[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Amanda --->Cold dead hands (or a lawyer), was Bowling for Columbine

[silmariel]

>On the balance, I'd be more inclined to allow my child to go into a
> house with a properly maintained and locked-up firearm than with a
> pit bull.
>
> --Barb


Firearms possesion is strictly controled here, in Spain. My father had two 
riffles for hunting (wildboars), but they came with the hunting license and 
were sold after he gave up the 'hobby'. Arms are restricted, in my 
experience, to a few cases:

Hunting & Sports. These are legal, but (I must stress this) they must be 
maintained into a safe case, enforced by law, and you can only take them out 
to their specific place of use (be it hunt or sport). You can't have them 
with you in the street.

Policeman, army forces men. This does not include private security services.

Old men who survived the civil war (1936-39) and you won't convince them they 
can live without a gun. This is illegal, but isn't a problem, so they are not 
prosecuted.

You know, I've had a little over the limit teenage years, but any of the 
people I've interacted with would admit they had a gun, even if they admitted 
things as selling drugs (the hard ones).

We consider firearms as dangerous, but I have to sadly add that, only last 
year dangerous animals were controlled legally (involving registering, 
asurances, etc), and it was only after there were a few attacks and a dead 
children about 3 years old.

So, even if I live in a country where arms possesion is forbidden, I prefer 
the well-maintained and secured firearm (I have a friend whose father is a 
policeman and I don't have any problem going to his house: he's got 8 kids) 
than the pit-bull, thanks.

silmariel