12 shot dead at movie theater

[DarthNeil]

For real, you're simple. We're all well aware that though there is a queen, there is also an elected government in place to run the country. The fact of the matter is, there's still a royal family.

You want to make snide little comments about life in the US and our gun ownership laws, and how Canadians have no fear to go to a movie but Americans do. You also insinuate we're a violent society founded on violence. Not the case.

And yeah, the US is a great buffer zone for Canada. The illegal immigration from the south of us will eventually work its way into Canada, but for now it's great the US is filtering that out for them. It has nothing to do with Canada's lack of support in the Middle East.

And don't care what you said in French there. I have zero reason to learn a second language because all road signs in the US are in English. It's this country's soul language. Anyone learning another language does so of their own free will.

You can sit up there in your little security bubble watching negative news about life in the US and make all the naive assumptions you want. Nothing anyone says on a toy forum will change your bias opinion. But one thing the US is never accussed of being is cowards. Canada on the other hand is viewed as a cowardice country that hides behind the US. Not my opinion, but it is a general opinion of your country by those who don't live in it.

Wow. You've just proven something about yourself.

 

[DarthNeil]

https://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/fallen-disparus/index-eng.asp

Here are some faces of cowards.

Do you live anywhere near Canada? How have you ever been here for any length of time? Do you know anything about our history?

I live on the border with the US. I have Americans as close friends. I'm far from simple.

 

[Jen]

This thread has brought up some interesting points (from both sides) and also some that leave me scratching my head. I live a few hours from the Canadian border and never once have I heard anyone insinuate that our brothers/sisters to the north are cowards. That's uncalled for, imo.

 

[csi]

I'm not calling them cowards, I'm just saying that is a general consensus by a lot of people in the US. I even said in my post that wasn't my opinion. My point of that post was basically it's not cool when people throw out a bias opinion about your country when they don't live in it. Pretty much like he was doing about life in the US.

When a country goes to war they go to other countries about supporting their efforts. Some feel the cause is one they can benefit from, some feel the targeted enemy is one they share and some don't want any part of it. That's those countries choices. Canada has sent troops to the Middle East, which a lot of the people in the US don't know. They're just not in it to the extent the US is, so a lot of people in this country look at them as cowards. But once again to make this clear, that is NOT my opinion.

So to break it down, your point is that a lot of anonymous random people think Canada is a bunch of cowards, but your not one of them, but thought it was important to point out for some reason.

 

[sprig0701]

Would you not still have to go through the hoops of getting the proper license? And if not wouldn't that make it illegal once you convert it?

That's exactly it. As far as I know it is illegal for citizens to privately own a fully automatic weapon. I may be wrong. But even an AR-15 on semi can pump rounds out as fast as you can squeeze the trigger, so running the risk of making it fully automatic and rendering it illegal is kinda pointless.

Quick question for anyone- Are the AR-15s used in the military fully auto now? When I was in they had just phased out the M16-A1 which had a full auto setting, and integrated the M16-A2 which had that 3-round-burst setting. They had started phasing in the M-4 when I was getting out, but I can't remember what setting that had. I was a SAW gunner for about a year. That thing could pump some freaking rounds out!!! But double-fed like a mo fo.

 

[Valfar]

But one thing the US is never accussed of being is cowards. Canada on the other hand is viewed as a cowardice country that hides behind the US.

Israel lied to you guys for years about having nuclear arms yet you fully back them and their crimes because they pretty much run your country now, never mind this ____ about the Queen/Britain running Canada.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I guess there is a reason why everyone calls on the US first when there's a problem.

 

[csi]

Would you not still have to go through the hoops of getting the proper license? And if not wouldn't that make it illegal once you convert it?

you would think it would be but I can buy a conversion stock online and a trigger along with it and boom, your done. I have been doing a lot of researching into getting a AR-15 and came across a video on youtube about it with links where to purchase etc.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I keep seeing people talking about owning auto weapons. Auto weapons are highly regulated in the states and they ain't exactly affordable. I doubt there's many criminals or psychopaths willing to shell out $18,000 for an M16. Sure you can buy an assault rifle, but it's only an assault rifle in looks. It's still semi, and they aren't the same auto rifles the military are using.

you know what I want? one of those AA12s

 

[sprig0701]

This thread has brought up some interesting points (from both sides) and also some that leave me scratching my head. I live a few hours from the Canadian border and never once have I heard anyone insinuate that our brothers/sisters to the north are cowards. That's uncalled for, imo.

So to break it down, your point is that a lot of anonymous random people think Canada is a bunch of cowards, but your not one of them, but thought it was important to point out for some reason.

They're not cowards!!! Were either of you in the military in the US? I was. Most of the people I was in with thought they were cowards that hid behind us. I'd trained with them a few times. For real they were a lot like us but wearing different uniforms. I'm not one to sit here and make assumptions about what life in another country is like, when I don't live there, like a lot of people are doing about life in the US in this thread.

So stop making mountains out of mole hills.

 

[csi]

Israel lied to you guys for years about having nuclear arms yet you fully back them and their crimes because they pretty much run your country now, never mind this ____ about the Queen/Britain running Canada.

That's exactly it. As far as I know it is illegal for citizens to privately own a fully automatic weapon. I may be wrong. But even an AR-15 on semi can pump rounds out as fast as you can squeeze the trigger, so running the risk of making it fully automatic and rendering it illegal is kinda pointless.

Quick question for anyone- Are the AR-15s used in the military fully auto now? When I was in they had just phased out the M16-A1 which had a full auto setting, and integrated the M16-A2 which had that 3-round-burst setting. They had started phasing in the M-4 when I was getting out, but I can't remember what setting that had. I was a SAW gunner for about a year. That thing could pump some freaking rounds out!!! But double-fed like a mo fo.

I guess what you know is, well, completely wrong.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKLD5yVl0PM[/ame]

https://www.defensivecarry.com/foru...660-convert-your-ar-15-full-auto-legally.html

 

[sprig0701]

Israel lied to you guys for years about having nuclear arms yet you fully back them and their crimes because they pretty much run your country now, never mind this ____ about the Queen/Britain running Canada.

Is this an assumption based on something you read?

 

[csi]

They're not cowards!!! Were either of you in the military in the US? I was. Most of the people I was in with thought they were cowards that hid behind us. I'd trained with them a few times. For real they were a lot like us but wearing different uniforms. I'm not one to sit here and make assumptions about what life in another country is like, when I don't live there, like a lot of people are doing about life in the US in this thread.

So stop making mountains out of mole hills.

imagine that, people in Canada are just like people in the US, but with different uniforms. Who would have though? I get it, I get it. You don't have any prejudices towards Canadians, its all the other people you know

 

[DarthNeil]

"If military action [in Iraq] is launched without a new [U.N.] resolution, Canada will not participate."
-Jean Chretien (former Canadian PM)

"This gives us no pleasure,... Canada is not a nation that rushes to embrace the use of force. We do not lightly endorse military action. For us it is always the last resort."
-Jean Chretien (former Canadian PM)

26 Canadians killed in the 9/11 attacks.
A total of 158 Canadian Forces personnel have been killed in the war in Afghanistan since 2002. This is the largest number of fatalities for any single Canadian military mission since the Korean War.

Yep, sounds like a bunch of cowards.

 

[Valfar]

Is this an assumption based on something you read?

Both read and watched, i believe it..absolutely.

 

[Gates70]

A good read from another country about our cowards

https://www.cav-juno.ca/News/BritishSalute.html

 

[csi]

A good read from another country about our cowards

https://www.cav-juno.ca/News/BritishSalute.html

great article.

 

[Blackthornone]

That's exactly it. As far as I know it is illegal for citizens to privately own a fully automatic weapon. I may be wrong. But even an AR-15 on semi can pump rounds out as fast as you can squeeze the trigger, so running the risk of making it fully automatic and rendering it illegal is kinda pointless.

Citizens can own fully automatic weapons in some states. Yes, if your finger is fast enough, you can fire about as fast as a full auto mechanism can. I once knew a guy who shot off 12 rounds in about 2 and 3/4 seconds with a Ruger 22 semi auto pistol. I would have found it extremely difficult to believe had I not been standing 4 feet from him when he did it. When he did it, I thought surely the gun had been converted. Nope. I knew for sure when I fired it myself. It had a nice silencer, too.

 

[DarthNeil]

A good read from another country about our cowards

https://www.cav-juno.ca/News/BritishSalute.html

 

[BadMoon]

Just an FYI. It is completely legal for anyone to own an automatic weapon with the proper license. Hell I could probably get a grenade launcher provided I had the funds and the license for it.

I own an AR 15. It's semi automatic. I never used the full setting or even the 3 round burst feature. The American military changed the way they trained after Vietnam when they realized how many rounds were wasted. Well placed shots are far superior than automatic spray.