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Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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Interesting. Thanks for posting.
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Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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So you can carry a handgun designed to only shoot rubber bullets.
PS I remember back in the late 1970s there was an article in Gun Digest about gun ownership in the Soviet Union. The gist was that if you were a person with a good reputation from the perspective of the communist government, and had no criminal record, you could personally own typical hunting rifles and shotguns.
I had a very anti-gun college professor. I chose gun control as my research paper topic, and cited that article, stating that even the Soviet Union permitted personal ownership of firearms, yet the gun banners in the United States want to outlaw private gun ownership.
I got a poor grade, loaded with negative comments from the teacher scribbled all over it.
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With the huge land mass, relatively few people, some guns, sounds like a sportsmans paradise.
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Several interesting points. You begin by being allowed to have a shotgun, then, if you behave yourself you can have a certain rifle, and so on. Almost no handguns. Then there is the rubber bullet thing. Also, a couple of crimes and you lose gun rights for life. Like I said, interesting, but nothing we want to emulate. However, the crime thing, if violent, might be worth considering. The best predictor of violent behavior is previous violence.
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So you can carry a handgun designed to only shoot rubber bullets.
PS I remember back in the late 1970s there was an article in Gun Digest about gun ownership in the Soviet Union. The gist was that if you were a person with a good reputation from the perspective of the communist government, and had no criminal record, you could personally own typical hunting rifles and shotguns.
I had a very anti-gun college professor. I chose gun control as my research paper topic, and cited that article, stating that even the Soviet Union permitted personal ownership of firearms, yet the gun banners in the United States want to outlaw private gun ownership.
I got a poor grade, loaded with negative comments from the teacher. You probably knew that would happen going in, but you didn't let the bastard control your expressions. Good on you for that.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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Interesting, but too bad that the pony-tailed "expat" was such a twat.
Handling guns like a child.
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I wouldn’t want to emulate it but I get the feeling that in some countries the constant agitation for MORE and STRICTER gun laws is not a thing like it is here.
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[bleep] Russia and the troika they rode in on. 
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[bleep] Russia and the troika they rode in on. The 1980s called and they want their stance towards Russia back.
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With the huge land mass, relatively few people, some guns, sounds like a sportsmans paradise. I hunted and fished a lot in Russia. It is a sportsmen paradise. Incredible fishing in the Far East on NW Russia. I had no issues borrowing buddies firearms. Just needed to purchase a hunting license. Their laws are less restrictive than in many states here now in America. Its funny when the confused Fox News boomers chime in about commies in Russia banning firearms as they are clueless .
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Who'd have ever guessed that referring the the USSR as "Russia" so carelessly for so long would result in such acrimonious rhetoric directed at Russia 35 years after the demise of the Soviet Union?
We use language too carelessly and it appears that there really IS a price for not preserving it and using it with precision.
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You didn't think an authoritarian dictator like Putin would just allow open gun ownership now did you?
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So you can carry a handgun designed to only shoot rubber bullets.
PS I remember back in the late 1970s there was an article in Gun Digest about gun ownership in the Soviet Union. The gist was that if you were a person with a good reputation from the perspective of the communist government, and had no criminal record, you could personally own typical hunting rifles and shotguns.
I had a very anti-gun college professor. I chose gun control as my research paper topic, and cited that article, stating that even the Soviet Union permitted personal ownership of firearms, yet the gun banners in the United States want to outlaw private gun ownership.
I got a poor grade, loaded with negative comments from the teacher scribbled all over it. Congratulations!
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Their fluency in English is impressive.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Holy crap. What an ordeal.
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[bleep] Russia and the troika they rode in on. The 1980s called and they want their stance towards Russia back. No, they want the stance towards the USSR back.
Last edited by plumbum; 03/06/24.
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[bleep] Russia and the troika they rode in on. The 1980s called and they want their stance towards Russia back. No, they want the stance towards the USSR back. They were merged then. Russia never stopped existing. It just became the core of the Soviet Union.
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