Man Dead in Duel in Kentucky over Iraq

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Sikander


Stab wounds are more deadly than bullet wounds on average.

No, they're not. They're about one-fourth as likely to be fatal.

[Patroklos]

Let me beat you with my baseball bat, and then you tell me if your still alive.

[Dr Strangelove]

I'm amazed that they let the survivor go so quickly. In a fair draw it's generally likely that the first man to go for his gun is going to be the one who wins. Did the man who died fumble his weapon? If I were the police I'd be inclined to hold the killer for a decent interval while I investigated.

[Ramo]

Zell Miller strikes again!

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Let me beat you with my baseball bat, and then you tell me if your still alive.

there are very few people who would have the bottle to beat someone to death with a bat whereas many many more could pull a trigger

But hey, what do I care if gun nuts shoot each other in the USA and that society gives them access to firearms?

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by molly bloom



I eschew the obvious as being too obvious.


Ermm... Winchester Winner Takes All.

Gun Go

Kalashnikov Canasta

Just remembered, the Finns actually has a game called Jorka (or something like that) which involves guns.

After a visit to the sauna you drink a lot of vodka. Then all goes into a room. When the light are shut (?), everybody starts shooting and the last survivor is the winner.

It can also be played by one person, but then you need a lot more vodka.

[Sava]

too bad the guys already had kids, or else this would be a darwin award

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by Sikander


Stab wounds are more deadly than bullet wounds on average.

Need bigger guns. And ammo.

http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/slr/slr.htm

[Japher]

Did the man who died fumble his weapon?

Probably... he was the guy against the war... no irony there

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Velociryx
Flub! Actually, you're quite right...we didn't disagree in any of the text you posted...

Exactly

Originally posted by Velociryx
only in the sentiment that you seem to be in support of gun control, and I'm on the other side of that fence.

Actually I think I said in two different ways that I didn't know if gun control would have prevented this or if any law would have prevented these guys from carrying

My problem is that I HATE guns. Never owned one and never saw the need. But I can respect people who choose to own a gun and my discomfort with them shouldn't rule.

I do think that Americans have taken their constitutional right to bear arms to an extreme when they ignore the part about a well regulated militia. At the same time I am practical enough to know that gun control in the US is a joke given the huge numbers of guns out there. heck it would take 50 years to make a dent in the armaments out there and in the meantime you would have a situation where only the MOST law abiding of citizens would not have guns

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Sikander


Stab wounds are more deadly than bullet wounds on average.

I call BS


err I see Dr Strangelove already has and I'll take his assertion on this over yours.


In addition I bet there are a lot of times where two knives can get drawn and each party just backs away-- heck just one of them backs away-- no wounds at all. In the same situation with guns drawn, someone will usually get shot-- its just so easy.

Again, I'll acknowledge that people can kill each other with a wide range of things . . . all I want the pro-gun folks to aknowledge is that guns make killing so sickeningly easy.

Add in that many murders are NOT planned in any way and in fact the perpetrator is usually genuinely remorseful. So many stupid stupid altercations which might have ended with someone getting pushed down but instead ends with someone dead simply becasue a gun was near at hand


I don't know that gun control could ever work in the US and am saddened to see a culture that values them so very much

[Max Webster]

Originally posted by Sikander
Sweet! Come on boys, let's drive drunk up to the Canadian border and empty our guns into Canada.

Yeehaw! And while we are doing that Billy-Bob can serenade us with his banjo. Then when we are done shooting at canucks we can go hunt down our sisters cause we are feelin frisky tonight boys. Yeehaw!

[chequita guevara]

Uhm, Canada has guns too.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove

No, they're not. They're about one-fourth as likely to be fatal.

Are you talking about knife wounds in general (ie stab and slash wounds) or stab wounds specifically?

[Alexander's Horse]

your suggestion is idiotic but please persist with it for our amusement