March 2nd, 2009, 16:15 | #301 | |
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Its what passes for journalism today ... 2/3 sensationalism 1/3 story
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March 2nd, 2009, 16:21 | #302 | |
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Brian...I love you in a not-freaky way. Thank you for being a voice of logic, reason, and constructive advice amidst a sea of...well...the usual stuff you find on ASC.
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March 2nd, 2009, 21:06 | #303 |
If someone pulls a fake gun out in public/in front of a cop and get shot....all I can say to that is Darwin was right.
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March 4th, 2009, 13:03 | #304 | |
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It must have been very difficult to make a call like that but being heard is preferable to having only the alternative viewpoint expressed. I think there are really two entirely separate issues here. One is an entirely emotional issue, with police facing a moral dilemma in that shooting someone for appearing to be armed doesn't provide the same sense of justification as shooting someone who is actually armed with a RS weapon. The perception of threat is still there. Police are human beings. Human beings, especially those who elect to shoulder heavy responsibilities can have a great deal of trouble when they do their job and something horribly stupid results. One can intellectually separate legally justified actions and examine them objectively, but emotional issues and personal doubt are not so easily reasoned away. I'd be more concerned about police who don't wrestle with making peace with themselves over shooting some kid with a plastic gun, even if they were entirely justified. We are in no way justified in attacking someone who has to live with something like that, but that doesn't mean either that we can't pose the objective opposing view. We should. The hockey stick analogy, while perfect in every sense logically, doesn't address the part of human nature that wants a simple answer and absolution from guilt. I personally have far less problem with someone holding up a store with an airsoft gun than using a RS weapon... Less chance of the victim getting hurt. I also have no problem with a LEO then shooting that person twice in center chest for being a menace to society, and once in the head for good measure, for being an idiot and bringing a BB gun to a shoot out. Darwin wins, and it saves the taxpayers and the gene pool the cost of his further contributions. The folks who then cry that he wasn't carrying a RS weapon, need to go for a ride-along and see that with which the police have to deal. Maybe too, seeing airsoft used as a non-injurious training tool to help police make good decisions in the field could give people a more objective perspective. I'd also be more concerned about the effects of not having the media over for tea once in a while, even if they abuse it a bit. Good on ya for making a tough call. The other problem is perception. Rational or not. Though benign in appearance, a #2 Ticonderoga Pencil can be employed very effectively as a weapon... or for providing information. An airsoft gun merely gives the appearance of hostility, without the ability to cause serious harm to others. With airsoft arms people lose track of where the Halloween Funhouse ends and reality begins. Is a thing dangerous by appearing to be or is the threat in its use or abuse? The answer, I think,is that rather than to get all "up in arms," people should pick up their pencils. Rather than shy from this, I suspect that loudly and publicly supporting the police in the face of justifiable shootings will get more people thinking rationally and get a more positive reaction. We have an honor based game... Candor is a good companion for Honor and more credible than silence.
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March 4th, 2009, 14:17 | #305 |
From the CBC? Not likely
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March 9th, 2009, 23:28 | #306 |
What is interesting to note is that they seemed to emphasize that regulation is the key issue. This is not in and of itself a bad idea. With better regulation we would actually have more freedom in importing guns in a legal fashion. Making the 18+ laws more universal is in total agreement with the majority of airsofters. Its a good sign when the police officer who helped pass an anti airsoftgun bylaw said that he had no problem with people using the guns properly. I really think that the soccermoms will have their day, but so will we, and so will the people who realize that soccermoms are just as worried about the right cardigan as they are the safety of their idiot children who have electronic devices as babysitters.
I really dont think we have to worry that much yet, the sky is still where it should be.
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Marketplace was making a straw man argument when it claimed that Canadian law doesn't seriously prosecute the misuse of all guns. If someone using a pellet (or airsoft) gun to rob a store doesn't get charged with the full potential weight of the law, that's the fault of the crown prosecutor, not the law.
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March 10th, 2009, 10:48 | #311 |
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The real issue
is on the enforcement side... the police do not enforce the existing laws.
Mostly because they don't understand the laws themselves or the Judiciary lacks the will to criminally charge someone for offenses with "fake guns" Kids busted for shooting out windows with pellet guns should be criminally charged with firearms offenses.. and jailed ( if the law was applied as written) but it never is. I doubt there will be any changes in the existing laws... which is both good and bad for us.
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March 10th, 2009, 14:53 | #313 |
I dont know if anyone noticed this but when Erica takes her first shot with the pellet gun she looks directly down the barrel...
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Yea it's been mentioned a few times.
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