PimpedOutPete

I’m sorry hear about your trouble my friend, my wife is immune compromised so we both wear a mask in public. I’m sympathetic to your situation for sure. 

Everyone around is forgetting about Covid around here.
For most it isn't a problem, but for people like me that have VERY BAD LUNGS, I still have to be careful.  What I hate is people looking down on me and saying crap when they see me having a mask in public.  
I think it is just a lack of compassion.  
Opto66

I agree with you harry.   The only thing I would like to see is less AR type rifles with big mags.  No need for that.  But don't try to come for my shotgun.
Opto66

Unless I Missed something human rights are not physical in nature . The right to freedom freedom of speech ect. There are not many human rights. You do not have the right to own land you must purchase it and it can be taken away for many reasons. The only physical right that I know of is American and its the right to bear arms. It does not matter how to interbit the right. It is the right to have something tangable. So there that is. 
 Now on a differnt subject. Just to show the difference between Canada and tha US of A. Justine in the above picture has 4 RCMP gaurds covering him I would guess a few more in the back ground. 4 Guns TLCB said. How many guns would be gaurding the American president ?  Small army comes to my mind. My belief on why is because everybody else has a gun and it takes that many to protect him from it. Again Canada can be saved were not over the crazy line yet. 

Everyone wants pussy. 😉

Oh Krunch our conservatives are liberal compared to American conservatives. We might look like pussies but I promise you were tough as nails. 

RIP I am sorry to hear about your eyesight issues. It is something a lot of us older players are dealing with just like sore or cramping hands because of those issues as well. I have been dealing with my eyes when looking at a screen so I have a older pair of glasses that only really help me see my monitor but the reflexes aren't the same. Plus with my history of Heart issues and High Blood Pressure problems that is the main reason my wife strongly asked me to not use my mic while in game so I won't let other players talking shit get me so pissed off. Please don't give up playing with your pals, the COD2 servers are filled with older players and the TDM server on the weekends has many of us older players and every other map is a sniper map with a long range scope as a option so you can hide and slowly search for the enemy. I hope the Dr's can find a way to restore your vision to something that makes life more like you are used to. See you this weekend I hope 9am to 1pm Sat. and Sun. 

my vision are at 40% and y cant play so well but is a plaisure to playing whit you all  love you !

Works for us! 😄

That is a great start Ted, for it certainly goes after the criminals who use these weapons in violent crimes. I am very much in favor of our government going after and including an increase in criminal penalties for smuggling and perps who trafficking in firearms.
My only issue is these laws would not have prevented Sandy Hook, Uvalde or many other mass shooting that used assault style weapons. Now I am not saying there should be an all out ban on these weapon for gun enthusiast have been using these weapon for years. My thoughts are if you wish to purchase this style of weapon, you must go through a very in-depth registration, mental health and criminal check. 
These are weapons that are designed for maximize destruction at an extremely lethal speed. With that privilege comes the highest responsibility in gun ownership. 

Argh! I am very sad to hear Stars passing. He was an incredibly easing going individual and a joy to game with. You could always count on Star to be respectful and to make any server a fun place to be. He will be greatly missed.
My thoughts and prayers are with Stars family and loved ones.
Pete (Ter) 

I wish people that know nothing about firearms (or rights, for that matter) would quit posting nonsense. Ignorance can be repaired, but stupid is DNA deep. Assault rifle is just a catch phrase used by knee jerkers. it gives them a feel good righteous label to tag something. Armalite was the name of the company that Stoner started. 
 

That is a great start Ted, for it certainly goes after the criminals who use these weapons in violent crimes. I am very much in favor of our government going after and including an increase in criminal penalties for smuggling and perps who trafficking in firearms.
My only issue is these laws would not have prevented Sandy Hook, Uvalde or many other mass shooting that used assault style weapons. Now I am not saying there should be an all out ban on these weapon for gun enthusiast have been using these weapon for years. My thoughts are if you wish to purchase this style of weapon, you must go through a very in-depth registration, mental health and criminal check. 
These are weapons that are designed for maximize destruction at an extremely lethal speed. With that privilege comes the highest responsibility in gun ownership. 

Guys, we are talking apples and oranges. Gun culture in this nation is drastically different than in the US. Any attempt to make comparisons is futile.
Canadian gun laws are complicated, dividing firearms into categories with requirements including registration, permits, training courses and exams for all allowed weapons. First-time owners must also fill out a survey that asks about mental health and criminal record. There is a background check and mandatory 28-day waiting period. Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms.
Those measures didn’t spare the country from tragic gun deaths in the years to come and before as seen at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
People might say that Canada has lost her innocence now, that she is a different place. The reality is that Canada is open to the same kind of hate that exists anywhere else; we’re just more polite when we voice our outrage.
The difference Mike is this nation is not going to sit on her lorals and watch as innocent people are mowed down senselessly. We are not going to stand and watch our politicians sit back and do absolutely nothing. 
You may think we are being prayed apon but remember that is your prospective from your own life experiences. It’s an entirely different world here and we are merely hundred of miles away from you.
People always put it in prospective of personal Freedoms. Well, I can take my grandson to school knowing he will come home that evening. That the chances are almost zero that he will not from a random person who wishes to kill the innocent with a weapon that’s sole purpose is to do as much damage as fast as possible. That’s freedom! That my loved ones have a best chance of not being caught in a crossfire and if we can make that possibility even less, then I’m all for it.
I want every dam gun off the street and the perps who use guns in violent crime be thrown in jail to rot. If gun enthusiast need to jump through a few more hoops well so be it. 
If this nations population wish to be actionary about gun laws then so be it. It is a lot less painful then to be reactionary and do absolutely nothing after a mass shooting like in Uvalde, Texas.

Yes.  Precisely why we must quit thinking in obsolete terms.  Everything is global. Nationalism is a fatal pathway.

Yes, that is a major concern, but my post was primarily regarding our failure to correct years of human rights denial and failure to correct years of 'blind eye' politics.  Our arrogance and steadfast belief that we are the 'greatest country' in the world in the face of much evidence to the contrary smacks of Rome's attitude as the Empire fell around them.

Sure.  But this economy is global.  Whatever happens, everyone's economy is coming along for the ride.

"We are not as good as we once were...and we never were."    I still love my country and I have always known that we could do better, and the first step in that direction is to take the quote to heart.  The realization of imperfection requires real introspective thought and dedication to improvement on that level.  We will never convince some and that goal may neve be reached. It is the journey that matters.

Here's a really crazy thought, why not make a mandatory prison sentence of 7 years or  whatever the real experts determine, a sentence which could have a very meaningful deterrent. For anyone who's commits a crime period with a weapon  that has the ability to cause serious bodily injury. Like a gun, knife, baseball bat, hammer/axe etc.  Punish the criminal and not the honest citizen and if a death happens during the crime with a weapon life without parole  

Guys, we are talking apples and oranges. Gun culture in this nation is drastically different than in the US. Any attempt to make comparisons is futile.
Canadian gun laws are complicated, dividing firearms into categories with requirements including registration, permits, training courses and exams for all allowed weapons. First-time owners must also fill out a survey that asks about mental health and criminal record. There is a background check and mandatory 28-day waiting period. Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms.
Those measures didn’t spare the country from tragic gun deaths in the years to come and before as seen at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
People might say that Canada has lost her innocence now, that she is a different place. The reality is that Canada is open to the same kind of hate that exists anywhere else; we’re just more polite when we voice our outrage.
The difference Mike is this nation is not going to sit on her lorals and watch as innocent people are mowed down senselessly. We are not going to stand and watch our politicians sit back and do absolutely nothing. 
You may think we are being prayed apon but remember that is your prospective from your own life experiences. It’s an entirely different world here and we are merely hundred of miles away from you.
People always put it in prospective of personal Freedoms. Well, I can take my grandson to school knowing he will come home that evening. That the chances are almost zero that he will not from a random person who wishes to kill the innocent with a weapon that’s sole purpose is to do as much damage as fast as possible. That’s freedom! That my loved ones have a best chance of not being caught in a crossfire and if we can make that possibility even less, then I’m all for it.
I want every dam gun off the street and the perps who use guns in violent crime be thrown in jail to rot. If gun enthusiast need to jump through a few more hoops well so be it. 
If this nations population wish to be actionary about gun laws then so be it. It is a lot less painful then to be reactionary and do absolutely nothing after a mass shooting like in Uvalde, Texas.

Guys, we are talking apples and oranges. Gun culture in this nation is drastically different than in the US. Any attempt to make comparisons is futile.
Canadian gun laws are complicated, dividing firearms into categories with requirements including registration, permits, training courses and exams for all allowed weapons. First-time owners must also fill out a survey that asks about mental health and criminal record. There is a background check and mandatory 28-day waiting period. Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms.
Those measures didn’t spare the country from tragic gun deaths in the years to come and before as seen at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
People might say that Canada has lost her innocence now, that she is a different place. The reality is that Canada is open to the same kind of hate that exists anywhere else; we’re just more polite when we voice our outrage.
The difference Mike is this nation is not going to sit on her lorals and watch as innocent people are mowed down senselessly. We are not going to stand and watch our politicians sit back and do absolutely nothing. 
You may think we are being prayed apon but remember that is your prospective from your own life experiences. It’s an entirely different world here and we are merely hundred of miles away from you.
People always put it in prospective of personal Freedoms. Well, I can take my grandson to school knowing he will come home that evening. That the chances are almost zero that he will not from a random person who wishes to kill the innocent with a weapon that’s sole purpose is to do as much damage as fast as possible. That’s freedom! That my loved ones have a best chance of not being caught in a crossfire and if we can make that possibility even less, then I’m all for it.
I want every dam gun off the street and the perps who use guns in violent crime be thrown in jail to rot. If gun enthusiast need to jump through a few more hoops well so be it. 
If this nations population wish to be actionary about gun laws then so be it. It is a lot less painful then to be reactionary and do absolutely nothing after a mass shooting like in Uvalde, Texas.

Absolutely agree the numbers are to large. But what your not getting is one gun gone one life saved by doing something positive to stop gun violence is worth it. It is not a waste of time. Up here in your attic your right to own a gun dies not Trump somebody's right to feel safe going outside.  I agree that it is our goverment duty to find a fair line to achieve both. And I feel it's the goverments job to accomplish that task not argue about it endlessly but to actually do something about it. Our goverment just made a move. Good for them that is a goverment doing there job. 

Guys, we are talking apples and oranges. Gun culture in this nation is drastically different than in the US. Any attempt to make comparisons is futile.
Canadian gun laws are complicated, dividing firearms into categories with requirements including registration, permits, training courses and exams for all allowed weapons. First-time owners must also fill out a survey that asks about mental health and criminal record. There is a background check and mandatory 28-day waiting period. Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms.
Those measures didn’t spare the country from tragic gun deaths in the years to come and before as seen at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
People might say that Canada has lost her innocence now, that she is a different place. The reality is that Canada is open to the same kind of hate that exists anywhere else; we’re just more polite when we voice our outrage.
The difference Mike is this nation is not going to sit on her lorals and watch as innocent people are mowed down senselessly. We are not going to stand and watch our politicians sit back and do absolutely nothing. 
You may think we are being prayed apon but remember that is your prospective from your own life experiences. It’s an entirely different world here and we are merely hundred of miles away from you.
People always put it in prospective of personal Freedoms. Well, I can take my grandson to school knowing he will come home that evening. That the chances are almost zero that he will not from a random person who wishes to kill the innocent with a weapon that’s sole purpose is to do as much damage as fast as possible. That’s freedom! That my loved ones have a best chance of not being caught in a crossfire and if we can make that possibility even less, then I’m all for it.
I want every dam gun off the street and the perps who use guns in violent crime be thrown in jail to rot. If gun enthusiast need to jump through a few more hoops well so be it. 
If this nations population wish to be actionary about gun laws then so be it. It is a lot less painful then to be reactionary and do absolutely nothing after a mass shooting like in Uvalde, Texas.

Guys, we are talking apples and oranges. Gun culture in this nation is drastically different than in the US. Any attempt to make comparisons is futile.
Canadian gun laws are complicated, dividing firearms into categories with requirements including registration, permits, training courses and exams for all allowed weapons. First-time owners must also fill out a survey that asks about mental health and criminal record. There is a background check and mandatory 28-day waiting period. Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms.
Those measures didn’t spare the country from tragic gun deaths in the years to come and before as seen at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
People might say that Canada has lost her innocence now, that she is a different place. The reality is that Canada is open to the same kind of hate that exists anywhere else; we’re just more polite when we voice our outrage.
The difference Mike is this nation is not going to sit on her lorals and watch as innocent people are mowed down senselessly. We are not going to stand and watch our politicians sit back and do absolutely nothing. 
You may think we are being prayed apon but remember that is your prospective from your own life experiences. It’s an entirely different world here and we are merely hundred of miles away from you.
People always put it in prospective of personal Freedoms. Well, I can take my grandson to school knowing he will come home that evening. That the chances are almost zero that he will not from a random person who wishes to kill the innocent with a weapon that’s sole purpose is to do as much damage as fast as possible. That’s freedom! That my loved ones have a best chance of not being caught in a crossfire and if we can make that possibility even less, then I’m all for it.
I want every dam gun off the street and the perps who use guns in violent crime be thrown in jail to rot. If gun enthusiast need to jump through a few more hoops well so be it. 
If this nations population wish to be actionary about gun laws then so be it. It is a lot less painful then to be reactionary and do absolutely nothing after a mass shooting like in Uvalde, Texas.

Guys, we are talking apples and oranges. Gun culture in this nation is drastically different than in the US. Any attempt to make comparisons is futile.
Canadian gun laws are complicated, dividing firearms into categories with requirements including registration, permits, training courses and exams for all allowed weapons. First-time owners must also fill out a survey that asks about mental health and criminal record. There is a background check and mandatory 28-day waiting period. Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms.
Those measures didn’t spare the country from tragic gun deaths in the years to come and before as seen at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.
People might say that Canada has lost her innocence now, that she is a different place. The reality is that Canada is open to the same kind of hate that exists anywhere else; we’re just more polite when we voice our outrage.
The difference Mike is this nation is not going to sit on her lorals and watch as innocent people are mowed down senselessly. We are not going to stand and watch our politicians sit back and do absolutely nothing. 
You may think we are being prayed apon but remember that is your prospective from your own life experiences. It’s an entirely different world here and we are merely hundred of miles away from you.
People always put it in prospective of personal Freedoms. Well, I can take my grandson to school knowing he will come home that evening. That the chances are almost zero that he will not from a random person who wishes to kill the innocent with a weapon that’s sole purpose is to do as much damage as fast as possible. That’s freedom! That my loved ones have a best chance of not being caught in a crossfire and if we can make that possibility even less, then I’m all for it.
I want every dam gun off the street and the perps who use guns in violent crime be thrown in jail to rot. If gun enthusiast need to jump through a few more hoops well so be it. 
If this nations population wish to be actionary about gun laws then so be it. It is a lot less painful then to be reactionary and do absolutely nothing after a mass shooting like in Uvalde, Texas.