9 year old kills instructor with an uzi.... American gun laws.

[wilbur]

I wouldn't waste my breadth Wilbur, some people are just afraid of guns and refuse to give up their misconceived notions of the evils of firearms, very similar to those that have misconceived notions of prostitution as bad and evil and want to ban the activity. I hope the anti gunners here are also ready to accept C36 when it passes as its based on the same stupid idiotic logic people here are using to argue against firearms. but they will say, uh uh uh..guns and prostitution are different, but in fact it all comes down to a group taking the same moral high ground BULLSHIT.

You are absolutely correct. The same types of conflation, misrepresentations and outright lies made by the Liberals and NDP during the deliberations to abolish the long-gun registry, are now used by the Conservatives in pushing for their moralistic Bill C-36. Paradoxically, NDP MP Francoise Boivin, who was the lead opponent to the abolition of the long-gun registry, is now using logical informed arguments to counter Bill C-36. The Conservatives's role is now opposite.

The nanny state that tries to tell me that I'm too stupid and irresponsible to own firearms, is no different than the nanny state that tries to make me into a bad person for being decent and honest enough to want to compensate another human being for the pleasure of her sexual company.

 

[wasisname]

I am sure I will be corrected but isn't there a saying to the effect of
Exceptions make bad case law.

If not there should be. I find it funny when an event happens and people jump over it as actual evidence instead of one data points. Yeah a 9 year old girl gunned down her instructor. Sure he was trained but trained people make mistakes sometimes. The US has over 300 million people, screwed up shit happens.



Not to suggest one law or another. However individual examples are not what policy should be based on, they should be based on logic, ethics and "valid" stadistics.

 

[EagerBeaver]

The guy who got eaten by the crocodile went to take a shit in a primitive toilet and there was no place to wash his hands, so he stuck them in the estuary to wash them and the crocodile was burrowed in the mud waiting for him. Crocodiles are ambush predators and rely on camouflage, and by the time it was on him it was all over. The Crocodile's bite force is the highest in the world, 5000 lbf as compared to 2200 lbf for alligator, 880 for hyena, 670 for great white shark and 330 for rottweiller. It's one helluva bite.

 

[cloudsurf]

Beav what`s the pressure of a Hippo`s bite ?
What about a hippy od`d on acid?

 

[BigBrowser]

Well, you definitely shouldn't have any problems with crocodiles in Québec. However, the risk of being bitten (or worse, eaten) by a ferocious escort is pretty high.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Beav what`s the pressure of a Hippo`s bite ?
What about a hippy od`d on acid?

Cloudsurf, Hippo comes in 4th in the Animal Kingdom on bite force after two species of crocodile, and alligator:

http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/top-10-which-animals-have-strongest-bite

The Crocodile is the undisputed bite pressure champion in the Animal Kingdom. The hippy on acid didn't make the list.........

 

[jalimon]

Patron every year or so tourist are killed by bear in all parts of canada.

They are our crocrodile... but they will only attack if you surprised them. If they hear you they will leave and most time you wont see them.

Cheers,

 

[cloudsurf]

Don`t forget about Canadian Beavers....they can chomp your balls off.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Jalimon,

The two people who were killed in Alaska by bears in June were killed by black bears, not Grizzlies. Both victims were stalked by the bears that killed them. Both attacks were classified as predatory kills, not defensive attacks. Black bear attacks are much more likely to be predatory whereas most Grizzly Bear attacks result as defensive attacks by the bear when Cubs are approached too closely. This is well documented.

 

[ssj3]

EB is correct, nothing tops the crocodile when it comes to bite force. However, most people don't know that it doesn't have the same strength opening its mouth to bite. You can actually wrap your arms around its mouth really tight and it wouldn't be able to open it. Though if you're in the water with it, it'll probably just take you under.