(12-28-2016 04:52 PM)sterling_archer Wrote: Month ago I saw original MG42 in the shop. Some guy brought it and said it will be sent to museum. Unfortunately barrel was filled and firing pin destroyed. Doesn't matter, you couldn't buy it from him and automatic weapons are not permitted in Croatia.
(12-27-2016 06:28 PM)Cosmonaut Wrote: Not sure if it was posted here but the guys who set the homeless man on fire in Berlin turned themselves in to police. drumroll please.....
6 syrians and a libyan asylum seeker, setting a drunken passed out homeless man on fire on christmas eve.
i haven't been posting much in this thread since my numbers were below the 250 rule but now that thats been changed, i look forward to sharing more here. I live in Berlin and have for the last few years. it really sucks seeing such a great place turning to shit. I feel like everyone around me moves around with blinders over their eyes. They avoid the issue, or speak some vapid platitudes. But they know whats going on.
I'm constantly reminded of a book I read this summer, The Lucifer Principle, in which the author describes the behaviour of declining alpha apes when confronted with a new enemy, and when they know somewhere deep down they're in trouble. Instead of responding with strength, they shut down. they look away, avoid eye contact, and pretend to focus on other things, as if the challenge didn't exist. and down on the pecking order they go. cant help but realize this is whats happening here
(12-28-2016 07:20 PM)Teedub Wrote: I wish we could get weapons in the UK. I agree with proper, intense checks to make sure you're not a nutcase, but with the demographic changes looming around the corner (which will come to the fore in the coming decades, but career politicians only care about election cycles and not about their people), I wish I could at least get a pistol. I used to be very anti-gun, and I'm still very critical about certain US rules regarding purchase/ownership (basically, it's too easy), places like Finland and Switzerland have shown it can be a great thing (firearm ownership).
Edit: Open to any guys who can explain in more detail what actually happens in the States when you buy a gun.
You do have to send in an application at the end with your money and the Canadian Firearms Centre reviews your application and may want to call people who live with you to make sure you're not a loony. You also have to declare whether or not you're on psych meds or have psych issues. Part of the application fee is paying for them to run a criminal records check on you.
(12-28-2016 03:28 PM)Parzival Wrote: I want a Glock 17, so I will get the permit. A single shot is not enough against an invasion force. It's not the battle of Verdun or the American civil war. Later I want a semi auto rifle.
I know that site already ^^
(12-28-2016 09:02 PM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:(12-28-2016 03:28 PM)Parzival Wrote: I want a Glock 17, so I will get the permit. A single shot is not enough against an invasion force. It's not the battle of Verdun or the American civil war. Later I want a semi auto rifle.
I know that site already ^^
You want my honest opinion, mate?
Don't wait.
If you can pick up a single shot rabbit rifle and some ammo t-o-d-a-y for the cost of a night out then do it.
You can always sell it later. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and when someone is staring down the barrel of a rifle they rarely bother to check the action or the caliber They just beat feet and GTFO.
My firm advice. Find a cheap .22 rifle with a short, threaded barrel. You will thank me in the years to come.
(12-28-2016 09:02 PM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote: My firm advice. Find a cheap .22 rifle with a short, threaded barrel. You will thank me in the years to come.
(12-29-2016 02:19 AM)sterling_archer Wrote:(12-28-2016 09:02 PM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote: My firm advice. Find a cheap .22 rifle with a short, threaded barrel. You will thank me in the years to come.
Short because of better manoeuvrability? Regarding sound suppressors and 22., idea comes to me that I could use such a silent gun to practice in the woods without alarming anyone.
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(12-29-2016 04:05 AM)Parzival Wrote: I need a gun safe first by the law. It can be a simple locker but I need something that I can close.
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Quote:Europe is not like USA where there are decent stand your ground laws.
(12-29-2016 07:11 AM)weambulance Wrote: There's a saying in rural America: shoot, shovel, and shut up.What if you kill him in a place like London where there are CCTV's basically EVERYWHERE. That saying is for rural USA, not metropolitan Europe.
Presumably some Europeans have backyards and basements and stuff.
Just saying.

(12-29-2016 07:18 AM)LikeABaller Wrote:(12-29-2016 07:11 AM)weambulance Wrote: There's a saying in rural America: shoot, shovel, and shut up.What if you kill him in a place like London where there are CCTV's basically EVERYWHERE. That saying is for rural USA, not metropolitan Europe.
Presumably some Europeans have backyards and basements and stuff.
Just saying.
You're implying that its easy to get away with murder, trust me its not.Big brother is everywhere, they can track your every single movement from your smartphone. This is just a small example.
(12-29-2016 06:20 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:(12-29-2016 04:05 AM)Parzival Wrote: I need a gun safe first by the law. It can be a simple locker but I need something that I can close.
A bottom dollar option is to find a dead fridge, yank the motor and rivet one of these in place.
Assuming you have the tools you need (or can borrow them) then you could do this for less than 10 bucks plus your time.

(12-29-2016 07:51 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote: Again, and this is a point that apparently has to be laboured over and over and over and over again.
The gun is there so you can convince scumbags to leave on foot rather than in a body bag. Nobody but genuine lunatics are interested in playing "is it really loaded" with an angry stranger.
God forbid you end up shooting some prick, he'll likely limp off and find a street doc or go to hospital and say he was mugged. What's he going to do? Tell the doctor he was doing a home invasion and it went sideways?
Ridiculous nonsense inferring that deploying a gun in your defense is somehow dumber than putting your life in the hands of an aggressive criminal home invader is every bit as stupid as it sounds.
End of story.