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depmats 06-07-2004 11:50 AM

Let's not forget that this is all GW's fault. Somehow. Just wait til that shows up in one of Teddy's tirades.

zippyt 06-07-2004 04:36 PM

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Elspode 06-07-2004 11:39 PM

We had a similar sort of loonie take himself out a few months ago here in the KC area. The guy started a fire in one of his outbuildings, then, when the emergency vehicles started showing up, he opened fire on them with a small arsenal, including a 50 caliber rifle.

He had apparently booby-trapped his house, or perhaps miscalculated his powder storage, because he blew it (and himself, and his girlfriend) right off the face of the Earth on live TV.

He'd had a running beef with the city over junk stored on his property. His family had owned the land upon which his home sat for a few generations, since it had been farmland (the site is now squarely in the middle of suburban Kansas City, and has been for about 45 years now), and he apparently took issue with the gubment telling him what he could and couldn't do with his land, so he decided to teach 'em a lesson.

He was your fairly typical gun nut (read: loonies with firearms and stuff, NOT people like Wolf, Slang and other rational humans who just happen to have a love of and proficiency with guns), and was a well-known head case to his neighbors for the most part.

He was a piker compared to the 'dozer guy, though. You gotta have a certain admiration for someone who builds his own tank, trashes his town, and then takes himself out without injuring anyone else.

wolf 06-08-2004 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by Elspode
He was your fairly typical gun nut (read: loonies with firearms and stuff, NOT people like Wolf, Slang and other rational humans who just happen to have a love of and proficiency with guns), and was a well-known head case to his neighbors for the most part.
Thank you for your consideration.

There are "gun nuts" (i.e., firearms fanciers) and there are "nuts with guns". The overlap is relatively small.

Crimson Ghost 06-08-2004 04:52 AM

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Originally posted by wolf
There are "gun nuts" (i.e., firearms fanciers) and there are "nuts with guns". The overlap is relatively small.
Let us remember that gun control means being able to hit your target.

wolf 06-08-2004 09:02 AM

And making effective use of the small number of bullets you have available thanks to Diane Feinstein and Chucky Shumer.

Elspode 06-08-2004 11:17 AM

Try to think of it as the firearms version of government fuel-economy requirements.

marichiko 06-08-2004 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by Elspode
Try to think of it as the firearms version of government fuel-economy requirements.
Then, if I constructed a fuel efficient D-9, would the government let me keep it? (Oh, Please? Pretty Please?);)

xoxoxoBruce 06-08-2004 05:50 PM

Certainly, bulldozers a perfectly legal.:)

plthijinx 06-09-2004 01:34 AM

anybody ever consider that he died for what he believed in? granted i wouldn't have gone psycho on the local public.......


[joke]and in other news, does this have some potential? [/joke]

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/Bulldozer.jpg"</i>

marichiko 06-10-2004 12:15 AM

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Originally posted by plthijinx
anybody ever consider that he died for what he believed in? granted i wouldn't have gone psycho on the local public.
Oh hell, yes. In a wierd way, I almost admire him. He certainly made a statement, and he did so without physically harming another person. A lot of buildings bit the dust, but that's it. I do think he should have left the local public library alone, though.


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