tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post113811152905136388..comments2023-12-19T16:09:32.391+00:00Comments on The Ultimate Olympian: A Shot in the DarkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1139398477783870132006-02-08T11:34:00.000+00:002006-02-08T11:34:00.000+00:00Zany means you're Bobby Davro. Oh dear.Zany means you're Bobby Davro. Oh dear.Poll Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462285145745272091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1139329054863624102006-02-07T16:17:00.000+00:002006-02-07T16:17:00.000+00:00Loada rubbaisheLoada rubbaisheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1139004234587991752006-02-03T22:03:00.000+00:002006-02-03T22:03:00.000+00:00Friend of mine loves your website and says you hav...Friend of mine loves your website and says you have a "zany" sense of humour! "Zany" can mean "comically idiotic; crazily ridiculous" and as a noun it means "a buffoon or jester. (based on the Venetian form of Gianni,Giovanni'John', stock name of servants acting as clowns in the commedia dell'arte).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1138625300185421272006-01-30T12:48:00.000+00:002006-01-30T12:48:00.000+00:00I remember Chris Rock talking about gun control......I remember Chris Rock talking about gun control...<BR/><BR/><I>F**k that shit.<BR/>You don't need no gun control.<BR/><BR/>You know what you need?<BR/>We need some bullet control.<BR/><BR/>Man, we need to control the bullets,<BR/>that's right.<BR/><BR/>l think all bullets should cost $5000 .<BR/><BR/>$5000 for a bullet. You know why?<BR/><BR/>'Cause if a bullet costs $ 5000<BR/>there'd be no more innocent bystanders.<BR/><BR/>That'd be it.<BR/><BR/>Every time someone gets shot, people will<BR/>be like, "Damn, he must have did something. Shit, they put $ 5000 worth of bullets<BR/>in his ass."</I>ademhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370168900902377016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1138526651271581102006-01-29T09:24:00.000+00:002006-01-29T09:24:00.000+00:00Certainly in New Zealand we have reasonably tight ...Certainly in New Zealand we have reasonably tight firearms laws, but the British situation seems to be rather mad; Japanese Olympians are allowed firearms, for example.<BR/><BR/>And by rather strict, I mean:<BR/><BR/>* There is a special endorsement required for pistols, over and above a general license.<BR/><BR/>* You must be a member of an approved gun club for a minimum of 6 months, and be recommended to the police as a suitable person, as part of the qualification for a pistol license.<BR/><BR/>* Once you get the license storagte requirements mandate all sorts of safes, seperate storage of firearms, ammunition, and so on.<BR/><BR/>Most criminals who want a concealed firearm here just end up cutting down a .22 rifle or shotgun. Of course it helps that we're a long way away from anywhere that pistols can be easily purhcased and smuggled into the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1138306822202064042006-01-26T20:20:00.000+00:002006-01-26T20:20:00.000+00:00as Eddie Izzard once said: "guns don't kill people...as Eddie Izzard once said: "guns don't kill people, people kill people...well i think the gun helps...you can't run up to them and shout "bang"!!<BR/><BR/>i have been to the jebel ali shooting range, its pretty good. Good steak house there!!<BR/><BR/>daveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1138183617968463152006-01-25T10:06:00.000+00:002006-01-25T10:06:00.000+00:00For some reason, the notion of "removing your head...For some reason, the notion of "removing your head or shoulders" made me wince less than the notion of a "knee-jerk".<BR/><BR/>Sensible words, rabidly delivered - just how I like my Poll.John McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454462426032725852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156472.post-1138182645242931682006-01-25T09:50:00.000+00:002006-01-25T09:50:00.000+00:00With a rifle you remove the bolt from the gun: the...With a rifle you remove the bolt from the gun: the bolt is the piece that you move back and forth to load and unload the round (bullet), and also contains the firing pin. We always had to travel with the bolts in the coach with us, and the guns in the boot. At the range, you had to ensure that the right bolt went in the right gun (they were colour coded): I was told that if you got the wrong bolt, it could blast out of the gun when firing-inconveniently removing your head or shoulders. So separating the bolt and the body of the rifle was a pretty effective way of making the gun safe-you couldn't take the main part of the gun and just put in your own bolt. You extend this to a shooting club and you leave one piece in the club, take the other home. I guess something similar can be done with pistols and their firing pins-if not it wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to design something. Of course this has taken me a few words to explain, so would be far too complicated to think through and put into a knee-jerk law, designed to create headlines rather than a sensible solution.Poll Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462285145745272091noreply@blogger.com