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by cthia » Thu Nov 09, 2017 1:49 am | |
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The irony of it all is that we decent, educated modern folk frown at the idiocy of the Old West, walking around carrying guns in holsters and shooting it out.
But now, we seem to be reverting back to that and the Old West seems to have the upper hand in common decency. At least most everyone had a gun and you saw that gun. And most everyone gave the intended victim a chance to draw. And the law didn't generally go around shooting people because their wife ran off with the milkman. Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
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by The E » Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:17 am | |
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....you do know that 50s westerns aren't historical documentaries, right |
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by Michael Everett » Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:38 am | |
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The cowboy era lasted only 20 years, meaning that there's more film-hours devoted to it than actually happened (a bit like World War 2...)! Of course, it was very little like the films as this song demonstrates (Thanks, Horrible Histories...). ~~~~~~
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by Annachie » Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:35 am | |
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I'm all for open carry like that.
You either carry it, holster it, or lock it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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by pappilon » Fri Nov 10, 2017 4:09 am | |
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When I bought this house (2008)there were 3 bullet holes in the corner trim of the aluminum siding. now there's a 4th. everything around me is either state or national forest. Some crazy neighbor is shooting in the wrong direction. Yeah, these are the idiots I want open carrying handguns. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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by Annachie » Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:11 am | |
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You are so going to die. :p ~~~~ runsforcelery ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ still not dead. |
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by Annachie » Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:13 am | |
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I used to work for the big Telco in Australia, out in the country. Went to more than one remote location with bullet holes in it. Always made sure the car was very visable at those places ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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by dscott8 » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:20 am | |
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"Open Carry" is a sop to the OK Corral fantasies of would-be John Waynes. Its only practical effects are to scare the general populace and to let the bad guys know who to shoot first. I have a concealed weapons permit, and my Ruger P95DC stays concealed unless it's needed. If it is, I'd rather surprise the bad guy.
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by Tenshinai » Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:58 pm | |
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Dunno about that specifically, but a number of studies have shown very strong correlation between living in uncertainty and level of religiousness in a region. |
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by Tenshinai » Fri Nov 10, 2017 2:01 pm | |
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The problem is that interpreting it like that requires that you are unable to understand the difference between complete and incomplete statements. It is ONE amendment, not 1 and a half that has been written incorrectly by someone barely literate. And that's not even taking into account that you have to ignore the context of the time it was written. When one of the reasons for independence was the British trying to enforce an absence of any kind of organised military among the locals. |
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