[Mars]

So yesterday I was walking down a residential street, and a brown SUV stops next to me, the passenger pulls out a gun, points it at me, and says "You wanna die?" And they drive off.

WHAT THE ****!



heh... watch the admins lock this as spam.

[Mefustae]

Get the **** out of here. Seriously?

[achtung]

Where do you live?

[Mars]

Aurora, Colorado.

[WMCoolmon]

 

[redsniper]

the passenger pulls out a gun...

Not to be racist but uh... what color was he?

[Fineus]

heh... watch the admins lock this as spam.

Like saying "Candyman" three times into a mirror, we tend to show up when we're mentioned.

What point are you trying to make here?

[Mefustae]

What point are you trying to make here?

He probably just thinks you guys have been a bit lock-happy lately. Even though when you actually look past the little padlock icons, anyone can notice that the threads being locked are either being moved or are downright, through-and-through spam with no possible use other than clutter.

Anyway, I shall use this incident to reiterate my vocal opposition to the US gun culture. We could have lost a member of HLP because of it!

[Fineus]

Meh, looking down the board I see...

2 locked topics as a result of the topic being moved.
2 locked polls as a result of spam.
1 locked topic as a result of spam / flaming.

We're only locking what we have to lock. There's no need to test the system to see if we'll do it some more - we will. But we'd rather not have to bother

And on that note, dubious as this topic is, continue.

[jr2]

Maybe they were a bunch of punks that had a BB gun and wanted to scare someone.  They prolly pulled out laughing their worthless butts off at you.    Stupid.  If you were an undercover cop, they'd be in serious trouble or dead. 

[Colonol Dekker]

.....As uninformed in these matters as i like to think i am, SUV + GUN plus random kerb/pavement/sidewalk stops tends to = drug run round my way.


Catford London by the way.


Just count yourself lucky you got away scot-free. it could have been worse.

[jr2]

Anyway, I shall use this incident to reiterate my vocal opposition to the US gun culture. We could have lost a member of HLP because of it!

The Chinese invented gunpowder.  The Europeans invented pistols (bluderbuss) and muskets.  What are you on about?  The fact that the US hasn't illegally banned them?

[Nuke]

the fact that people seem to be able to freely pull pranks involving firearms just shows how laid back thi9ngs are there. had something like that happened in a place like phoenix there would have been a body count involved.

[Dysko]

IMHO, it's not weapons that must be banned. It's idiots that must be banned.

However, this would lead to the extinction of humanity.

[Mars]

the passenger pulls out a gun...

Not to be racist but uh... what color was he?

White... but in a way it makes more sense.

IMHO, it's not weapons that must be banned. It's idiots that must be banned.

However, this would lead to the extinction of humanity.

*Cheers* at this point I'm definitely getting a gun and conceal carry licence when I turn 21.

[Mefustae]

*Cheers* at this point I'm definitely getting a gun and conceal carry licence when I turn 21.

Good thinking! Next time someone threatens you with a gun, you can reach for yours and give them a reason to pull the trigger! And people say the American school system is failing.

[achtung]

I <3 Guns.

Tougher gun laws?  Sure.  Total ban?  No.

The only totally effective way to deal with gun crime is to change the mindset of the people.  Good luck doing that in inner-city U S A!

[Mustang19]

There is a difference between allowing people to carry as many semi-autmatic 9mm pistols as they like, and doing psychological and police-record screening to hand out concealed carry permits to people who want guns for self-defense and will actually carry the gun with them for that purpose.

[MarkN]

I have always felt that the American people should have the rights given in the constitution and no more, in other words, if they are in a well-ordered militia (the stated reason for the right to bear arms), they can carry the weapons that were available when that right was given.  In other words they would be allowed to carry muzzle loading, smoothbore, flintlock and and matchlock weapons only.

[Mars]

I know where I could get a gun now...

I'm not going to, I want to have both the law and good firearms training on my side.

I very much doubt the person in question was legally registered.

I have always felt that the American people should have the rights given in the constitution and no more, in other words, if they are in a well-ordered militia (the stated reason for the right to bear arms), they can carry the weapons that were available when that right was given.  In other words they would be allowed to carry muzzle loading, smoothbore, flintlock and and matchlock weapons only.

What purpose would this serve?