You could probably pickup an old russian tank somewhere...

Yeah but with the Bering strait ice-free every year now I don't know how I'd get it across. Maybe I need to buy a Russian boat, too.

OK.

You're wrong.

I correct you.

There are tight controls, you must have a firearms licence and some types of gun are outlawed unless you are a collector, but no, guns in general are not banned.

But as I'm not particularly au fait with many facets of US law, I only bring it up because you asked.

On a side note, once upon a time the law in this country went quite a lot further in the other direction. Way back when every citizen was legally obliged to maintain a weapon and practice shooting at least once a week. Granted, that weapon was a long bow, but that was once the way.

And I stand corrected. :P The articles I read stated that handguns were banned.

As you can see though, your laws are much more strict than ours and there are still crimes involving guns. This was my main point.

I'm not sure how true that statement is. I don't agree with the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" argument for guns. I was pointing out that someone who seems responsible like the OP buying a gun for target shooting is hardly the end of the world.

Drawing a gun is actually a fairly slow procedure, and handguns are extremely inaccurate in any kind of real situation without extensive training. I think you might be surprised the amount of distance a man with a knife could cover while you try to draw your gun.

I'm also not sure about the relative mortality statistics - getting stabbed with a fair size knife does about the same amount of damage as getting shot, possibly more. I'm not sure guns are quite so fatal as you say.

But then those restriction laws were brought in response to gun crimes (admittedly in some instances they were kneejerk reactions - see the Dunblane and Hungerford shootings as examples) and it can't be denied that there are a lot less crimes involving guns in the UK than in the US.

All that said, my own personal stance on the issue is I think similar to yours and that the gun laws and gun ownership are just a small part of the picture.

Laws allowing the ownership of guns do not create the demand and do not create the mindset that would use a gun in anger. Maybe some of it comes from the prevalence and availability of guns, but I think there's something that runs deeper than that.

The gun usage is a symptom of something altogether other. Intensifying gun control laws would treat the symptom (maybe - New York says otherwise) but not the disease.

And equally, just because T1000 now has a gun I don't believe he will become a gun criminal.

Hey thanks. :)

No worries - now don't prove me wrong. Or if you do, PM me the details so I can post the story...

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They aren't real YET. Woe be to you when Z-day comes and you are unprepared! *dramatic music*

What we need is some sort of Full-O-Meter for Hell.

Then we'd have more warning as to when the dead will walk the earth.

Sure, if that's the zombie-lore you follow. It really depends.

Maybe we just need to be sure we never dam the Styx.

Yeah, you're not alone there... there's quite a lot some of "us" don't get, either, and we live here.

We were just talking about the zombie apocalypse last night!!! I think it would be a wonderful cleansing. The strong and the smart would survive. Hell, I'd conjure the parasite/rage/virus myself if I could! :)

Seeing as we don't seem to have any dumb+weak here on Plime, we could go on posting as normal! :)

Yea, I think I'm gonna need backup... I'm not sure I have any zombie-prevention skills...

So, next time I hear about a rising super villain, I know where to look. :)

Okay, Punthe is my favorite Canadian and you, sir, are now my favorite Brit.

Sorry Doggy; although I do hold a special place for you in the basement my heart.

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