Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With apologies to JRR Tolkien Do not meddle in the affairs of gun owners, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Cheers Douglas On 22.10.2013 11:58, Peter Dzwig wrote: > Guys, > > arms are very much OT. > > We all know we disagree. Can we PLEASE get back to images? > > Peter > > On 19/10/2013 21:23, Douglas Barry wrote: >> LZ writes >> "....are full of stories of soldiers going berserk" and continues "IRA >> zealots >> shooting Brits" >> >> The last soldiers I heard going beserk were in the USA. The "IRA" are not >> soldiers. They are irregulars fuelled by misinformation, not supported by >> the >> way vaster majority in the Republic of Ireland, funded by drug money, and >> addled >> and bolstered by drugs themselves. However, you'd have to live in Ireland >> to >> discover that. I would remind you of the First Rule of Holes.... Stop >> Digging! >> >> Instead, take out your camera and take some shots. And if I may comment >> further, >> I didn't go for your pizza one as I found that black blank space in the >> upper >> right corner too distracting.. >> >> Regards >> >> Douglas >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <lrzeitlin at aol.com> >> To: <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Jayanand's comments about "Tea Party" >> >> >>> Taught to shoot at ten years, and you >>> consider it "normal" - even if you are just busy exterminating animals >>> instead of human beings - this is just unbelievable to the vast >>> majority of humans on Earth. Those "military types" are far more >>> trained and responsible, as well as safer for everyone than than the >>> general public with cupboards full of guns, mostly unlicensed. >>> >>> I know you will come back at me with some slanging comments on India, >>> as you normally do, but what India is does not change the reality of >>> what the USA is. Remember that. >>> Jayanand >>> - - - - >>> Jayanand, with all due respect, you don't have a clue. I served in the >>> military in two wars. In the Korean war I qualified as a tank commander >>> at Ft. >>> Knox and was assigned to photograph armored equipment in combat. In >>> addition >>> to a Signal Corps Leica IIIf I was issued a M1 carbine and a Colt 1911 >>> pistol. >>> I used both in actual combat. I was recalled to the Army as a company >>> commander in the first stages of the Vietnam war. >>> >>> Your assumption that "military types" are more prudent in weapons use >>> than the >>> general public is unfounded. If anything, they are taught to kill. >>> That's what >>> a gun is for. In my state gun ownership is highly regulated. Licenses are >>> required for all handguns and a rigorous firearms safety course must be >>> completed. Of course illegal, unregistered weapons are available, just >>> as they >>> are everywhere. If you go into any city in the world, visit a seedy >>> section of >>> town. wave a handful of banknotes in the air, and say "I want to buy a >>> gun" >>> you will be offered your choice within a few minutes. Even in Chennai. >>> >>> Newspapers worldwide are full of stories of soldiers going berserk and >>> spraying bullets into real and imaginary opponents. Shiites shooting >>> Sunnis, >>> Jews shooting Arabs, IRA zealots shooting Brits, and Americans shooting >>> children. As for my slanging comments about India, I hardly need to >>> remind you >>> about the massacres that take place on almost a daily basis in that >>> peaceful >>> country. The death toll after the partition was greater than in our >>> Civil War. >>> >>> These days I prefer to shoot pictures - not bullets. I also like to eat >>> meat >>> and drink fine whiskey. >>> >>> Larry Z >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> . >>