[Starvid]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('neocone', '1')) US has 9 firearm for 10 people.. and is on paper the most heavily armed country in the world, although a small proportion of the population will have multiple weapons.

[Starvid]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '[')The problem is not so much the licensing but cost of the weapon. The act of 86 (Name eludes me now) froze the supply of full auto weapons. That means no full auto weapon made after 1986 is eligible for transfer to a private citizen. Additionally, no weapon prior to that is eligible if it wasnt already in circulation. Basically, once the law was passed in 1986 what was available was it. So now you have a huge demand for full auto weapons and a very tight supply.

[Denny]

It seems like as the tough times come our way, we'll see a pilferage of public goods coming. EVen in the Great Depresson, people had more respect for their fellow citizens, they'd rob banks but not vandalize public goods. Just think today, how much more vulnerable we are with all our telecommunications system, though as more if it is fiber optic, it has not much scrap value. But, all those street corner transformers sure do, and they are now at ground level, if somebody has the expertise to shut them off safely, and a tow truck to lift them off their base.

Recently, here in Canada too, in British Columbia, there has been a rash of mailbox thefts to enable identity theft and looting by credit card. There are just so many new ways to screw the public at large it seems, and easier than robbing banks.

As for the gruesome bus incident, they were dealing a total psycho there who was thrusting the knife in quickly and deeply, I think if anybody had a gun, by the time they'd have heard the screams and got the guy, the victim would already have been a goner. It would have given somebody the satisfaction of doing in the perp, that is likely all. But, I must say, I wish somebody did.

[neocone]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Denny', 'A')s for the gruesome bus incident, they were dealing a total psycho there who was thrusting the knife in quickly and deeply, I think if anybody had a gun, by the time they'd have heard the screams and got the guy, the victim would already have been a goner. It would have given somebody the satisfaction of doing in the perp, that is likely all. But, I must say, I wish somebody did.

[perdition79]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('neocone', 'L')astly... use of firearms is indeed not for everyone. I find it strange no one had mace or even used any metallic bar on that psycho...

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('neocone', 'O')bligatory shipment to Iraq for mandatory 1 year labor supporting the troops there upon conviction

[the48thronin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('perdition79', 'T')he "hero factor" is mostly Hollywood fantasy. Most tend to freeze up when they see an act of gruesome violence right in front of them; nobody wants to be next.

[kokoda]

I have had someone stand in front of me waving around a hunting knife. It isn't a pleasant experience.

The three options spoken of by the48thronin were in my mind.

Run and hope he didn't come after me.

Stand there and hope he calmed down.

Or attack and risk injury or death.

I ran.

[Starvid]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kokoda', 'I') have had someone stand in front of me waving around a hunting knife. It isn't a pleasant experience.

The three options spoken of by the48thronin were in my mind.

Run and hope he didn't come after me.

Stand there and hope he calmed down.

Or attack and risk injury or death.

I ran.

[the48thronin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kokoda', 'I') have had someone stand in front of me waving around a hunting knife. It isn't a pleasant experience.
The three options spoken of by the48thronin were in my mind.
Run and hope he didn't come after me.
Stand there and hope he calmed down.
Or attack and risk injury or death.
I ran.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('neocone', '1')) US has 9 firearm for 10 people.. and is on paper the most heavily armed country in the world, although a small proportion of the population will have multiple weapons.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'E')asily solved -

Crime for stealing public metal - minimum 1 year in jail.

Crime for accepting public metal at scrap yard from anybody but a public servant authorized to recycle scrap - minimum 10 years in jail.

[DarkDawg]

...and catalytic converters

They were armed with cordless sawzalls.