Babagounj
Strength through joy
I acquired the complete set of dvd's from an old scifi British show , and am still unable to watch it. Thanks BBC for sending off unwatchable dvd's.
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texan
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WASHINGTON – A revised draft of a new U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion dollar global
arms trade raised hopes from supporters and the British government, which has been the
leading proponent, that an historic agreement could be reached by Friday's deadline for action.
The draft circulated late Thursday closed several loopholes in the original text, though the
Washington-based Arms Control Association said further improvements are still needed to
strengthen measures against illicit arms transfers.
A spokesman for Britain's U.N. Mission, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized
to speak publicly, said the new text is "a substantial improvement" and "an historic agreement
that effectively regulates the international trade in conventional arms is now very close."
The estimated $60 billion international arms trade is unregulated, though countries including
the U.S. have their own rules on exports.
Opponents in the U.S., especially the powerful National Rifle Association, have portrayed
the treaty as a surrender of gun ownership rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
The issue of gun control, always politically explosive one for American politicians, has
re-emerged since last week's shooting at a Colorado cinema killed 12 people.
In Washington, a bipartisan group of 51 senators on Thursday threatened to oppose the treaty
if it falls short in protecting Americans' constitutional right to bear arms.
In a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the
senators expressed serious concerns with the draft treaty that has circulated at the
United Nations, saying that it signals an expansion of gun control that would be unacceptable.
Read more: Bipartisan group of senators voices concerns with global arms treaty, as revised draft raises supporters' hopes for agreement | Fox News
arms trade raised hopes from supporters and the British government, which has been the
leading proponent, that an historic agreement could be reached by Friday's deadline for action.
The draft circulated late Thursday closed several loopholes in the original text, though the
Washington-based Arms Control Association said further improvements are still needed to
strengthen measures against illicit arms transfers.
A spokesman for Britain's U.N. Mission, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized
to speak publicly, said the new text is "a substantial improvement" and "an historic agreement
that effectively regulates the international trade in conventional arms is now very close."
The estimated $60 billion international arms trade is unregulated, though countries including
the U.S. have their own rules on exports.
Opponents in the U.S., especially the powerful National Rifle Association, have portrayed
the treaty as a surrender of gun ownership rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
The issue of gun control, always politically explosive one for American politicians, has
re-emerged since last week's shooting at a Colorado cinema killed 12 people.
In Washington, a bipartisan group of 51 senators on Thursday threatened to oppose the treaty
if it falls short in protecting Americans' constitutional right to bear arms.
In a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the
senators expressed serious concerns with the draft treaty that has circulated at the
United Nations, saying that it signals an expansion of gun control that would be unacceptable.
Read more: Bipartisan group of senators voices concerns with global arms treaty, as revised draft raises supporters' hopes for agreement | Fox News
You can buy universal DVD players, in fact plenty of US players have a secret code that you can punch in which will allow them to play PAL format DVDs. Try googling your DVD player model number + "universal code" or "PAL format" and you might get lucky.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
NH Non-Profit To Raffle Off Guns
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire groups are raffling off 30 firearms in November to benefit the Fish and Game Department’s conservation law enforcement division.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday for $40 each for the firearms that include a Browning x-bolt Hunt, Beretta PX4, Henry H004 Golden Boy, Ruger LCR-22 and the Ruger American. Tickets will be sold through Nov. 16
The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire — the agency’s non-profit partner — and the Barn Store of New Hampshire are sponsoring the raffle.
Foundation Chairman Steve White said the raffle is a great example of how the foundation can partner with the private sector to benefit the department.
Raffle proceeds will benefit agency programs that have been scaled back due to budget cuts, such as the canine search and rescue program.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire groups are raffling off 30 firearms in November to benefit the Fish and Game Department’s conservation law enforcement division.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday for $40 each for the firearms that include a Browning x-bolt Hunt, Beretta PX4, Henry H004 Golden Boy, Ruger LCR-22 and the Ruger American. Tickets will be sold through Nov. 16
The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire — the agency’s non-profit partner — and the Barn Store of New Hampshire are sponsoring the raffle.
Foundation Chairman Steve White said the raffle is a great example of how the foundation can partner with the private sector to benefit the department.
Raffle proceeds will benefit agency programs that have been scaled back due to budget cuts, such as the canine search and rescue program.
texan
Well-Known Member
Marines stay with M1911
It’s been called the greatest handgun ever made, and it has barely changed since 1911, when
the legendary John Browning designed it especially for the U.S. Military.
And now, the Colt .45 M1911 is making a big comeback, now that the U.S. Marines have placed
a $22.5 million order for the Connecticut-made pistols.
The gun, which has been wielded on film by John Wayne and in real life by Sgt. Alvin York and
Maj. Audie Murphy, was the standard-issue sidearm in the military for decades, until it was
replaced by the Beretta M9 in 1985.
Colt Defense, based in Hartford, Conn., will supply as many as 12,000 of the 200,000
U.S. Marines with semi-automatic, tan-colored M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistols, and
they will include spare parts and logistical support.
The gun has long been the weapon of choice for special operations agents, thanks to its
reliability and the stopping power of its massive bullets.
"I'm really glad that they're keeping it in the American economy," Lewis, who used the
gun while he was in the armed forces, said. "I was quite upset when they went
to the Beretta," Lewis said.
Some reports suggest Marines are not happy with their main Beretta M9s for their
lack of accuracy and stopping power. With M1911's now supplying
Special Ops, growing interest may lead to a better solution.
Read more: Sticking to their guns: Marines place $22.5M order for the Colt .45 M1911 | Fox News
It’s been called the greatest handgun ever made, and it has barely changed since 1911, when
the legendary John Browning designed it especially for the U.S. Military.
And now, the Colt .45 M1911 is making a big comeback, now that the U.S. Marines have placed
a $22.5 million order for the Connecticut-made pistols.
The gun, which has been wielded on film by John Wayne and in real life by Sgt. Alvin York and
Maj. Audie Murphy, was the standard-issue sidearm in the military for decades, until it was
replaced by the Beretta M9 in 1985.
Colt Defense, based in Hartford, Conn., will supply as many as 12,000 of the 200,000
U.S. Marines with semi-automatic, tan-colored M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistols, and
they will include spare parts and logistical support.
The gun has long been the weapon of choice for special operations agents, thanks to its
reliability and the stopping power of its massive bullets.
"I'm really glad that they're keeping it in the American economy," Lewis, who used the
gun while he was in the armed forces, said. "I was quite upset when they went
to the Beretta," Lewis said.
Some reports suggest Marines are not happy with their main Beretta M9s for their
lack of accuracy and stopping power. With M1911's now supplying
Special Ops, growing interest may lead to a better solution.
Read more: Sticking to their guns: Marines place $22.5M order for the Colt .45 M1911 | Fox News
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
There is nothing wrong with the Beretta, and there is nothing wrong with the 9mm Parabellum round; the problem lies in the archaic Geneva Convention rules that prohibit expanding (hollowpoint) ammunition in military weapons during wartime. The 9mm can be a pretty mean round when you load it with a hot +P hollowpoint.
texan
Well-Known Member
See... I learned something. I did not know about the prohibition.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith’s store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith’s employee Dorothy Espinoza says, “He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people.”
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. “There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms.”
Then, before the suspect could find another victim – a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. “A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith’s grabbed him.”
By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith’s employee Dorothy Espinoza says, “He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people.”
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. “There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms.”
Then, before the suspect could find another victim – a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. “A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith’s grabbed him.”
By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers.
moreluck
golden ticket member
Wow! Salt Lake City ?? I'm impressed.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
Exclusive: Five ATF officials found responsible for Fast and Furious
WASHINGTON – Republican congressional investigators have concluded that five senior ATF officials — from the special agent-in-charge of the Phoenix field office to the top man in the bureau’s Washington headquarters — are collectively responsible for the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation that was “marred by missteps, poor judgments and inherently reckless strategy.”
The investigators, in a final report likely to be released later this week, also unearthed new evidence that agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Phoenix initially sought to hide from the Mexican government the crucial information that two Fast and Furious firearms were recovered after the brother of a Mexican state attorney general was killed there.
WASHINGTON – Republican congressional investigators have concluded that five senior ATF officials — from the special agent-in-charge of the Phoenix field office to the top man in the bureau’s Washington headquarters — are collectively responsible for the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation that was “marred by missteps, poor judgments and inherently reckless strategy.”
The investigators, in a final report likely to be released later this week, also unearthed new evidence that agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Phoenix initially sought to hide from the Mexican government the crucial information that two Fast and Furious firearms were recovered after the brother of a Mexican state attorney general was killed there.
cachsux
Wah
Gosh forbid in time of war you are allowed to use a bullet that might kill the person you are trying to kill.
DUH.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
The moral of this story is that only a fool brings a knife to a gun fight.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
This fool actually bought his knife at the store first.
Just_another_day_at_work
Well-Known Member
More info on the shooting if interested with witnesses, neighbors, cops, interviews etc. without occult connections this time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fpUryDMBYs&feature=g-all-a
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fpUryDMBYs&feature=g-all-a
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