and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.


Don White wrote:
You may be right... but it seems that everytime a pit bull...or pit bull
mix breed attacks up[ here, the owners always swear upside down about
what a sweet/obedient/loving/trustful etc etc pet it was and they don't
understand how the kid/woman got all chewed up.

True, just like all the cases where a gun "accidentally"
goes off and kills somebody, the owner fo the gun insists
that it is 'always' kept locked up & unloaded etc etc.

The truth is that very few people spend much time with their
dogs these days, training a dog even to half-assed standard
of socialization & behavior is unusual. Go to any suburban
dog park & observe.

The flip side of the equation is that our society seems to
encourage people to stand up for imaginary rights, such as
the right of a person who is neurotically afraid of dogs to
never ever ever see or hear a dog no matter where they go.

Before too much longer, guns & dogs & cigarettes will be
illegal.

http://gprime.net/flash.php/thepitbullproblem

DSK

DSK wrote:
and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.



Don White wrote:

You may be right... but it seems that everytime a pit bull...or pit
bull mix breed attacks up[ here, the owners always swear upside down
about what a sweet/obedient/loving/trustful etc etc pet it was and
they don't understand how the kid/woman got all chewed up.


True, just like all the cases where a gun "accidentally" goes off and
kills somebody, the owner fo the gun insists that it is 'always' kept
locked up & unloaded etc etc.

The truth is that very few people spend much time with their dogs these
days, training a dog even to half-assed standard of socialization &
behavior is unusual. Go to any suburban dog park & observe.

The flip side of the equation is that our society seems to encourage
people to stand up for imaginary rights, such as the right of a person
who is neurotically afraid of dogs to never ever ever see or hear a dog
no matter where they go.

Before too much longer, guns & dogs & cigarettes will be illegal.

http://gprime.net/flash.php/thepitbullproblem

DSK


Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.

"Don White" wrote in message
...



Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.

Guns: Yeah. Just wait until Jamaican drug dealers pick YOUR town as a nice
place to land with cargo. You'll be writing to your MP begging to get the
laws changed.

Doug Kanter wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...



Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.


Guns: Yeah. Just wait until Jamaican drug dealers pick YOUR town as a nice
place to land with cargo. You'll be writing to your MP begging to get the
laws changed.


Don't quite understand that response. IIRC Don lives in Halifax, a port
town that has a LOT of goods passing through it, including Jamican dope.
(I used to live around there back in the '70's, trust me on this one)
What difference would it make to Don to be armed?

Don't get me wrong. I didn't vote Liberal (I usually do because I like
the Liberal in our riding) in the last election because Paul Martin
promised to ban handguns. Since the Ontario government cancelled the
spring bear hunt six years ago I have rarely gone for a walk in the bush
unarmed (too many hungry bears). I think we have too many gun controls
in this country. I believe, like many Americans, that it is a good idea
to have firearms in case the government and/or police turn against the
people (working in Sri Lanka in the late '80's showed me what could
happen if the population is disarmed and people cannot defend themselves
against police, military, insurgents and rebels).

But how is having a gun is gonna help Don protect himself from Jamican
drug dealers? They generally fight amoungst themselves anyway, the
occasional innocent gets caught in the crossfire (ie, boxing day in
Toronto). But even if that innocent girl had had a gun on her, it
wouldn't have saved her unless the bullet that hit her bounced off said gun.

Excuse me, now I need a cigarette.

"Black Dog" wrote in message
.. .
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
...



Don't know about dogs...but guns & cigarettes are on the way out.


Guns: Yeah. Just wait until Jamaican drug dealers pick YOUR town as a
nice place to land with cargo. You'll be writing to your MP begging to
get the laws changed.
Don't quite understand that response.

More drugs = more users. Often leads to more burglaries by users who can't
afford the insane prices caused by said drugs being illegal. Good to have a
gun in the house. I realize that the proximity of the shipping point may not
necessarily mean more users. But, it might, too.