Does anyone remember the North Hollywood Shootout at the Bank Of America?

I drove by there the day afer the shooting and you would not believe the mess from the stray shots.

One pretty "impressive" sight was a light standard/pole- The poured concrete type with the steel rebar running thru it- that had been hit with a bullet.
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The chunk missing was about the size of my fist-I wear a Large-XL glove- and the steel shell around a payphone had a nice hole thru it.

Amazing that not more people were hurt.

Guns are tools and are a part of life.

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Jenn,

The Bowling for Columbine movie was horse shiat. The customer was given a certificate for a gun, not actually handed one on the property.

If you walked down the street in your neighborhood you probably live closer to an aresenal than you think. I have some guns in my house and access to more that belonged to my dad. I don't think about them and don't pull them out for any purpose except to shoot them and it's been years since that happened.

I love the look of guns and probably would collect them just to have them. I would love a Belgian FN FAL, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

I do have a BIL who was a cop, mind you, and I would never trust him with any type of gun. That dude also collect 'German' war memorabilia. Creepy when he pulls out the "Hitler Youth Knife" to show you.

It's not the gun, It's the moron on the trigger.

Also, I don't know how the laws have changed since, but you could by a semi auto rifle, purchase a "trigger kit" from another source and with a few tools and knowledge of guns turn it into a machine gun. THe same thing with a .50 caliber Barrett rifle. You could buy the parts to it and either put it together yourself or have a gunsmith hook you up.

There are ways around any gun laws and it's all a matter of who owns them.