The young man was in the local paper here last week, there was a picture of him and his buddies from the county serving in Afghanistan, the town he's from is Stellarton that's about ten k away from me.
You play with guns...it's gonna happen. Everyone gets so SHOCKED when these accidents happen. Surprise! Guess what...all these guns around...all these war toys...all this crap...sooner or later, something is going to happen. Not that I don't feel for the guy or his family....BUT...realistically, come ON...it's a war zone, everyone has a gun, something is going to happen to someone...and USUALLY, unfortunatly, it ends up happening to an innocent Afghan civilian....sooooo....
Oh give me a break...not another one of you folks who wants to tell everyone where they should post when. I have not seen a post in here that does not relate. People are expressing their feelings on the subject. I thought that was what our society was all about...the justification for soldiers to be in other countries in the first place. I remind you...this is a public forum. Besides...the thread starts with an article that is open to interpretation by each of us...if you have a problem with that, then public forums aren't for you.This post started out about Canadians losing another brave soldiers. It was not about gun control or the politics of us in Afghanistan. Please have alittle heart, and start a new thread to debate the other subjects!!
He was a brave kid doing what he believed was the right thing to do, for that we should honour him. I do!!
Uh....I don't think you are getting what I am saying...it's a war zone...it isn't a place where guns are kept in a closet or whatever. Things happen in war zones. Accidents will happen. There are 2000 canadian soldiers and how many others, plus the entire population of afghanistan...there are thousands and thousands of guns...the odds are that someone is going to be killed accidentally by one of these guns at some point and time. It isn't the same as growing up at home with guns.Oh, don't be silly.
I grew up in a house full of guns before anyone had ever heard of "safe storage". I slept in a room that had a .30-30 in the closet from the time I was about eight or nine.
My family were all gun owners, and users.
I work in a profession in which I carry a gun, and work with about 30 others likewise.
I have been a hunter, and spent a lot of time with hunters, for 40 years.
I have been a member of several gun clubs, and President of one.
I have not known, or heard of, anyone I know EVER being injured accidentally with a firearm. At least I can't remember one off the top of my head. I can remember a couple of close calls......but not one single injury.
Accidents, especially fatal ones, are extremely UNcommon around people versed in the use of firearms.
Oh give me a break...not another one of you folks who wants to tell everyone where they should post when. I have not seen a post in here that does not relate. People are expressing their feelings on the subject. I thought that was what our society was all about...the justification for soldiers to be in other countries in the first place. I remind you...this is a public forum. Besides...the thread starts with an article that is open to interpretation by each of us...if you have a problem with that, then public forums aren't for you.
Yeah, your right with morons like you on public forums--- they are not a place for me!!
This post started out about Canadians losing another brave soldiers. It was not about gun control or the politics of us in Afghanistan. Please have alittle heart, and start a new thread to debate the other subjects!!
He was a brave kid doing what he believed was the right thing to do, for that we should honour him. I do!!
Funny, I've had firearms around me my whole life. I don't even know anyone personally who has had a mishap, although there have been plenty of p[[prtunities for mishap.You play with guns...it's gonna happen. Everyone gets so SHOCKED when these accidents happen. Surprise! Guess what...all these guns around...all these war toys...all this crap...sooner or later, something is going to happen. Not that I don't feel for the guy or his family....BUT...realistically, come ON...it's a war zone, everyone has a gun, something is going to happen to someone...and USUALLY, unfortunatly, it ends up happening to an innocent Afghan civilian....sooooo....
Dunno bout that, but "friendly fire" seems to be becoming a hobby with them.Friendly Fire is an American video game isn't it???
Dunno bout that, but "friendly fire" seems to be becoming a hobby with them.