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[denizaksulu]

Kafenio, gambling in plain sight, sounds like Harringay in London, and police, always dignified walking by and doing nothing. Are they on the take too?

An American, asked why he has a license for a concealed carried weapon answers: cause a cop is too heavy on my belt. Response time in most American cities is about 30 minutes. A lot can happen in 30 minutes. So this monopoly of force and limiting citizen's rights to defend themselves is relegated to theory.

We have a saying here among some of us in America, it goes like this: "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away"

Response time for emergency calls or of a violent crime in progress in big cities in America is less than ten minutes, not thirty. This slightly faster response time means nothing to someone if they are dead though.
I am a proponent of allowing permitted concealed or open carry of handguns here where I live in America.

On a lighter note, would you feel safe carrying a 'Bowie' knife?

Lol, I am pretty sure the men the city I live in were named after were related to Jim Bowie who the knife is named after.
The pronunciation is the same and is nothing like how David Bowie pronounces his. As a matter of fact his stage name "Bowie" was named after Jim Bowie of the Alamo and the knife fame. Too bad no one told him in time how to say it properly.

Yes, I am allowed to carry a Bowie knife openly here in Bowie, but since I do not know how to fight with a knife, it won't help me much for self defense.

why would you need to fight for self defence? this is america, for the most part, we are civilized!

Hence the strong 'Gun Lobby' as symbolised by Charlton(Holy Moses)Heston

[Agios Ionas]

The world would be a better place without guns. But I must admit that there are places in the US I would never visit unless I had a gun... or an Uzi and some grenades... or why not a private army à la Blackwater to back me up.

[Novus]

Kafenio, gambling in plain sight, sounds like Harringay in London, and police, always dignified walking by and doing nothing. Are they on the take too?

An American, asked why he has a license for a concealed carried weapon answers: cause a cop is too heavy on my belt. Response time in most American cities is about 30 minutes. A lot can happen in 30 minutes. So this monopoly of force and limiting citizen's rights to defend themselves is relegated to theory.

We have a saying here among some of us in America, it goes like this: "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away"

Response time for emergency calls or of a violent crime in progress in big cities in America is less than ten minutes, not thirty. This slightly faster response time means nothing to someone if they are dead though.
I am a proponent of allowing permitted concealed or open carry of handguns here where I live in America.

On a lighter note, would you feel safe carrying a 'Bowie' knife?

Lol, I am pretty sure the men the city I live in were named after were related to Jim Bowie who the knife is named after.
The pronunciation is the same and is nothing like how David Bowie pronounces his. As a matter of fact his stage name "Bowie" was named after Jim Bowie of the Alamo and the knife fame. Too bad no one told him in time how to say it properly.

Yes, I am allowed to carry a Bowie knife openly here in Bowie, but since I do not know how to fight with a knife, it won't help me much for self defense.

why would you need to fight for self defence? this is america, for the most part, we are civilized!

Maybe up where you live, but down here it sometimes seems like a movie with Snake Plisskin in it.

[GorillaGal]

Kafenio, gambling in plain sight, sounds like Harringay in London, and police, always dignified walking by and doing nothing. Are they on the take too?

An American, asked why he has a license for a concealed carried weapon answers: cause a cop is too heavy on my belt. Response time in most American cities is about 30 minutes. A lot can happen in 30 minutes. So this monopoly of force and limiting citizen's rights to defend themselves is relegated to theory.

We have a saying here among some of us in America, it goes like this: "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away"

Response time for emergency calls or of a violent crime in progress in big cities in America is less than ten minutes, not thirty. This slightly faster response time means nothing to someone if they are dead though.
I am a proponent of allowing permitted concealed or open carry of handguns here where I live in America.

On a lighter note, would you feel safe carrying a 'Bowie' knife?

Lol, I am pretty sure the men the city I live in were named after were related to Jim Bowie who the knife is named after.
The pronunciation is the same and is nothing like how David Bowie pronounces his. As a matter of fact his stage name "Bowie" was named after Jim Bowie of the Alamo and the knife fame. Too bad no one told him in time how to say it properly.

Yes, I am allowed to carry a Bowie knife openly here in Bowie, but since I do not know how to fight with a knife, it won't help me much for self defense.

why would you need to fight for self defence? this is america, for the most part, we are civilized!

Hence the strong 'Gun Lobby' as symbolised by Charlton(Holy Moses)Heston

guns are nothing more than toys for men. mostly men who feel inadequate.

[GorillaGal]

Kafenio, gambling in plain sight, sounds like Harringay in London, and police, always dignified walking by and doing nothing. Are they on the take too?

An American, asked why he has a license for a concealed carried weapon answers: cause a cop is too heavy on my belt. Response time in most American cities is about 30 minutes. A lot can happen in 30 minutes. So this monopoly of force and limiting citizen's rights to defend themselves is relegated to theory.

We have a saying here among some of us in America, it goes like this: "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away"

Response time for emergency calls or of a violent crime in progress in big cities in America is less than ten minutes, not thirty. This slightly faster response time means nothing to someone if they are dead though.
I am a proponent of allowing permitted concealed or open carry of handguns here where I live in America.

On a lighter note, would you feel safe carrying a 'Bowie' knife?

Lol, I am pretty sure the men the city I live in were named after were related to Jim Bowie who the knife is named after.
The pronunciation is the same and is nothing like how David Bowie pronounces his. As a matter of fact his stage name "Bowie" was named after Jim Bowie of the Alamo and the knife fame. Too bad no one told him in time how to say it properly.

Yes, I am allowed to carry a Bowie knife openly here in Bowie, but since I do not know how to fight with a knife, it won't help me much for self defense.

why would you need to fight for self defence? this is america, for the most part, we are civilized!

Maybe up where you live, but down here it sometimes seems like a movie with Snake Plisskin in it.

you hang with the wrong people then.

[GorillaGal]

The world would be a better place without guns. But I must admit that there are places in the US I would never visit unless I had a gun... or an Uzi and some grenades... or why not a private army à la Blackwater to back me up.

have you been to the USA? i have been all over, and have felt pretty secure and safe, even when in the bronx at night!

i think all you insecure men with your toys would be alot better off if you stopped watching all those horror and action movies.

[roseandchan]

london has become a war zone over the last 10 years. thats why we left.

[Novus]

Kafenio, gambling in plain sight, sounds like Harringay in London, and police, always dignified walking by and doing nothing. Are they on the take too?

An American, asked why he has a license for a concealed carried weapon answers: cause a cop is too heavy on my belt. Response time in most American cities is about 30 minutes. A lot can happen in 30 minutes. So this monopoly of force and limiting citizen's rights to defend themselves is relegated to theory.

We have a saying here among some of us in America, it goes like this: "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away"

Response time for emergency calls or of a violent crime in progress in big cities in America is less than ten minutes, not thirty. This slightly faster response time means nothing to someone if they are dead though.
I am a proponent of allowing permitted concealed or open carry of handguns here where I live in America.

On a lighter note, would you feel safe carrying a 'Bowie' knife?

Lol, I am pretty sure the men the city I live in were named after were related to Jim Bowie who the knife is named after.
The pronunciation is the same and is nothing like how David Bowie pronounces his. As a matter of fact his stage name "Bowie" was named after Jim Bowie of the Alamo and the knife fame. Too bad no one told him in time how to say it properly.

Yes, I am allowed to carry a Bowie knife openly here in Bowie, but since I do not know how to fight with a knife, it won't help me much for self defense.

why would you need to fight for self defence? this is america, for the most part, we are civilized!

Maybe up where you live, but down here it sometimes seems like a movie with Snake Plisskin in it.

you hang with the wrong people then.

Lol, that isn't it at all. Victims don't go looking for violent crime, violent crime finds them. If I am attacked or killed it is likely to be by a stranger.

My county has about as many people as Cyprus does and we had over 800 carjackings a year for a few years and last year we had over 400. Imagine if Cyprus had any carjackings, much less 400.
We had nearly 200 murders last year....how many did Cyprus have last year? Maybe six?
My town of Bowie is pretty safe compared to the rest of the county and even New York City, but if I travel just a few miles West, five miles North or ten miles South, I am in the thick of crime. Even just stopping at a traffic light, a convenience store, or a gas station I can be the victim of a carjacking or an armed robbery.
It is the area I live in and it has nothing with who I hang with........I take that back, it has a LOT to do with who I hang with. If I hang with someone who has a permit to carry a handgun I am much safer.

[GorillaGal]

Kafenio, gambling in plain sight, sounds like Harringay in London, and police, always dignified walking by and doing nothing. Are they on the take too?

An American, asked why he has a license for a concealed carried weapon answers: cause a cop is too heavy on my belt. Response time in most American cities is about 30 minutes. A lot can happen in 30 minutes. So this monopoly of force and limiting citizen's rights to defend themselves is relegated to theory.

We have a saying here among some of us in America, it goes like this: "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away"

Response time for emergency calls or of a violent crime in progress in big cities in America is less than ten minutes, not thirty. This slightly faster response time means nothing to someone if they are dead though.
I am a proponent of allowing permitted concealed or open carry of handguns here where I live in America.

On a lighter note, would you feel safe carrying a 'Bowie' knife?

Lol, I am pretty sure the men the city I live in were named after were related to Jim Bowie who the knife is named after.
The pronunciation is the same and is nothing like how David Bowie pronounces his. As a matter of fact his stage name "Bowie" was named after Jim Bowie of the Alamo and the knife fame. Too bad no one told him in time how to say it properly.

Yes, I am allowed to carry a Bowie knife openly here in Bowie, but since I do not know how to fight with a knife, it won't help me much for self defense.

why would you need to fight for self defence? this is america, for the most part, we are civilized!

Maybe up where you live, but down here it sometimes seems like a movie with Snake Plisskin in it.

you hang with the wrong people then.

Lol, that isn't it at all. Victims don't go looking for violent crime, violent crime finds them. If I am attacked or killed it is likely to be by a stranger.

My county has about as many people as Cyprus does and we had over 800 carjackings a year for a few years and last year we had over 400. Imagine if Cyprus had any carjackings, much less 400.
We had nearly 200 murders last year....how many did Cyprus have last year? Maybe six?
My town of Bowie is pretty safe compared to the rest of the county and even New York City, but if I travel just a few miles West, five miles North or ten miles South, I am in the thick of crime. Even just stopping at a traffic light, a convenience store, or a gas station I can be the victim of a carjacking or an armed robbery.
It is the area I live in and it has nothing with who I hang with........I take that back, it has a LOT to do with who I hang with. If I hang with someone who has a permit to carry a handgun I am much safer.

hey bub, i live in the usa. i live in NY's 6th largest city. or is it 4th? anyway,....how many times have you been victim of a crime? of a violent crime? and don't go pushing your stats on me. there is a big difference in the amount of crimes because we have a larger country, bigger population, more people per capita or however that goes. of course stats are gonna be high. but i would rather live here than anywhere else in the world. and i feel very safe here.

[tessintrnc]

The world would be a better place without guns. But I must admit that there are places in the US I would never visit unless I had a gun... or an Uzi and some grenades... or why not a private army à la Blackwater to back me up.

have you been to the USA? i have been all over, and have felt pretty secure and safe, even when in the bronx at night!

i think all you insecure men with your toys would be alot better off if you stopped watching all those horror and action movies.

I understand what you are saying GG, but a few years ago I used to watch "crime watch UK" which admittedly focused on the more violent/nasty crimes. At the end of the programme the male presenter used to say that violent crimes are relatively rare and "don't have nightmares". Then his female co-host Jill dando was shot dead outside her London home.............Guns have and always will be available to those with money, even in so called "gun-less" societies - its the world we live in sadly.........