will state, most happily, that there are many non-gun ways to "defend"
yourself. For instance, owning a noisy dog is a good defense against
the common burglar.

Personally I keep my .38 special loaded with rat shot, and my Ruger with
a follow up in case they don't understand the noise and slight pain.

tom
K0TAR

On Tue, 24 May 2005 17:31:46 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

Incidently you all might want to read where 73 really came from and
it has
nothing to do with the Winchester 73 rifle (;-)

================================

Why is it that US citizen's (American) lives all seem to revolve
around GUNS and weapons of one sort and another?

Are you all scared of being attacked? If so, by who?


Why would the mention of a particular type of tool frighten you so
much that you would be compelled to interject a disparaging comment
about it? The world and usenet are very big places and not all of it
is the UK.

R

On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:55:31 -0400, Dave Holford
wrote:



Cecil Moore wrote:

Reg Edwards wrote:
Are you all scared of being attacked?

Not scared - just possessing health insurance against criminals.

Police do not *prevent* crime. Police only try to catch a criminal
*after* a crime has been committed - sometimes long after. Crime
took a nosedive when Texas adopted the concealed carry permit
which is reciprocal with another dozen states. Someone who is in
a position to know told me that one out of every 10 adult males
in my home county has a concealed carry permit. I can drive from
Arizona to North Carolina while legally carrying a concealed Colt
45. (It would be coast to coast except for the left coast.)
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


You mean if the police dissapear there is no change in the crime rate?

Dave

Yes, all of the crooked cops committing crimes would go away.

R

On Tue, 24 May 2005 17:31:46 +0000 (UTC), "Reg Edwards"
wrote:

Incidently you all might want to read where 73 really came from and
it has
nothing to do with the Winchester 73 rifle (;-)

================================

Why is it that US citizen's (American) lives all seem to revolve
around GUNS and weapons of one sort and another?

Are you all scared of being attacked? If so, by who?

That would be by "whom". In some cases, each other.

What's to say that the possession of firearms by the citizens of this
country hasn't prevented the invasion of this country? (or that it
hasn't.?)

It is hard to know what 'didn't' happen for a reason....


--
73 for now
Buck
N4PGW

Are you all scared of being attacked? If so, by who?


By you Brits of course. You guys did it twice already you know.
Hardy har har.

Only once, AFAIK. We fought twice. They only attacked once.

Hardy har har back atcha.

================================

The ferocity and casualty rates during the American Civil War were not
exceeded until Hiroshima. Just imagine what would happen if Civil War
should break out again.

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after the exhcnage she replied

'seventythirds' and my elmer and I just turned and
looked at eachother and said '73'rds' ??

she did have a nice voice ! bet she was real purdy too !


Well, here in "4" land, we would say "Hey y'all, 73."

Russ - kf4wxd

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"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
...

Are you all scared of being attacked? If so, by who?

The Normans

Can't understand what you are worried about. The Normans only had bows
and arrows. Range about 300 yards.




King Harald might have had some comment for you, had he been coherent after
the Norman arrow pierced his eye & brain. He was subsequently sliced and
diced, and English history got a serious dose of Gallic flavor.

--
Ed
WB6WSN
El Cajon, CA USA