tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post961412218828073645..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: "Kombat Wombats"Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-73528231285724879142011-10-28T07:13:30.396-07:002011-10-28T07:13:30.396-07:00"These are the civilian gun nuts who pretty t..."These are the civilian gun nuts who pretty themselves up like a JTF-2 assaulter and accessorize with "cool" looking tactical shotguns and whatever other Parkerized steel and black-furnitured firearms are presently legal in Canada."<br /><br />Sure, you get "posers", just like you get with any activity, but unless you own firearms, or hang out with people who do, youEdstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-87084933153608474002011-10-27T13:57:47.846-07:002011-10-27T13:57:47.846-07:00Larix,
A friend of mine uses one for bear protect...Larix, <br />A friend of mine uses one for bear protection in remote areas/far North too. If you read the other part of the bit you quoted, I'm not talking about people who require something rugged, simple, and single purposed ;)Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-50550612134105189522011-10-27T13:19:20.396-07:002011-10-27T13:19:20.396-07:00"These are the civilian gun nuts who pretty t..."These are the civilian gun nuts who pretty themselves up like a JTF-2 assaulter and accessorize with "cool" looking tactical shotguns and whatever other Parkerized steel and black-furnitured firearms are presently legal in Canada."<br /><br />I dont really see your problem with 'cool' tatical shotguns. I generally bring my Mossberg 'Persuder' to work for bear/Larixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083299240785152925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-75711271014870322102011-10-27T08:52:55.341-07:002011-10-27T08:52:55.341-07:00"how easy it is for a citzen in good standing..."how easy it is for a citzen in good standing to kit up with some serious firepower."<br /><br />In Canada, depends where you live and who you know. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.<br /><br />Also, when you are unarmed, even a .22 single-shot is "serious firepower". Don't believe me? There's a couple of dozen groundhogs taken at 75-100 yards with my Savage .22 single-shot Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-57923553777733467902011-10-27T08:07:47.090-07:002011-10-27T08:07:47.090-07:00I got to thinking about guns and the Apocalypse, a...I got to thinking about guns and the <a href="http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.com/2011/10/not-survivalist.html" rel="nofollow">Apocalypse</a>, and was surprised how easy it is for a citzen in good standing to kit up with some serious firepower.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-11080410130178724492011-10-26T15:15:58.667-07:002011-10-26T15:15:58.667-07:00They claim registration leads to confiscation. The...They claim registration leads to confiscation. They are correct. Until the people registry is abolished, including the census, the government can use it to search everyone and take away their guns.<br /><br />And even most criminals register in the people registry.liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-69900969419713849602011-10-26T13:06:59.252-07:002011-10-26T13:06:59.252-07:00Jeez, try a sense of humor. Brock Yates used to ca...Jeez, try a sense of humor. Brock Yates used to call those who kvetch in such fashion as "sanctimonious pecksniffs". <br /><br />First, to buy any ammo in Canada, you have to have a Possession or Acquisition card. If you don't have one, you may be unaware of how intrusive the process of acquisition is. This process tends to eliminate a lot of the trailer-park moronic element that inEdstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-82785060583819584902011-10-26T08:12:49.428-07:002011-10-26T08:12:49.428-07:00There is a section of the American population that...There is a section of the American population that are armed to the teeth - guns in every room as one recent blog post put it. I am fascinated by this. I do not understand the apparent fear but I guess living in Toronto is not the same as living in Phoenix or Rochester. Why, in today's thoroughly policed society one needs to carry a concealed firearm capable of killing a grizzly bear is Scannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03514966528672897658noreply@blogger.com