#244167 - 03/31/12 01:49 PM
Re: Rules for discussing firearms
[Re: unimogbert]
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While the rules suggest the topic is acceptable, history of threads suggest it isn't because the slightest swerve gets the thread locked.
I will endeavor to never speak of them again on this board. While it does appear that way to me as well, at least to some extent, I am inclined to say what I think keeping in mind that the owner of the board has put people in place to enforce what he wants posted. As it is ultimately his decision what can be posted and not mine, I am inclined not to make too big of a fuss over what the owner of the forum allows.
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#244212 - 04/01/12 02:44 AM
Re: Rules for discussing firearms
[Re: Bingley]
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Registered: 07/23/08
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Loc: Mesa, AZ
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It seems like it took forever just to add the 'urban' section. Now add a gun section? !!.
I don't think it's necessary personally. Firearms are discussed on here plenty in the context of the already established sections. I mean there are more worthy and greater discussed subjects I'd place higher on the list for it's own category before that.
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#244258 - 04/02/12 03:06 AM
Re: Rules for discussing firearms
[Re: Bingley]
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Registered: 03/07/12
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Loc: S. New England
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As I understand it, the focus of this forum is survival equipment and while survival is as varied as the context or the circumstances that prevail at the time, the circumstances and the degree of success are the only real judge of whether the presence of a firearm is valid, reasonable or non-essential. IE, if you perish for lack of a firearm, then your bias cost you your life. If trouble comes your way because you’re packing, you’ll have to pay whatever price providence demands. None of us knows what challenges we might face in the midst of a survival scenario. Armed with our wits and whatever aids we’ve chosen to carry with us, we’ll enter the storm. There’s very little that can prepare anyone for the savage and stark realities of true chaos. Take care that you neither doom yourself through needless aggression nor handicap yourself with the shackles of an impractical ideology. Survival will always demand more of you than you’ve prepared to give.
Pro or con, it’s an academic debate. Academics is insulated from the impacts of reality and it’s reality that will have the final word. Understand the realities, make your personal commitment and accept the cards you’re holding when the game starts.
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#244290 - 04/02/12 01:51 PM
Re: Rules for discussing firearms
[Re: travlite]
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
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We need to keep discussion of politics and political views away from ETS, but we also need to recognize that politics does impact our decisions & choices regarding survival equipment. There is no point in discussing/rehashing political discourse in this forum, but we need to acknowledge its impact. Folks in one part of the country have options others do not have. Folks in some of the states have options Canadians do not have. That's just the way it is.
I live in CA (California) which is almost as bad as the other CA (Canada) when it comes to firearms, but isn't as bad as other states and cities. Would I like to include a firearm in the large kit that stays in my truck? Yes. Would I consider doing so while I reside in CA? No, I've had that discussion with myself and I lost the debate. When I pack the truck for certain potential evacuation events, firearms are included, but it's limited in duration and I'm usually heading out of state.
Sometimes our equipment is limited by law (3 inch folder, no fixed blades, legal in the state but not necessarily in every city yada yada); that's a fact of life in today's world. A person's decision to not carry a firearm may have nothing to do with their personal desires, but is made for them by legislation. That's just the way it is.
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