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koz wrote:

<quoted text> The places with the strongest gun cultures have the lowest crime rates.

If that were true, then Canada would be a murder capital and the US would be crime free.

Exactly the OPPOSITE of the real world.

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow, alias:

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

But then Dirtling is all about spin and misreading.

Let's check and see how well you do in that department:
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Forty is spelt with a U.
Epistemologists compile dictionaries.
Samuel Johnson (lexicographer) was an American.
Ice calving is restricted by size.
"The equator doesn't have season."
Cars can be charged with road collisions.
Enercon install offshore wind generators.
Vikings didn't know how to live in a warmer Greenland.
"Deforestations is a consequence of AGW."
Alberta is a country.
"Insects and plants" don't qualify as species.
"Scientific laws" aren't science.
Predictions are just for astrologers.
Ethanol is a very workable and effective solution.
America has two political parties.
CO2 is not vital for life.
Climate and weather are not linked.
'Nondenier' is a real word.
'Fruiting plants' are especially chosen by bees for, "polination."
"Good thing we acted on CFCs back in the 70's"
CO2 causes, "thermal pollution."
Tomatoes can't be grown in Albuquerque.
AGW is caused by Solar cycles.
The jet stream has nothing to do with tornadoes.

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow, alias:

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

It is also one of the most REGULATED 'gun cultures'. Actually, almost all of the rifles are locked up (in the citizens home) and available to the citizen only in the event of an armed incursion.
A 'militia armory' with every bullet counted and accounted for.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1566715.stm
Hardly a comparison to the US 'gun culture'.

Not one word of your spin is mentioned in the BBC article.
No mention of "REGULATED."
No mention of "locked up (in the citizens home) and available to the citizen only in the event of an armed incursion."
No mention of "every bullet counted and accounted for," Mr Undoubtably Spelt Fourty.

Earthling-1 wrote:

<quoted text>Stay indoors, keep tinfoil hat tightly attached and don a matching cape.
Alternatively, burrow underground and become a Morelock.

I would only need tinfoil if the Alians Invade

LessHypeMoreFact wrote:

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It is also one of the most REGULATED 'gun cultures'. Actually, almost all of the rifles are locked up (in the citizens home) and available to the citizen only in the event of an armed incursion.
A 'militia armory' with every bullet counted and accounted for.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1566715.stm
Hardly a comparison to the US 'gun culture'. But then Dirtling is all about spin and misreading. If he bothered to read past the 'guns per capita'.

From your own link:
"In addition to the government-provided arms, there are few restrictions on buying weapons. Some cantons restrict the carrying of firearms - others do not.

The government even sells off surplus weaponry to the general public when new equipment is introduced."

Looks like your spinning top just wobbled off its axis.

What you read: "almost all of the rifles are locked up (in the citizens home) and available to the citizen only in the event of an armed incursion. A 'militia armory' with every bullet counted and accounted for.

What the article ACTUALLY says: "They are given an M-57 assault rifle and 24 rounds of ammunition which they are required to keep at home."

It NEVER says the weapon is locked up in the citizen's home, nor, does it say that every bullet is strictly accounted for. The difference in what YOU read and what it ACTUALLY says is due to your anti-gun ideology. Having such a narrow mind always gets in the way of reality.

LessHypeMoreFact wrote:

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It is also one of the most REGULATED 'gun cultures'. Actually, almost all of the rifles are locked up (in the citizens home) and available to the citizen only in the event of an armed incursion.
A 'militia armory' with every bullet counted and accounted for.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1566715.stm
Hardly a comparison to the US 'gun culture'. But then Dirtling is all about spin and misreading. If he bothered to read past the 'guns per capita'.

You sure every round is accounted for. After all, did that guy shoot fifteen or fourteen out of that last clip. Did he shoot all six clips or just five. So they told the press one thing. The only ammo they are counting is the 24 rounds that a man is issued and not anything else he may have for any other weapon. Also notice that markmanship is big in that country.

Your even worse than what you accuse Earthling of being.

Add another VIP climate change hypocrite to the list. Wil.i.am showed up at a climate change conference in his private helo.

"His trip from London was a total of 286 miles and used 71.5 gallons of fuel, ploughing three-quarters of a tonne of CO2 into the atmosphere, which is the same as the average UK person produces in an entire month."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-...

Will.i.am, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill and Amy Clinton.

I'm skeptical our consumption drives climate change, look how people behave, not what they say.

"I believe the world’s getting warmer. I can’t prove that, but I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that.”

But I'm not saying I can fix it, or anyone can, or even that it needs fixing.

Don't forget the end of the quote. He's always moved to the right, that's why I like him.

Earthling-1 wrote:

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow, alias:
<quoted text>Not one word of your spin is mentioned in the BBC article.
No mention of "REGULATED."
No mention of "locked up (in the citizens home) and available to the citizen only in the event of an armed incursion."
No mention of "every bullet counted and accounted for," Mr Undoubtably Spelt Fourty.

So? Got nothing I see.

You can find out the facts if you look. I should note that the locks are opened in the event of the regular militia training. And yes, they count the bullets in training exercises to issue replacements.

The information on the Swiss "gun culture" comes from an article on guns used for suicide. Since the homeowner has they key, regulations and consequences don't stop him if he want to off himself so the militia rifles are used in a lot of the suicides.

But the point of it is that it is NOT the open gun ownership of the US. If you could actually read the masses of information available to any intelligence and educated person, you would'nt have to spend so much time on Ad-Hominem.

fishaholic wrote:

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From your own link:
"In addition to the government-provided arms, there are few restrictions on buying weapons.

Yet the fact is that the statistics on 'gun ownership' in Switzerland are highly skewed by the fact that every homeowner has a militia rifle and requisite militia training. It is NOT a haven for open ownership of guns.

And yes. Even the US has different rules in different states just as the Swiss Cantons have different rules on PRIVATE guns.

Earthling-1 wrote:

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow, alias:
<quoted text>Not one word of your spin is mentioned in the BBC article.

THey also didn't mention gun carry permits in the US. Frog populations in Asia. The carrying of guns by Bobbies in the UK. Caliber of rifles used in assassinations. THe list of things they didn't mention could go on and on and on, just like trolls..

LessFactMoreHype, alias:

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow wrote:

That CO2 cannot be a 'pollutant'? Wrong. Anything CAN and IS a pollutant in a specific context. In this case, as a greenhouse gas causing 'thermal pollution' of the planet.
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The point is really that the whole claim of 'CO2 is vital to life' and 'CO2 is plant food' promoted by Earthling is not so much that it is technically wrong, but that it is IRRELEVANT to the issue of CO2 as a 'thermal pollutant'. Agreed?

http://www.topix.com/forum/news/global-warmin...

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow, alias:

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

I still disagree that the breakaway of a chunk of ice of many square kilometers can be called 'calving'. The analogy of calving is the SMALL calf coming from the mother. When the sizes are reversed the analogy breaks down. And if you research the literature you will find only a few that use 'calving' to describe the breakaway of a large ice island.
But this is more distraction. That is ALL you do. Whine, carp, and nitpick to try to frustrate anyone that might have something to say.
Not working.

http://www.topix.com/forum/news/global-warmin...

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow, alias:

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

If you could actually read the masses of information available to any intelligence[sic] and educated person, you would'nt[sic] have to spend so much time on Ad-Hominem[sic].

So you never use ad hominem?

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

Given your increasing incoherence, wandering mind, and lack of intelligent rebuttal, you should see if you can find a nursing home with an opening.

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

Nor do I care. Now crawl back under your rock.

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

.Note that it is PRONOUNCED as 'spelt' but only an ignorant boor thinks it is SPELLED as spelt.

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

Of course, you aren't paranoid. You [undoubtably] do have enemies.

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

No. You apparently don't despite many many posts on the subject. I therefore consider senility as a likely hypothesis. An not just because of your age. In my opinion, nobody can be that dense without a serious medical problem.

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

Mr Dirtling is of course, the most ignorant person here. He is therefore the most dangerous.

LessHypeMoreFact wrote:

Say Mr. Dirtling. Do you spell your middle name Dufus or Doofus?

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

Get a brain transplant. THINK about what the cliam 'vital to life' means. Even OXYGEN is not 'vital to life' as there are ANAEROBIC bacterial that are KILLED by oxygen.
Got a clue yet?

NobodyYouEverWantToKnow wrote:

Your faith is touching but based on nothing but fecal matter.

The Lying Mormon wrote:

...

Have I ever told you, anti-Mormon bigots make me sick?

The Lying Mormon wrote:

"I believe the world’s getting warmer. I can’t prove that, but I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that.”

It's plain who missed the past T.H.R.E.E. YEARS' NEWS as

T.H.O.U.S.A.N.D.S. of EMAILS and

MODEL PROGRAMMER FILE N.O.T.E.S.

confessed KNOWING the world wasn't WARMING,

and DESPERATELY trying to S.P.I.N. the F.R.A.U.D.

that AL GORE *ACCIDENTALLY TOOK FROM SMOOTH STEAL TO EXPOSED DEAL.*

LessFactMoreHype wrote:

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Yet the fact is that the statistics on 'gun ownership' in Switzerland are highly skewed by the fact that every homeowner has a militia rifle and requisite militia training. It is NOT a haven for open ownership of guns.
And yes. Even the US has different rules in different states just as the Swiss Cantons have different rules on PRIVATE guns.

You are the one that started this whole discussion. I don't know where you got your info from, but it was nowhere close to the link you posted. In that link, it said that the population is only 6M. Out of that, 500k of rifles and 600k of handguns are owned by the public. It also says there are VERY FEW restrictions on gun possession and buying of same. It says that although women are not required to own a weapon, it is encouraged. Now, why would a government ENCOURAGE anyone to own guns if your claim of the country being "heavily regulated" is true (which it isn't)? Why would a government sell its outdated equipment to its citizens if it wanted to "strictly regulate" guns and weapons? That doesn't add up. Want to finally post where you are getting your info? Because, what you linked to, has NOTHING to support your wild claims. Go back and R-E-A-D it yourself.

fishaholic wrote:

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You are the one that started this whole discussion.

Actually not. The issue was already heated when I joined in.

fishaholic wrote:

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I don't know where you got your info from,

It is not hard to find out about it on google. You must have a VERY poor internet service if you cannot find the facts and apparently you cannot.

here. Try this one.

half a million rifles just in terms of SIG 550 rifles. NOT private ownership. And that is just for the citizens militia. Their fathers and grandfathers rifles are also probably stored in many cases.

http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/video/staring-d...

"Guns and shooting are a strong Swiss tradition. Basic military training is mandatory for young men, and afterwards they’re required to keep their weapon at home."

This also discusses central armories since the locked storage can be opened by a depressed person.

This is NOT the 'gun ownership' culture of the USA.