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I have some idea.
I think I've had 2 or 3 kids knock on my door for Halloween in the 5-6 years I've lived at my new place, little bastards lucked out because there's always a bunch of mini chocolate bars in my freezer.
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
Get real guns. Guns are fucking awesome.
That all depends on who's holding them. Not about to argue gun rights with someone from the US Navy but I'm glad our nation did what it did.
I should still get off my arse and get some training at a range though.
No thanks. I'm not a fan
Nerdkiller
Membeur
Naaa. We don't like guns. Even our police force doesn't use them.
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
If you don't like guns why would you pretend to carry one by buying a fake?
I took a handgun safety course and had a pretty good time. Was told my aim is "above average" for a beginner. I see no reason for me to own one, though.
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
Bully for you. I personally am a strong advocate of individual rights and don't believe the government has any business in telling an individual what they can and can not own as an adult purchasing something from another consenting adult.
I'm also a Small Arms Marksmanship Instructor, Crew Serve Weapons Instructor and technician on the Mk 15 Phalanx Weapon System.
Josh with a J
Member
My very very stupid friends all have guns
None of them should have them, me included lol
None of them should have them, me included lol
Fired bows, crossbows and bolt action .22s on farms, that's about it.
I don't know you or your friends, but I'm confident in agreeing to this statement.
Must. Resist. Arguing.
Part of the Halloween costume. Just because I like a game that features shooting doesn't mean I have to like the real thing.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
my ssgt accidentally shot himself in the leg once
Same
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
Way to live up to stereotypes, Air Force
Skyrim joke converted to Fallout?
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Gun activists just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Australian and British culture (I'm an expert), but peace and restraint are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can still buy a gun if you're an asshole. If you screw someone over in a civilized country, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance. Unlike in America, where you can just buy a gun and shoot somebody on your lawn or whatever.
What this means is the public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase guns for any reason, nor will they even have a desire to defend themselves anymore. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but gun activists have alienated an entire market, no, an entire country with their logic.
Republicans, publicly apologize and cancel gun rights for America or you can kiss your credence goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Australian and British culture (I'm an expert), but peace and restraint are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can still buy a gun if you're an asshole. If you screw someone over in a civilized country, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance. Unlike in America, where you can just buy a gun and shoot somebody on your lawn or whatever.
What this means is the public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase guns for any reason, nor will they even have a desire to defend themselves anymore. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but gun activists have alienated an entire market, no, an entire country with their logic.
Republicans, publicly apologize and cancel gun rights for America or you can kiss your credence goodbye.
FeenixRising
Banned
Someone tell me I'm pretty
Got no idea what you look like.
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
Putting no limits on individuals is the only way to ensure a lasting society. Otherwise you are saying that you believe people are inherently untrustworthy and evil and that simply isn't the case. The vile are far outnumbered by the good. Applying restrictions also ensures you get more and more levels of red tape and beauracratic bullshit. You get for profit prisons, drug wars, and legislating bodies.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Dude, please don't pull this bullshit.
EDIT: Oh.
OH.
You're pretty.
For someone who comes off as a bit cynical, you sure as hell have a lot of faith in people.
You remove all restrictions on individual rights and those who have power will quickly move to consolidate more of it by taking what they want form those who are unable to stand against them. Just because you give everyone guns (for example) doesn't suddenly create an even playing field.
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
The wild west was actually a myth. And I never said anything about lawlessness.
Removing individual restrictions is not removing corporate restrictions. You can do what you want in terms of your life and your personal liberty however your business is still very much responsidle for its ethics and it's workers rights.
For examples sake - I don't believe that anyone should operate a motor vehicle without proof of capability, you can't just say "access to convenient transport is my right" and jump on the freeway. You need accredited teachers, a legitimate licensing body and a regulatory body standing above that to reduce the potential harm to other citizens someone like that can cause.
FeenixRising
Banned
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
The era we know as The Wild West only last about 20 years.
Professor Beef
Banned
sounds like he didn't have a leg to stand on
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Thanks!!!
I am a benevolent God.
The rules of "everyone do whatever" usually don't work because someone will inevitably have to deal with the consequences of your actions and it won't always be you.
And yeah the wild west thing is mostly a movie thing. Towns were small so robberies were hard, which is why outlaws who pulled them off are so infamous, and you usually had to check in your gun.
And yeah the wild west thing is mostly a movie thing. Towns were small so robberies were hard, which is why outlaws who pulled them off are so infamous, and you usually had to check in your gun.
liliththepale
Banned
Baroquemantic
Member
Ha, noice. Is that a pumpkin within a pumpkin?
T
Transhuman
Unconfirmed Member
Pumpkin art is sad to me because eventually the pumpkin will rot away and it will never have mattered to the universe that it ever existed at all.
liliththepale
Banned
My friend asked me what I was doing because she was having trouble coming up with what to carve. So I told her I was carving a pumpkin. No, she said, what are you carving? A pumpkin.
Classic.
Then the boys found some fireworks and blew up one of the pumpkins. Classic.
liliththepale
Banned
Classic
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I'ma try this
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Cute.
You always sound like you're in a Full House-esque sitcom.
Kinda. But Karneval/Fastnacht which starts on 11th November, takes a break during Christmas and then resumes in February is waaaaaaay bigger here in Rhineland than Halloween.
Classic.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
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Pumpkin art is sad to me because eventually the pumpkin will rot away and it will never have mattered to the universe that it ever existed at all.
"Life is sad to me because eventually everything will rot away and it will never have mattered to the universe that Earth ever existed at all."
Hey, guys! What is this thread about?
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