[Leica] A Photograph and a few comments about Orlando and thePhilly Gay Pride Parade

[Tina Manley]

Nobody needs an assault weapon, the only purpose of which is to kill
people.  Australia banned them after their mass killing and the ban is
working.

  "The Port Arthur massacre remains one of the deadliest shootings
worldwide committed by a single person. Following the spree, the Prime
Minister of Australia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia>, John Howard
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard>, introduced strict gun control
laws within Australia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control_in_Australia> and
formulated the *National
Firearms Programme Implementation Act 1996*, restricting the private
ownership of high capacity semi-automatic rifles
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm>, semi-automatic
shotguns <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic_shotgun> and pump-action
shotguns <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump-action_shotgun> as well as
introducing uniform firearms licensing. It was implemented with bipartisan
support by the Commonwealth, states and territories."

Unfortuately, the Port Arthur massacre is no longer one of the deadliest
shootings worldwide committed by a single person.  That record has been
broken.

Tina

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Dennis Kushner <dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The NRA got the congress to recind the assault weapons ban about 10? years
> ago.
> New legislation needed to ban those on watch & no fly lists from purchasing
> assault weapons.
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > We are all victims of our political system here. Not all of us are ardent
> > supporters of unfettered gun ownership. Unfortunately, the "gun nuts"
> have
> > a very effective lobbying organization and fund raising arm and can buy
> off
> > or threaten politicians to do their bidding.
> >
> > Many of us believe there is no rational reason for a private citizen to
> > own a cheap knock off AR15. This is a gun designed for one purpose, to
> kill
> > things, and it is often used for that purpose. It is plainly obvious that
> > we are no safer as a result of widespread gun ownership and it's time to
> > look at this again.
> >
> > In American politics the old saying about squeeking wheels is true, and
> > the NRA folks are the squeeking wheel.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Barry
> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 6:27 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] A Photograph and a few comments about Orlando and
> > thePhilly Gay Pride Parade
> >
> >
> > A poignant image, Jim. Unfortunately, with your county's gun laws, you're
> > likely to have plenty of similar photo opportunities over the coming
> years.
> > We all have our crosses to bear...
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Shulman" <
> jshulman at judgecrater.com
> > >
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 3:08 AM
> > Subject: [Leica] A Photograph and a few comments about Orlando and the
> > Philly Gay Pride Parade
> >
> >
> > Today I did about the only thing I could do in light of Orlando: dusted
> off
> >> my culottes, packed a dozen rolls of film along with my Bronica S2,  and
> >> marched in the Philly Gay Pride Parade—exactly as I’ve done every year
> >> since '79 (my feet ached less then, though I was also several stone
> >> lighter.) The purpose of terrorism is to get people to panic and hide,
> >> which I refuse to do (Including when I walked around Boston the day of
> the
> >> dragnet/shutdown.)  After a Facebook friend put out one of those fatuous
> >> "be alert and be safe" notes (of course, from some aerie far from the
> >> streets), I said that fearing attack the day after Orlando is like one
> of
> >> those irrational snowstorm warnings that come immediately AFTER every
> >> major
> >> snowstorm. The best place to be is out on the street—and ironically,
> after
> >> a mass shooting one of the safest, since the streets were packed with
> >> police, and I’m sure no shortage of plainclothes FBI personnel.  I’ve
> >> lived
> >> long enough to remember the Upstairs Lounge arson attack in ’73, Dan
> >> White’s rampage in ’78, and God knows how many shootings, stabbings, and
> >> other horrors since.  Still here, still marching—next in NYC, Baltimore,
> >> and many other spots where fine homosexuals are served.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/Philly+Pride+Parade+06+12+16+sm.jpg.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Bronica S2, Zenzanon 150/3.5, Arista EDU100 at 200
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Jim Shulman
> >>
> >> Wynnewood, PA
> >>
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