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From: Keith on 1 Aug 2006 13:29 In article <44CEEAD9.2CA1D76A(a)earthlink.net>, mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says... > Eeyore wrote: > > > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > > > Eeyore wrote: > > > > > > > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > > > > > > > you're just another brainless Eurosheep. :( > > > > > > > > I can think for myself. Something that seems beyond your capability. > > > > > > > > Graham > > > > > > No, I think that you're an effeminate Eurosheep. > > > > Your obsession with gender issues is again noted. > > > > Graham > > > Not an obsession. Its just so rare that I see a male who refuses to > act like a man. Howard Dean. -- Keith
From: Keith on 1 Aug 2006 13:38 In article <30uuc2lf8aq7ac72m4j0opr4gljdmqrv4g(a)4ax.com>, jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com says... > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:59:36 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > >> Eeyore wrote: > >> > > >> > John Larkin wrote: > >> > > >> > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:15:04 +0100, Eeyore > >> > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > >Automatic assault weapons are certainly legal. > >> > > > > >> > > >Graham > >> > > > >> > > Possession of an automatic weapon (or a bazooka, or explosives, or a > >> > > sawed-off shotgun) is a Federal felony here. > >> > > >> > It seems I had semi-autos in mind. It's a tricky distinction to someone not used to > >> > them. Don't semi-atos simply have a single shot mode too ? Doesn't stop them being used > >> > for automatic fire AIUI. > >> > > >> > Graham > >> > >> You have it backwards. Automatic fire requires a fully automatic > >> weapon, but they can be fired in single shot or short bursts like the > >> M16 and M60. > > > >Ok. Got it although there seems to have been some dispute over the terms. > > > >" There is some casual dispute over the correct use of the words automatic and > >semi-automatic. Gun enthusiasts sometimes argue that the word automatic is incorrectly linked > >to fully-automatic fire and that an automatic weapon is simply any weapon that chambers a new > >round during the extraction of the previous cartridge's casing. " > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic > > > >Graham > > > > Whatever. A gun that fires multiple rounds for a single trigger pull > is illegal here. Without a federal automatic firearms license. -- Keith
From: Spehro Pefhany on 1 Aug 2006 13:58 On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:48:04 -0700, the renowned John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >"The words of a Canadian United Nations observer written just days >before he was killed in an Israeli bombing of a UN post in Lebanon are >evidence Hezbollah was using the post as a "shield" to fire rockets >into Israel, says a former UN commander in Bosnia." > >http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=37278180-a261-421d-84a9-7f94d5fc6d50 > >John Maj. Gen. Lewis MacKenzie is a reliable and pretty much unbiased source on this sort of thing, from a military pov. BTW, he once mentioned that there was a lot of stuff going on when he was doing peacekeeping duties in Bosnia that was certainly not by-the-book, such as clearly marked ambulances used to transport arms etc.-- he's seen a lot. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: John Larkin on 1 Aug 2006 15:03 On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:11:30 -0000, buck rojerz <inorbit(a)outerspace.org> wrote: > >In my roamings around the usenet, I have seen many top-posters. However >this group seems to complain a lot more about them, than the other groups >do. (Just an observation.) > That's because we're generally smarter than the people in other groups. But ditchwater would be annoying even if he posted properly. John
From: John Larkin on 1 Aug 2006 15:08
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:25:54 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> Hamas uses civilians, schools, and UN posts as cover for rocket >> launchers, so that directed Israeli counterattacks cause civilian >> casualties. On the other hand, 100% of the essentially unguided Hamas >> rocket attacks are directed at Israeli civilians; 100% are terror >> attacks. Are the Hamas rockets war crimes? > >That's Gaza. Please don't confuse the issues. Lebanon is entirely another >matter. Another country in fact. Oops, sorry. The Northern crazies are Hezbollah, and the Southern lunatics are Hamas. Got to keep them straight. John |