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Reply to BREAKING: Four Dead in Arizona College Shooting in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

2 handguns bought off the street? Nice to see a law abiding citizen going about his business ... and how can the usual (if it can be termed as such) 'school' shooting be labelled a copycat crime in coparison to the Washington sniper killings? <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddl

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Fuzzy, it's all a matter of perception. Violence can be a perfectly 'normal' reflex act of self-preservation through to the 'abnormal' psycotic who enjoys inflicting pain or the sociopath (correct me Jafo) who just gets off on chaos, terror and pain..... <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN=

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paxx, I noted that and if anything it makes for even more of a bias against the person, a 'convert' to any cause (if indeed this is the case) is perceived as being a fanatic. And of course, if the well used 'diminished responibilty' plea is entered then who knows where the case goes? There must be some middle ground between knowing the results of ones actions and being a nut case .... guess we wait and see. <im

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With a name like 'Muhammad' (no disrespect for anyone named Muhammad BTW) he's behind the 8 ball for a start. No point in restarting the 'Gun Debate' all over except to suggest that owning a fire-arm should be regarded as a privelige rather than a 'God-given' right, and as such, earned. $375 M for the next three years to 'catch up' deserves scrutiny. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/sm

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Law and Order??? Why not the Simpsons or maybe Dallas?? A bloody TV series (good or not) is fine basis for another 'expert opinion' of the Legal System! If the system is flawed this would be one good example. JHCoaC!!!!! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/sb.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle" ALT="Po

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Reply to Re Iraq Poll in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

bakerstreet ..... if you regard CNN as a source of 'historical information' you are in serious trouble. The points I make in my previous (and final post!) are facts, not "news". You appear to have a problem linking cause and effect. Who knows what the outcome of the Iran-Iraq War would have been if the US had realised that Khomeni was more concerned with destroying the greater of two evils (in Iranian eyes) and stepped back, and to make that clear, Iraq is and remains a greater enemy

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Bakerstreet, a few names that spring to mind ... Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan .... plus several who escape me at this point. Not all elected to lead the US and not all great men, but all targeted by 'loving caring Americans'??? Joe, North Korea are incapable of mounting an attack on anyone right now, their multi-million man 'standing army' is barely surviving, the civilians are not even doing that well, and the 'leadership' are off in t

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Bakerstreet .... why not treat yourself to one of those (actually ... I guess 'two' is more correct) wildly popular breast implants, should cheer you up no end.

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Sounds like a good idea but I doubt the various lobby groups would go for it. You might find the "tumbling" 5.56 is a bit of a myth, the original reason was bad QC and unstable ballistics, while the general wound trauma results from high velocity shock added to the round deflecting off bone .... not nice. Similar effect to armour 'spalling' inside an AFV after a non penetrating hit .... I never liked armour!! FYI, even today, all of the men of 1SAS are capable of field stripping and

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And the final lines go something like this..... I'm an actor, and I think I'm a bloody good actor, because I get paid lot's of money and have to keep beating women away all the time. I meet an Australian girl who teaches me to love and in return I try to dominate her, but when she receives greater critical acclaim and earns more money than I do I lose confidence in my abilities and become insanely jealous. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/surprised.gif" border=0 ALIGN="

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Kinrik, from then up to a few years ago (actually, 5 years this December) is hardly ancient history..... As a reserve WO1 on a monthly basis one can remain pretty current, counting exchange tours and reserve time just over 30 years probably wouldn't qualify me to comment ....... but my limited experience seems to be of some value in a backwater country like Australia. At present the Regiment use

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One final comment and then I'm outa here. ANY variation of an "Armalite", be it an AR15, M16, CAR15 of whatever is inherently flawed when it comes to accuracy. The design is not meant for long range work, and the receiver is prone to flexing. It is a hopeless in field weapon unless it is spotless and well maintained, period. Way back when it first appeared the USMC resisted the push to have their trusty M14s replaced with plastic toys, even our crappy SLRs were better suited to c

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The original Kalshnikov was chambered for the German derived Soviet 7.63 Short round. Around the early to mid 70s variations of the AK47 appeared in 5.5 give or take a few mm. Depending on the origin, as in Czechoslovakia, China, Hungary or Bulgaria, as well as the various 'Russian' State arms factories, these could have turned down foregrips, bayonet lugs, no bayonet lugs, semi or full automatic fire, standard length or cut down barrels ..... tailored to suit the end user. I think t

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"I want to be able to eat the cheese and I want to go to parties" ...... Perhaps the way of the World in these times is more a case of 'you can't have your cheese and eat it too'. As I write this the confirmed death toll in Bali is rising and another little country is staring economic ruin in the face. Enjoy your cheese and partying.....some of us have real work to do. Jafo, have to post

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