5 year old, alone in truck, accidentally shoots himself in the head

[BotanyBoy]

Fixed your quote, if you all in the US were not so scared of everything you wouldn't feel the need to have all those guns. After all the King/Queen of England is not about to invade your home.... chuckles

So you don't think violent crime happens or should be a worry???

FBI says otherwise.



It's not the English who are a worry....they're barely capable of keeping their own country right now.

It's the trailer trash that don't want to go get a fucking job and think they are entitled to my labor who threaten to stick me up and or invade my home.

It's that group of Somali kids who think they are still in Mogadishu that run around mugging folks and doing home invasions that might try to jack me or invade my home.

It's that idiot kid who is desperate for acceptance and think's he's going to get it by getting violent with me.

It's the little AntiFa shits who beat random people up.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Americans are born cowards.

That's pretty funny coming from a Canadian.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Americans are born cowards. Even just talking about guns makes them feel strong. It's like a binky to a baby.

*Chuckles*, I don't lock my doors at my homes if I am there or not, nor do I bother to take my keys out of my vehicles. I find that way I am not looking for my keys all the time. Which saves me time, since half the time I forget where I put stuff. The only reason I even put deadbolts in was due the insurance coverage requirements.

I've said it for years, 'society of fear". Hell fear sells, the advertisers know it, and push it...

 

[BotanyBoy]

Not funny, just a fact. Like when that Detroit sherriff and his wife were in Alberta and was approached by 2 people that asked them a question. He complained he didnt have his gun to protect himself. Typical coward. Lol

Opinon, not a fact.

Your anecdote doesn't change the actual fact that you exist under a blanket of security provided one way or another almost entirely by Americans.

 

[BotanyBoy]

*Chuckles*, I don't lock my doors at my homes if I am there or not, nor do I bother to take my keys out of my vehicles. I find that way I am not looking for my keys all the time.

Do that in Dallas, Chicago, LA, Oakland or a number of other US cities and you'll be looking for your stolen everything all the time LOL

 

[phrodeau]

Opinon, not a fact.

Your anecdote doesn't change the actual fact that you exist under a blanket of security provided one way or another almost entirely by Americans.

Pretty funny for a pothead.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Pretty funny for a pothead.

How so????

*is phro feeling feisty today or will he just slink off of this one?*

 

[Dribble]

It is a crime if your 5 yr old is not in their carseat. But you can leave a loaded gun so that they can play w it...and that isnt a crime. Total fucking sense.

Argue the point because that is your life. But one company...one community...one family at a time...change is happening. And nothing can stop it. Donald having the Parkland father removed after he spoke up at his non-state of the union last night is a perfect example. Change...is happening

 

[phrodeau]

How so????

*is phro feeling feisty today or will he just slink off of this one?*

Whoa, five question marks. That's so funny. *toke*

 

[BotanyBoy]

Your military might has nothing to do with americans being cowards and needing guns on them at all times. My so called anecdote is what actually happened, no amount of deflection will change that fact.

No it does prove that they aren't cowards and those living under the protection of others don't have much room to call their protectors cowards.

Needing guns has nothing to do with cowardice or not.

That fact, and anecdote, doesn't prove anyone but that one guy was an ass with a big mouth.

It is a crime if your 5 yr old is not in their carseat. But you can leave a loaded gun so that they can play w it...and that isnt a crime. Total fucking sense.

And I disagree with that too.

Criminalizing self correcting stupidity is just as silly as criminalizing substance abuse and being an asshole.

Argue the point because that is your life. But one company...one community...one family at a time...change is happening. And nothing can stop it. Donald having the Parkland father removed after he spoke up at his non-state of the union last night is a perfect example. Change...is happening

Keep telling yourself that, your kind has since 15 December, 1791.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Opinon, not a fact.

Your anecdote doesn't change the actual fact that you exist under a blanket of security provided one way or another almost entirely by Americans.

Lets look at your so call blanket of security.

Canada and USA have military treaties dating back to prior to WW2. They were developed for various reason, some of which over time have changed.

The treaty that you seem to refer to goes back to the late 1950's and early 1960's where the US was extremely worried that Russia could attack the continental US by overflying Canada.

The US wanted Canada to set up a Nuclear deterrent to Russia to prevent this threat ( the US even loaned us Nukes [Bomarcs] for this expressed purpose). Canada declined to do this, following a Federal Election, where this treaty was a key election issue. (The party that was in favour of the Nukes was defeated, so you can read that the citizens of Canada wanted no part of the US deal).

Since we as a sovereign nation refused to enact your request, a different treaty was entered into, in which the US took over that defence of that possible threat.

The "blanket of security" which you refer to, is actually the US's blanket, not Canada's. Again I go back to a society of fear. Go spout off about your so called "generous" military protection to someone else. We don't need it, didn't ask for it, nor would we pay for it....chuckles

 

[butters]

Fixed your quote, if you all in the US were not so scared of everything you wouldn't feel the need to have all those guns. After all the King/Queen of England is not about to invade your home.... chuckles

i'm a brit, moved here to be with my american husband

i don't feel the need for guns in general at all but, like country people in the uk (farmers, especially) there's a practical argument for something capable of taking down a large animal causing a threat.

i don't own a gun, i don't want a gun, and having fired one don't feel any desire to do so again. i don't feel safer in the house because of them; in fact, just the opposite. that's the culture-clash between british and american. the house is full of items that can be used as weapons, from the iron bar i use to stir the fire to aerosols/pump sprays, bleach, squirty shampoo, knives and machetes, hell, even jars of jam and the floor tile lifting tool. as a brit, we learned that almost anything can be a tool or a weapon and i'd trust myself more with these things than a gun, personally.

there's one big difference i see out here: in the uk, there used to be police stations all over the place and response times were fast. that slowed before i left the uk, with regular police stations being closed and replaced with those other affairs that a person can't just walk into. However, over here, with most people having guns (where i live, anyway), there's a far slower response time from the police. The cop shops are spread so far apart. In fact, distance is a huge factor. That and people having grown up with guns as nothing unusual and, in fact, another important tool. I'd say most (not all) have a lot of respect for their guns and use them in the proper manner BUT, and it's a big BUT, there's also a WHOLE lot of drink/drug-driving by the populace too. And that's a cause for concern for me. If they're driving home from having had a lot of beers with friends or smoking bongs, that means their judgement regarding driving AND guns is impaired.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

i'm a brit, moved here to be with my american husband

i don't feel the need for guns in general at all but, like country people in the uk (farmers, especially) there's a practical argument for something capable of taking down a large animal causing a threat.

i don't own a gun, i don't want a gun, and having fired one don't feel any desire to do so again. i don't feel safer in the house because of them; in fact, just the opposite. that's the culture-clash between british and american. the house is full of items that can be used as weapons, from the iron bar i use to stir the fire to aerosols/pump sprays, bleach, squirty shampoo, knives and machetes, hell, even jars of jam and the floor tile lifting tool. as a brit, we learned that almost anything can be a tool or a weapon and i'd trust myself more with these things than a gun, personally.

there's one big difference i see out here: in the uk, there used to be police stations all over the place and response times were fast. that slowed before i left the uk, with regular police stations being closed and replaced with those other affairs that a person can't just walk into. However, over here, with most people having guns (where i live, anyway), there's a far slower response time from the police. The cop shops are spread so far apart. In fact, distance is a huge factor. That and people having grown up with guns as nothing unusual and, in fact, another important tool. I'd say most (not all) have a lot of respect for their guns and use them in the proper manner BUT, and it's a big BUT, there's also a WHOLE lot of drink/drug-driving by the populace too. And that's a cause for concern for me. If they're driving home from having had a lot of beers with friends or smoking bongs, that means their judgement regarding driving AND guns is impaired.

Just an FYI, I have firearms, rifles and shotguns and quite a few types of them too. I use them for hunting, or just plain old target practice. In order for me to own/buy them, I had to pass two types of firearms training ( if I wished to have handguns I would need to take a third course), as well I needed a third licence just to possess them, and I had to give verification information of people who have known me for at least 10 years (plus your spouse if married), which vouched for my character.

On top of that, there are stringent storage, and transportation rules, depending upon which type of firearm you own.

I have nothing against guns in general, but I ask you this, would anyone in the US agree to the above requirements to own firearms?

Not bloody likely eh? Why, because in the beginning the fledgling country needed to have a deterrent to offer up to Britain, voila, the second amendment.

So is it little wonder, given our stricter firearms controls, that the total of ALL mass shootings in Canada ever, don't even total the number in the first 9 months of 2018 in the US.

Why does the US have mass shootings, and more guns than people....Society of Fear.
That is my story and I am sticking with it.

 

[butters]

Just an FYI, I have firearms, rifles and shotguns and quite a few types of them too. I use them for hunting, or just plain old target practice. In order for me to own/buy them, I had to pass two types of firearms training ( if I wished to have handguns I would need to take a third course), as well I needed a third licence just to possess them, and I had to give verification information of people who have known me for at least 10 years (plus your spouse if married), which vouched for my character.

On top of that, there are stringent storage, and transportation rules, depending upon which type of firearm you own.

I have nothing against guns in general, but I ask you this, would anyone in the US agree to the above requirements to own firearms?

Not bloody likely eh? Why, because in the beginning the fledgling country needed to have a deterrent to offer up to Britain, voila, the second amendment.

So is it little wonder, given our stricter firearms controls, that the total of ALL mass shootings in Canada ever, don't even total the number in the first 9 months of 2018 in the US.

Why does the US have mass shootings, and more guns than people....Society of Fear.
That is my story and I am sticking with it.

i wish they had those requirements. i do. to me, they make perfect sense. you have to pass a driving test before you can take a car out on the road alone; you should have to have to pass a proper, educational and practical course before being allowed to own/operate a firearm, in my opinion. that's not taking anyone's right away to bear arms, it simply means you need to achieve a certain level of knowledge and applied knowledge to be able to do so safely and with full responsibility.

like britain took immediate action after dunblane, and new zealand after their latest tragedies... no, i can never see americans voting for such "restrictions' because of their "rights". the kids involved in all the shootings? they're going to have another opinion when they get to vote.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

; you should have to have to pass a proper, educational and practical course before being allowed to own/operate a firearm, in my opinion. that's not taking anyone's right away to bear arms, it simply means you need to achieve a certain level of knowledge and applied knowledge to be able to do so safely and with full responsibility.

I agree fully with that. Trouble is we are in the minority, and poor innocents like the 5 year old here, about which this thread originated pay the price...

 

[DroolinFool]

It seems to be the ones who cherish their steel penis substitutes more than their children who are the ones most likely to leave a loaded weapon within reach of a child.

#ThinningTehHerd
#ButButMahFREEDUMB

Kid must have read your Lit posts and gave up on humanity.

 

[Conager]

No one thinks you are Canadian; everyone can observe your cowardice.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Americans are protecting me from home invasion and from getting mugged? Really?

No...didn't say that.

Sorry to break it to you but you aren't protecting us from shit.

Sorry to break it to you, but you're delusional.

We protect you guys from more terrorist attacks than you do us.

Cite?

We go fight in your wars to protect your interests. Who was the last nation to attack Canada? Our "protectors"? lol

That's because we provide most the cover for yours.

You get nearly all your hardware and a lot of your training from us.

Not to mention the perks of being our neighbor geographically.

Nobody....because they know if they did, they would be dealing with the US and nobody wants to be on the end fo that spear.