Las Vegas

[ColinEssex]

I should imagine that it is as easy as taking candy from a baby to get an illegal gun in the USA.

There is no answer to these everyday mass shootings. It's well known that most Americans are having some therapy of some sort, maybe that's an indication of the state of mind in the USA.

Col

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I retract one statement. The shooter in the Texas church massacre SHOULD have had a felony on his record (from the case that cause his Dishonorable Discharge) but did not, so he WAS able to get guns through a legal channel. I believe in technical terms that the failure to correctly place a felony conviction on his record is called a "screw-up" or maybe the correct term involves "F" words.

The news outlet I watched retracted the "gun purchase rejected" story after further investigation.

 

[ColinEssex]

I had to smile the other day. The BBC interviewed an eyewitness to this church killing thing. It was a man in his 30's I'd guess, and he was actually wearing a cowboy hat. Can you believe it? He looked really stupid.

I know JR Ewing did in Dallas but I assumed that was just for TV.

Is it normal attire? If so, why? I looks like a relic from Wyatt Earp days.

Col

 

[NauticalGent]

I retract one statement. The shooter in the Texas church massacre SHOULD have had a felony on his record (from the case that cause his Dishonorable Discharge) but did not, so he WAS able to get guns through a legal channel. I believe in technical terms that the failure to correctly place a felony conviction on his record is called a "screw-up" or maybe the correct term involves "F" words.

The news outlet I watched retracted the "gun purchase rejected" story after further investigation.

From what I read, the AF didn’t want to add insult to injury and therefore did not report his crimes to civilian authorities. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time. Wonder if someone would like to have that decision back...

 

[Mike375]

I had to smile the other day. The BBC interviewed an eyewitness to this church killing thing. It was a man in his 30's I'd guess, and he was actually wearing a cowboy hat. Can you believe it? He looked really stupid.

I know JR Ewing did in Dallas but I assumed that was just for TV.

Is it normal attire? If so, why? I looks like a relic from Wyatt Earp days.

Col

I suggest you check out the clothing of Wyatt Earp and the American West in general.

You seem to be at your most active when it comes to posting when the subject is something on which you have no knowledge with guns and American West being just two examples.

I think quite a few of you English people are irritated by the fact you sent the convicts to Australia when you should have left them in England and the rest came to Australia. Is there really over 60 million people living on that tiny bit of land??

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Col, right after Hurricane Katrina took New Orleans apart, I was assigned to work in our offices in Fort Worth, Texas (west of Dallas). The "cowboy" hat was absolutely commonplace. In fact, there is a business district called the "Stockyards" in town where if you are NOT wearing a cowboy hat, you instantly identify yourself as a full-blooded tourist.

Yes, I had such a hat. It was cheap so it didn't last that long - but it lasted longer than my assignment to Fort Worth. I also had the obligatory cowboy boots. In my case, I found some very comfortable "ropers" (it's a boot style) - which I still have, because they are practical when the New Orleans weather gets chilly.

 

[NauticalGent]

...You seem to be at your most active when it comes to posting when the subject is something on which you have no knowledge with guns and American West being just two examples....

And the hits just keep,on coming!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

A very eloquent statement, and it is quite true.

I would add to the gentleman's comments that we only have rights for the amount of time that our government recognizes them. Consider the rights of people in China (see: Tiannanmen Square) or the treatment of gays and Christians in Islamic nations that use Sharia as the basis for their "civil" laws.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I should imagine that it is as easy as taking candy from a baby to get an illegal gun in the USA.

There is no answer to these everyday mass shootings. It's well known that most Americans are having some therapy of some sort, maybe that's an indication of the state of mind in the USA.

Col

Sometimes, it isn't a mass shooting, but nonetheless, it is a shooting that gets headlines.

Four men guilty of murdering Ashley Dale in machine gun attack

Four men have been convicted of the murder of a woman who was shot with a machine gun in her home after a feud involving her boyfriend.

www.yahoo.com

The headline is from Liverpool.