Had A Bad Scare Today.

[El Kabong]

I was going to ask if you looked in the mirror.....now that seems bad of me

...Wouldn't you have liked to have had a gun in that situation?


Glad you're ok!

[Kev]

I was going to ask if you looked in the mirror.....now that seems bad of me

...Wouldn't you have liked to have had a gun in that situation?


Glad you're ok!

Does having a gun really help? In that situation I think I'd just end up with taking my gun..

[marbleheadmaui]

I was going to ask if you looked in the mirror.....now that seems bad of me

...Wouldn't you have liked to have had a gun in that situation?


Glad you're ok!

Does having a gun really help? In that situation I think I'd just end up with taking my gun..

Damned right it does. Mine have saved me twice. What are the old sayings "One never needs a gun until one needs one badly" and "when seconds count, the cops are minutes away."

Glad ICB is ok!

[Gandalf]

Glad you are okay, Ice. Sounds like a really scary situation.

And what's with all this silly macho talk about guns? What if they threatened Ice with a gun first and he was just stood there with a gun in his pocket? What use would it have served then? And they could very well have shot him whilst running away.

The lack of guns in the UK is one of its better qualities. The fact that there are no guns out here and people are generally quite passive is partly what makes me feel completely safe.

If you American's are happy with your guns, then fair enough I am not going to try and change that. But most countries are happy without them and function more than effectively too.

[Kev]

Glad you are okay, Ice. Sounds like a really scary situation.

And what's with all this silly macho talk about guns? What if they threatened Ice with a gun first and he was just stood there with a gun in his pocket? What use would it have served then? And they could very well have shot him whilst running away.

The lack of guns in the UK is one of its better qualities. The fact that there are no guns out here and people are generally quite passive is partly what makes me feel completely safe.

If you American's are happy with your guns, then fair enough I am not going to try and change that. But most countries are happy without them and function more than effectively too.

haha guess who has turned this political..

Lyle will doubtless be here any minute, the rest of us will clear the room.

[marbleheadmaui]

Glad you are okay, Ice. Sounds like a really scary situation.

And what's with all this silly macho talk about guns? What if they threatened Ice with a gun first and he was just stood there with a gun in his pocket? What use would it have served then? And they could very well have shot him whilst running away.

The lack of guns in the UK is one of its better qualities. The fact that there are no guns out here and people are generally quite passive is partly what makes me feel completely safe.

If you American's are happy with your guns, then fair enough I am not going to try and change that. But most countries are happy without them and function more than effectively too.

What's "macho" about not being subject to whims of scum

[Gandalf]

Glad you are okay, Ice. Sounds like a really scary situation.

And what's with all this silly macho talk about guns? What if they threatened Ice with a gun first and he was just stood there with a gun in his pocket? What use would it have served then? And they could very well have shot him whilst running away.

The lack of guns in the UK is one of its better qualities. The fact that there are no guns out here and people are generally quite passive is partly what makes me feel completely safe.

If you American's are happy with your guns, then fair enough I am not going to try and change that. But most countries are happy without them and function more than effectively too.

What's "macho" about not being subject to whims of scum

This isn't the wild west, it's England.

Guns are not an acceptable solution in our culture. If guns were freely available Ice might well have been at the mercy of a gun himself and the fall out could have been far worse.

I am just glad it was only a knife and that he was athletic enough to get away.

[marbleheadmaui]

Glad you are okay, Ice. Sounds like a really scary situation.

And what's with all this silly macho talk about guns? What if they threatened Ice with a gun first and he was just stood there with a gun in his pocket? What use would it have served then? And they could very well have shot him whilst running away.

The lack of guns in the UK is one of its better qualities. The fact that there are no guns out here and people are generally quite passive is partly what makes me feel completely safe.

If you American's are happy with your guns, then fair enough I am not going to try and change that. But most countries are happy without them and function more than effectively too.

What's "macho" about not being subject to whims of scum

This isn't the wild west, it's England.

Guns are not an acceptable solution in our culture. If guns were freely available Ice might well have been at the mercy of a gun himself and the fall out could have been far worse.

I am just glad it was only a knife and that he was athletic enough to get away.

A) You didn't answer the question
B) What if he hadn't been athletic enough? What if he'd been injured or tired or a little older? A knife is a lethal weapon. You're ok at your fellow citizens being at the whim of armed scum?

[Spicoli]

On a side note if it was in this sue happy and overly political correct Country, had you slugged the guy asking you if you 'had fag' you would have been charged with a hate crime. I'm half serious

Glad it worked out Ice and you beat feet outta there. Now if a guy ever pulls a gun on you do not run, thats a time to not let another decide your fate...but its as scary as shit and your asshole slams shut. Equally if you had a knife dont pull it less you know it.

[generalbulldog]

Glad you're alright ICB.


And as one of Miles' liberal buddies would say, "Power comes from the barrel of a gun." Chairman Mao Tse Tung, one of the biggest liberals of his day even understood this.

[CFH]

Re: all the gun talk...

If you'd pulled a gun and shot those guys in Canada, you would've been the one who ended up getting charged with a crime... Kinda fucked up in some ways...

There was this story a while ago about a guy whose business kept getting broken into. He had gone to the cops, who proved impotent as usual, and as such he decided to sleep in his shop with a baseball bat. Sure enough, at some point it gets broken into, he beats the guy with the bat and he gets charged with assault... Might be an urban legend, but I'm sure I read about it in the news.

Anyways ICB, glad you're safe. Confrontations like that are a bitch.

[Kev]

I was going to ask if you looked in the mirror.....now that seems bad of me

...Wouldn't you have liked to have had a gun in that situation?


Glad you're ok!

Does having a gun really help? In that situation I think I'd just end up with them taking my gun..

[killersheep]

I was going to ask if you looked in the mirror.....now that seems bad of me

...Wouldn't you have liked to have had a gun in that situation?


Glad you're ok!

Does having a gun really help? In that situation I think I'd just end up with them taking my gun..

Of course it works, how else do you think anyone takes/keeps power? war of words? a convincing argument? No, power is behind the trigger, the subservient at the end of the barrel. The situation would have been completely turned around. Until next time when they returned with two guns.

[Kev]

I was going to ask if you looked in the mirror.....now that seems bad of me

...Wouldn't you have liked to have had a gun in that situation?


Glad you're ok!

Does having a gun really help? In that situation I think I'd just end up with them taking my gun..

Of course it works, how else do you think anyone takes/keeps power? war of words? a convincing argument? No, power is behind the trigger, the subservient at the end of the barrel. The situation would have been completely turned around. Until next time when they returned with two guns.

For leaders sure. But give someone like me a gun and I don't think I could really shoot anybody.

And despite male bravado I think most people are the same. 8 out of 10 people if put in a threatening situation would resort to pleading and begging rather than fighting back imo.

[VictorCharlie]

I was going to ask if you looked in the mirror.....now that seems bad of me

...Wouldn't you have liked to have had a gun in that situation?


Glad you're ok!

Does having a gun really help? In that situation I think I'd just end up with them taking my gun..

Of course it works, how else do you think anyone takes/keeps power? war of words? a convincing argument? No, power is behind the trigger, the subservient at the end of the barrel. The situation would have been completely turned around. Until next time when they returned with two guns.

For leaders sure. But give someone like me a gun and I don't think I could really shoot anybody.

And despite male bravado I think most people are the same. 8 out of 10 people if put in a threatening situation would resort to pleading and begging rather than fighting back imo.

Bilbo I think that is more indicative of decades of gun prohibition in the UK. The U.S. has a tradition of gunownership dating back to its inception. By all means if you don't feel comfortable with a fire arm I would never suggest you own/carry one but in my circle of friends and family gun ownership is long standing tradition and most would be able to use a fire arm competently.