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By: Politics, Guns & Beer : Hey! Don’t light my unicorn on fire!

Politics, Guns & Beer : Hey! Don’t light my unicorn on fire! — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:51:30 +0000

[...] my post from a few weeks ago, where I quoted a comment from a forum discussion on gun ownership? The [...]

By: BobG

BobG — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:29:17 +0000

People who say they would rather die than kill someone are speaking from ignorance; they have never had their life threatened, or they would realize they’re talking shit. There are two reactions I’ve seen to life-threatening situations, fighting back or collapsing in fear (not from altruism).

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:19:30 +0000

I like a comic strip panel I’ve got better…

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:13:05 +0000

Here’s a thought for you..why is it that they have no sense of self preservation left? My vote..they were taught to be that way.

By: Joe Huffman

Joe Huffman — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:47:30 +0000

There is a religion called Janism that takes that philosophy to the limit. Their policy of nonviolence extends to not eating the roots of plants because it increases the chances of harming some organism that lives in the soil or roots. My officemate subscribes to that belief system and my conversations with her about it are "interesting".

By: fucker

fucker — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:47:01 +0000

on a related note, just found out that you can get a license for a handgun here.

i believe there has been somewhere in the region of 1500ish issued.

pfsh.

and mosta the country/farming folk seem to have shotguns and the odd rifle.

so maybe you will be able ta move here after all.

i dunno how you even go about applying for a license, and even though i spend mosta my time in our capital city, i’ve yet to see a gun shop.

sure pellet guns (BB for you) were only just decriminalised last year.

a guy i knew from school even has a criminal record since he was 14 for “illegal possession of a firearm” or somesuch because he shot/shot at his neighbours cat with a BB he brought back from spain.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:21:59 +0000

Laurel, they clearly just want peace. The emoticon proves it.

I wish I had that hippie-board evil grin emoticon right now….

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:55:08 +0000

Some people simply have no sense of self-preservation left.

They honestly believe that it is something that can’t happen to them…

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:50:28 +0000

They’ve been so sheltered in their life that they’ve never encountered or even had to think about real risk of physical harm from another person.

That or they’re just stupid.

Maybe both.