Cotty wrote: > On 25/9/06, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I've fired a S&W .40, didn't like it, prefer the .45ACP in a 1911 (More >> managable recoil). If I was going to carry, it would be a 1911 (but I >> can't, despite the fact that Canadian Gun Law technically permits CCW, >> the permits simply don't get issued. Luckily even my somewhat dangerous >> neighbourhood, by Toronto standards, isn't bad enough that I feel the >> need to go armed). > > I've filmed handguns, shotguns, rifles and even cannons being fired - > from close range. I have never had the remotest interest in trying it > myself, and cannot imagine living somewhere where carrying something > like that out in society is deemed acceptable. Admittedly, you would > need a large trench coat for a cannon, but that's by the by. >
I've an abiding distast of government officials and actively dislike relying on them for anything, especially protection. Especially since the local PD is famed for doing a better job of framing innocent shopkeepers as drug dealers than actually catching anyone who's committed a crime. While I appreciate the job the Police actually do (And the problem with the Toronto PD is primarily at the administration and City Council levels), the job they do is to catch criminals, not protect innocents. The latter occurs to the extent it does simply via deterrence and getting criminals off the streets (Although with teh Canadian Criminal Justice system, too often the ones who stay behind bars have proved innocent, while the truly guilty tend to get out relatively quick). -Adam Who strongly believes in the Right to Self Defence. Even armed Self Defence. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
