I feel left out! I missed the entire flame-war while I was away dealing with moving my step-father this weekend <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Oh well, glad to see that Chris has sorted it out again. There have been many good, informative, polite discussions of firearms on this forum. Long arms and pistols have been discussed in the survival and campfire forums and rarely has there been a need for Chris to shutdown a thread much less delete the entire discussion. That is one of the things that I have greatly enjoyed about this community here, issues which usually bring out strong opinions and disagreement can and have been discussed within our community without insults and disrespect.

This is partly due to the well stated mission of the website and the properly exercised authority of our beloved administrator but it also is due to the respectful nature of the vast majority of the members of this community. There are members here from many different countries and many different cultures, yet we often can discuss issues which would polarize other forums without devolving into non-sense.

Let us all remain cool-headed and reasonable enough so that we can continue to discuss the merrits of the 22/410 vs the 12 guage pump and the fit of each for specific uses without having to be impolite to each other. The subject is much less offensive than the discord.

Still, I feel strangely left out having missed the entire exchange! Kind of like driving through the scattered remnants of someones windshield on the highway after the accident has been cleared. All you know is that something really bad happened and you don't even know how many souls deserve your prayers or how many windshields are represented in the crunching you are driving over. You say your prayers for them and yourself, thank your creator (or whomever) that your weren't involved, invoke providence that you get home safely - then you floor the gas, glad to be clear of the traffic jam once again!

Feel the love - spread the joy!