From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 27 00:44:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA02000 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:44:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from stratos.net ([209.119.12.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA01995 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 00:44:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drifter@stratos.net) From: drifter@stratos.net Received: (from drifter@localhost) by stratos.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) id DAA01003; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 03:46:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980627034631.A944@stratos.net> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 03:46:31 -0400 To: Frank Pawlak Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does it's true? References: <199806270633.QAA16831@cimlogic.com.au> <980627063311.ZM23522@darkstar.connect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <980627063311.ZM23522@darkstar.connect.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 06:33:11AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 06:33:11AM +0000, Frank Pawlak wrote: > On Jun 27, 4:33pm, John Birrell wrote: > > Subject: Re: Does it's true? > > Frank Pawlak wrote: > > > I am under the impression that parts of Australia are much like the Old > > > American West, with cowboys that carry guns, drink a lot and then get into > > > gunfights. ;-) > > > > Nope. Carrying a gun here is very rare. Our government has just spent > > hundreds of millions of dollars buying back people's guns that are now > > illegal. > > > > This week we had a court ruling that reinforces the state law that you > > have to have a shooter's licence to play with paint-ball guns on private > > ranges. Next it'll be water pistols too. > > > > Overall you are probably better for it. In the US there are entirely too many > guns walking around. Some of these kids with guns are better armed than I was ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ Interesting choice of words, possibly indicative of perspective? Personification of guns, or "guns walking around", is probably a phrase uttered by a gun-control advocate, whereas "criminals walking around with guns" is maybe more likely to be spoken of by an NRA advocate. Now, "kids walking around with guns," that's a toss-up! -Rob "Not to put words in to anybody's mouth :)" -- drifter@stratos.nospam.net (remove nospam to send) "Ever notice that in every commercial about the Internet, advertising geniuses can't resist having a bunch of kids staring into a monitor, awe- struck, looking at a whale jumping out of the ocean? Or is it just me?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message