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TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:55:31 -0700, jps wrote:
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:38:30 -0400, Earl wrote: jps wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:39:20 -0400, Earl wrote: jps wrote: WASHINGTON — A Washington, D.C., musician who ordered a flat-screen TV through Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead. Thirty-eight-year-old Seth Horvitz says he purchased the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from UPS on Tuesday evening, and it seemed too small to contain the TV. He says he initially thought it contained accessories. But when he opened it, he found a Sig Sauer military-style rifle. He says he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle. An invoice showed that the gun was intended for delivery to a firearms dealer in Duncansville, Penn. Horvitz called police, who took the gun and are investigating how the mistaken shipment occurred. Amazon.com and United Parcel Service had no immediate comment. Not only is it butt easy to get these deadly weapons, they're in such high supply you can now get 'em by mistake. Your car is a deadly weapon. Get over it. Why do people with any sort of brain continue to make this argument? Cars aren't designed to be used to kill things. My kid isn't learning to drive by hitting within the outline of a person on the street. Get a ****ing clue. Guns are used for target shooting, hunting, and also competition. There is also home defense but it's obvious that makes you **** your pants. Had a gun, Earl. Decided I didn't want it around in the same house as my children. I enjoy fine machinery as much as anyone, just concerned about having toys that are designed to be deadly. So what would be your solution to the problem, jps? |
TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
On 8/12/2012 8:19 AM, John H wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:55:31 -0700, jps wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:38:30 -0400, Earl wrote: jps wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:39:20 -0400, Earl wrote: jps wrote: WASHINGTON — A Washington, D.C., musician who ordered a flat-screen TV through Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead. Thirty-eight-year-old Seth Horvitz says he purchased the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from UPS on Tuesday evening, and it seemed too small to contain the TV. He says he initially thought it contained accessories. But when he opened it, he found a Sig Sauer military-style rifle. He says he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle. An invoice showed that the gun was intended for delivery to a firearms dealer in Duncansville, Penn. Horvitz called police, who took the gun and are investigating how the mistaken shipment occurred. Amazon.com and United Parcel Service had no immediate comment. Not only is it butt easy to get these deadly weapons, they're in such high supply you can now get 'em by mistake. Your car is a deadly weapon. Get over it. Why do people with any sort of brain continue to make this argument? Cars aren't designed to be used to kill things. My kid isn't learning to drive by hitting within the outline of a person on the street. Get a ****ing clue. Guns are used for target shooting, hunting, and also competition. There is also home defense but it's obvious that makes you **** your pants. Had a gun, Earl. Decided I didn't want it around in the same house as my children. I enjoy fine machinery as much as anyone, just concerned about having toys that are designed to be deadly. So what would be your solution to the problem, jps? Being fearful. |
TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
On Aug 12, 9:19*am, John H wrote:
On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:55:31 -0700, jps wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:38:30 -0400, Earl wrote: jps wrote: On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:39:20 -0400, Earl wrote: jps wrote: WASHINGTON — A Washington, D.C., musician who ordered a flat-screen TV through Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead. Thirty-eight-year-old Seth Horvitz says he purchased the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from UPS on Tuesday evening, and it seemed too small to contain the TV. He says he initially thought it contained accessories. But when he opened it, he found a Sig Sauer military-style rifle. He says he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle. An invoice showed that the gun was intended for delivery to a firearms dealer in Duncansville, Penn. Horvitz called police, who took the gun and are investigating how the mistaken shipment occurred. Amazon.com and United Parcel Service had no immediate comment. Not only is it butt easy to get these deadly weapons, they're in such high supply you can now get 'em by mistake. Your car is a deadly weapon. Get over it. Why do people with any sort of brain continue to make this argument? Cars aren't designed to be used to kill things. My kid isn't learning to drive by hitting within the outline of a person on the street. Get a ****ing clue. Guns are used for target shooting, hunting, and also competition. There is also home defense but it's obvious that makes you **** your pants. Had a gun, Earl. *Decided I didn't want it around in the same house as my children. I enjoy fine machinery as much as anyone, just concerned about having toys that are designed to be deadly. So what would be your solution to the problem, jps? As a casual observer, I've noticed that an awful lot of ex-military men are involved in those fatal shootings when the shooter is over the age of majority. Maybe a good start would be to ban ex-military from owning firearms. After all, the military spent a couple of years programming them to shoot & kill..... not easily erased when the career is over. |
TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
On Aug 9, 1:59*pm, jps wrote:
WASHINGTON — A Washington, D.C., musician who ordered a flat-screen TV through Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead. Thirty-eight-year-old Seth Horvitz says he purchased the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from UPS on Tuesday evening, and it seemed too small to contain the TV. He says he initially thought it contained accessories. But when he opened it, he found a Sig Sauer military-style rifle. He says he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle. An invoice showed that the gun was intended for delivery to a firearms dealer in Duncansville, Penn. Horvitz called police, who took the gun and are investigating how the mistaken shipment occurred. Amazon.com and United Parcel Service had no immediate comment. Not only is it butt easy to get these deadly weapons, they're in such high supply you can now get 'em by mistake. Wow!! he got a Sig716 chambered in .308 sent right to his door step. Oh, he did the right thing by turning it in. I would have as well, but I would have been very tempted to grab a couple boxes of shells and take it to the rifle range to make sure it was sighted in correctly. After all, there's no need to accept defective merchandise. :) |
TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
On 8/12/12 2:16 PM, Tim wrote:
On Aug 9, 1:59 pm, jps wrote: WASHINGTON — A Washington, D.C., musician who ordered a flat-screen TV through Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead. Thirty-eight-year-old Seth Horvitz says he purchased the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from UPS on Tuesday evening, and it seemed too small to contain the TV. He says he initially thought it contained accessories. But when he opened it, he found a Sig Sauer military-style rifle. He says he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle. An invoice showed that the gun was intended for delivery to a firearms dealer in Duncansville, Penn. Horvitz called police, who took the gun and are investigating how the mistaken shipment occurred. Amazon.com and United Parcel Service had no immediate comment. Not only is it butt easy to get these deadly weapons, they're in such high supply you can now get 'em by mistake. Wow!! he got a Sig716 chambered in .308 sent right to his door step. Oh, he did the right thing by turning it in. I would have as well, but I would have been very tempted to grab a couple boxes of shells and take it to the rifle range to make sure it was sighted in correctly. After all, there's no need to accept defective merchandise. :) For $100, you could have found someone to turn it into full auto and then shot up a bowling alley. Well, not you, of course, but there are a couple of posters here who might do that sort of thing. -- I'm a liberal because the militant fundamentalist ignorant science-denying religious xenophobic corporate oligarchy of modern Republican conservatism just doesn't work for me or my country. |
TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
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TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
On 8/14/12 12:15 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:01:36 -0400, X ` Man wrote: On 8/14/12 11:59 AM, wrote: On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:19:35 -0700, jps wrote: On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:50:02 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:55:31 -0700, jps wrote: Had a gun, Earl. Decided I didn't want it around in the same house as my children. I hope you also filled in your pool. (the leading cause of child death in the US) Greg, a pool in the Pacific NW doesn't make much sense. My kids play soccer, I have the medical bills to prove it. I hope you don't take them there in your car. Child death in motor vehicle accidents are 30-50 times as likely as a firearm accident. (according to CDC) Oh, please...you are making no sense at all anymore on this issue. JP is the one who said her got rid of his gun because it was a perceived hazard to his kids. I am simply pointing out where the real accident hazards are. (and the leading cause of deaths are accidents) From 1-4 the biggest hazard is drowning. From 5-24 it is motor vehicle accidents in every 5 year cohort by a long shot. 25-34 it is "poisoning" which I assume is CDC speak for drug overdose. You're pointing out nonsense. -- I'm a liberal because the militant fundamentalist ignorant science-denying religious xenophobic corporate oligarchy of modern Republican conservatism just doesn't work for me or my country. |
TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
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TV or Sig Sauer? Who cares?
On 8/14/2012 11:59 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:19:35 -0700, jps wrote: On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:50:02 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:55:31 -0700, jps wrote: Had a gun, Earl. Decided I didn't want it around in the same house as my children. I hope you also filled in your pool. (the leading cause of child death in the US) Greg, a pool in the Pacific NW doesn't make much sense. My kids play soccer, I have the medical bills to prove it. I hope you don't take them there in your car. Child death in motor vehicle accidents are 30-50 times as likely as a firearm accident. (according to CDC) That's what gets me about progressives. They can't see anybody having needs or ever rights that stretch beyond what they find necessary for their own personal existence... I know a person in DC that's always espousing the bad points of owning an automobile. As if they don't understand that I don't live where everything I need in life is within walking distance. Oh yeah, almost forgot... When they do need a car, they just put the plastic in a machine and drive off with a rental called a zip-car... LOL! I guess it's ok to use a car that is used almost 24 7, as long as you don't own it:) |
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