American gun control debate.

[rickcharles606]

STOLEN!! That's awesome, two of my favorite things ;-)

[trebli]

I might as well ask right here:

Does anybody have any Remington 9mm pistol ammo at hand? I need to know what is stamped on the casing. I found a photo showing "R-P Luger," but the casing I should describe is from a Beretta 92 and I think that one does not use Luger

Or, in other words, WTF is "the familiar Remington brand mark stamped on the base"?

The R-P stands for Remington-Peters. From Wiki"

"During the Great Depression, Remington was purchased by the DuPont Corporation, which had made its fortune with improvements to gunpowder. A year later, Remington purchased the Peters Cartridge Company; today, many of the Remington headstamps still have R-P on them for Remington-Peters.[3]"

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[Crow]

STOLEN!! That's awesome, two of my favorite things ;-)

You'd be surprised by the number of bumper stickers you would spot on a typical Seattle commute with this very emblem proudly emblazoned on their vehicles... You're apparently not alone in your love of guns and coffee!

Yes, there are gun-loving liberals, and no, this is not the Twilight Zone

[Zimobog]

Curious.. Do gun-toting liberals ever want to pistol whip anti-gun liberals to make them stop trying to gun grab?

[rickcharles606]

Curious.. Do gun-toting liberals ever want to pistol whip anti-gun liberals to make them stop trying to gun grab?

not sure about that, but I know this gun-toting conservative wants to pistol whip the DHS for buying up all the freakin' ammo....just sayin'

[Zimobog]

This gun-toting anarcho-capitalist agrees that DHS are ammo hording a-holes.

Cant even find a brick of .22 here right now. Ammo shortages down in the lower 48 as well?

[rickcharles606]

This gun-toting anarcho-capitalist agrees that DHS are ammo hording a-holes.

Cant even find a brick of .22 here right now. Ammo shortages down in the lower 48 as well?

Same here dude, I swear to GOD that I'm considering fronting my brother in law the cash to start up a "reloading" business. You have to get licensed as an ammo manufacturer, but it's not that difficult to do. Guaranteed that he and of course I would make money ;-)

[wa3zrm]

[Zimobog]

+10!

[Crow]

Pistol whip is a tad harsh; but there's obviously a disconnect when it comes to firearms.

Yet, it doesn't cause division amongst liberals, we're solid when the next election cycle approaches...... It's just one of the few issues we can't reach consensus on. Happens to every party (but doesn't cause a shit circus quite like the Republican party).

[Naswari]

Jim Carrey gets in on the act, lol

Lol, just noticed the musicians in his band are Ghandi,Lennon,and Lincoln all of whom were shot dead

[OregonNative]

I'm not being a dick, but this point could be argued to death and back without any progress. People who want to own guns will never change their minds, and vise versa. Some people would like to control guns, others want them. Both of them bicker back and forth, wave the flag, and then make asses of themselves on national television.

[squeezyjohn]

Backswording looks like fun! I hate to admit it... but I am a bit of a WMA (Western Martial Arts) fan and do a bit meself. I hate to admit it because such things are considered very "uncool" here in the USSA. But to hell with it! I have a great time doing it!

When fighting a round of Single sword, as those two gentlemen are doing, it is quite difficult. Do backsworders generally employ the hanging guard or was that just the mood those two men were in?

So in Morris dancing one is not supposed to hit his partner, I take it? But still, Morris dancing would have been a display of ritualized combat, correct? Or was Morris originally a type of training for swordsmen? If it is ritualized, are they fighting the evil spirits or winter/famine?

I am into traditional methods, myself, Squeezyjohn. We might have that in common, after all!

There have been stranger things known to happen Zimobog!

I have to admit that I know very little about backswording - but from the history books I have read - what those two in the video are doing is playing at it. The original version used proper heavy wooden cudgels and people often died.

Morris dancing is not thought to be ritualised combat (although we do have one dance with sticks known as "shooting" lol) - the story goes that it's a fertility dance used to bring good luck and weather to the crops and animals - hence why it was normally only danced in the Springtime and at mid-winter. If you think of those sticks as giant phalluses you start to get the idea.

I think this video is the most explicit!

[Zubenelgenubi]

Of course this is a very difficult discussion, and I don´t know what to say. I´m always have been against guns, it is true that people are in right to defend themself but I think you always have to think in the people you have in front of you, maybe if someone get into your house to steal, maybe they are in an very tough situation, maybe they have children to feed, OK that doesn´t allow them to steal, but I think it is no a powerful reason to get killed. There´s a lot of other options than steal but still, it´s not a reason enough to shoot someone. Another option could be that your life is under serious risk, in that case maybe you have to act in someway to defend your life and maybe a gun is the solution. But if no weapons at all, no one has to get defended from them ,this would be the perfect situation, and all of us know that this is not the case, but could explain what I feel about guns.

[Burnsey]

Guns are fun.........