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YOU are your own first responder.

Chase Morgan said:
rambo-wannabe should spend some time in sane countries like Japan or Australia which have a fraction of the per-capita gun violence that we have in this sick nation...
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What a painfully ignorant post
 
Tigerace117 said:
Hoarding guns has absolutely nothing to do with “liberty”.
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Is five guns considered hoarding? Fifteen? Does it depend on a quantity at all?

Or are you using the term in the context of a psychological disorder? If so, can you support that?
 
Tigerace117 said:
Hoarding guns has absolutely nothing to do with “liberty”.
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It does, actually. It doesn't even matter that your definition of "hoarding guns" likely differs greatly from mine.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
It does, actually. It doesn't even matter that your definition of "hoarding guns" likely differs greatly from mine.
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Wrong, as shown by the fact that countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand all remain perfectly free
 
Tigerace117 said:
Wrong, as shown by the fact that countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand all remain perfectly free
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Given a very loose definition of "perfectly", that would need include "except for".
 
Freedom House scores, circa 2021



Canada: 98
US: 83
 
Tigerace117 said:
Hoarding guns has absolutely nothing to do with “liberty”.
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Define "hoarding" where it involves guns. What is the cutoff point in your opinion?
 
Tigerace117 said:
Wrong, as shown by the fact that countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand all remain perfectly free
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At this point, it does matter that our definitions of "perfectly free" likely diverge.
 
Glitch said:
The more remote you live the less reliant you become on others, out of necessity.
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If there was a breach in gun control in a rural area then the SWAT team doesn't have to travel the entire length. For example if your house is in an exposed area then a polics sniper could take out the attacker from miles back. By contrast a city environment would often have too many intruding buildings in their line of sight. Allowing a civilian to call in an airstrike or an artillery bombardment would be very risky in case it's a hoax. However if there are enough callers from trustworthy sources then the police could fire a mortar from afar. Many civilians have access to GPS and even for post these days you often need to give an address in numbers. Thus a civilian could learn precise co-ordinates around their house. If the police had Ukrainian-style drones then they could visually confirm the suspect before firing at them. Also note that gun control checkpoints outside of cities could work two-ways. As such the police might be able to identify which criminals went out-of-town to commit a rural crime.
 
Glitch said:
Nobody is reminded more about being your own first responder than those who live in the more remote areas of the country.
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Police helicopters can be much cheaper than military helicopters since they don't have to traverse (not transverse!) war zones. The police helicopter merely needs to land close enought to the site to drop the SWAT team. America would be well-able to afford as many helicopters as needed to combat rural crime if they had the will to do so.
 
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Glitch said:
As the adage goes, "when seconds count, the police are just minutes away."
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Police fighter planes don't have to be fast or well-armed. A simple light aircraft with a machine-gun attachment could skip the road traffic and get to a mountainous destination faster than a helicopter.
 
Glitch said:
Not just in self-defense, but in every other emergency as well.
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A lot of inland places aren't too far away from a river. If the police analysed the map beforehand then they could send out a speedboat. They could travel the remainder on foot, by electric scooter, by dune buggy or anythying else that would fit in the speedboat. Alternatively they could use an amphibious vehicle to travel on both land and water. A dedicated speedboat SWAT team would be useful for coastal areas too. Police don't tend to carry long guns on their motorbikes for traffic patrols but in an emergency a SWAT team could beat the traffic that way. A horse might come in handy for cross-country chases!


John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) - Horse Stable Fight Scene (2/12)
 
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Glitch said:
Are you seriously trying to imply that Canada, a nation that compels speech and does not recognize free speech at all, to be more free than the US?

You clearly have no clue. :rolleyes:
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Coming from the guy who routinely launches into hysterical rants about “leftist filth” that’s pretty much meaningless bud.
 
Tigerace117 said:
You’ve never heard of Freedom House?

Here, educate yourself.

en.wikipedia.org

Freedom House - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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That site does little to explain just how they calculate the figures you present. Without those details, it's difficult to judge how much credit one should give those numbers.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
That site does little to explain just how they calculate the figures you present. Without those details, it's difficult to judge how much credit one should give those numbers.
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Again.....

freedomhouse.org

Freedom in the World Research Methodology

Freedom in the World is an annual global report on political rights and civil liberties, composed of numerical ratings and descriptive texts for each country and a select group of territories.
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Educate yourself.
 
Glitch said:
And the fascist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a very fine example of that leftist filth.
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No, Justin Trudeau is not a “fascist”. Congrats on revealing why you have no credibility though.
 
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