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@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Yet the police officers invariably refuse to even touch them because firearms officers have to come and make the weapon safe.
Police tend to share the general UK opinion of guns, that they're dangerous and not for general use. I'd wager most British people have never seen a gun in person, let alone held or fired one. There may also be liability issues, where if a gun does go off in an untrained officer's hands they're liable for it.
There's a shortage of British police willing to do the firearms training. Most don't want to have anything to do with guns
@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
But are they never even given an introduction to them at all
They're pretty rare. The extra training probably would be wasted for most police (maybe less so in the larger cities and really rural areas where farmers have guns)
@benjamin-hall said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I bet we could drop the number of accidental firearms deaths by training kids early that guns are tools, not magic forbidden objects
In the US, I suspect that has a lot of truth. In the UK, there aren't many accidental firearms deaths, because there aren't many firearms
@blakeyrat said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
A large number of cops in the US are ex-military, so of course they're trained on gun usage. I guess that's not the case in the UK? The UK has a reasonably large military, so that's a bit surprising to me.
American police seem to be more militarised. One way I've heard it described is that you have a police force whereas we have a police service. The basic philosophy is quite different
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@jaloopa said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I'd wager most British people have never seen a gun in person, let alone held or fired one.
And yet the King of England doesn't shove anyone around.
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@blakeyrat said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
who has a three year old at age 18
It's not just rednecks! I've encountered quite a few of these types on dating sites.
Correlated factors:
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@coldandtired said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
And yet the King of England doesn't shove anyone around.
To be fair, the last king of England died like 60 years ago. He's not in any state to shove anyone around.
Unless...
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@benjamin-hall said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I just got into shooting myself
don't do that you'll hurt yourself
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@jaloopa said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Police tend to share the general UK opinion of guns, that they're dangerous and not for general use. I'd wager most British people have never seen a gun in person, let alone held or fired one.
Not any different from much of western Europe, I’d say. Except that police in other European countries all get issued a firearm. (Which doesn’t say anything about their competence with it, though :))
There's a shortage of British police willing to do the firearms training. Most don't want to have anything to do with guns
That, I do not understand. I want to shoot some guns, but there’s no real way to do that without travelling to, I don’t know, Poland or someplace with laxer weapons laws than around here.
@timebandit said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
From the land where every power plug get an ON/OFF switch for safety,
Don’t forget the fuse inside the plug, in case the fuse inside the device and that inside your home’s fuse box both fail, I suppose.
But at least if someone breaks into your house, swinging a British power cord around should make a good self-defence weapon.
@jaloopa said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
They're pretty rare. The extra training probably would be wasted for most police (maybe less so in the larger cities and really rural areas where farmers have guns)
I bet they are trained in all kinds of other things that they’ll also only encounter once in a blue moon, if ever during their careers. Some very basic firearms instruction, like how to safely hold a firearm and how to tell if it’s loaded, seems just common sense — just add, “If you’re not sure, just hold it in a safe manner and put it down in a safe place until firearms officers can collect it."
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@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
That, I do not understand. I want to shoot some guns, but there’s no real way to do that without travelling to, I don’t know, Poland or someplace with laxer weapons laws than around here.
I'm pretty sure there are shooting ranges in NL, where you can fire a gun under supervision even without a license. I don't have personal experience though, all I've shot was bow and arrow.
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@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I want to shoot some guns, but there’s no real way to do that without travelling to, I don’t know, Poland or someplace with laxer weapons laws than around here.
I've fired a shotgun when a friend of my parents brought it to the farm I lived on and took me out to a field, set up some targets and showed me how to use it. Also hunting rifles shooting at rabbits. Just go out to the country and make friends with some farmer types
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@pleegwat said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I'm pretty sure there are shooting ranges in NL, where you can fire a gun under supervision even without a license. I don't have personal experience though, all I've shot was bow and arrow.
Yes, but I want to shoot military weapons, not .22 LR target rifles :)
@jaloopa said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I've fired a shotgun when a friend of my parents brought it to the farm I lived on and took me out to a field, set up some targets and showed me how to use it. Also hunting rifles shooting at rabbits. Just go out to the country and make friends with some farmer types
Heh … I highly doubt it. Chances are pretty high they’d lose their licence if they’d get caught, I think.
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@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Don’t forget the fuse inside the plug, in case the fuse inside the device and that inside your home’s fuse box both fail, I suppose.
and if they all fail your fridge can still torch the place
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@raceprouk said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Yeah, UK gun control is very strict, and there's nowhere really (that I know of anyway) to get formally educated about firearms.
Join a firearms club if you want to do that. I know people round here who do that sort of thing, and who help you get the requirements for keeping firearms on your own property sorted out (stuff like getting a proper gun safe). I believe the club will also have things like a range available.
Don't know the detail as I don't do that sort of thing.
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@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Yes, but I want to shoot military weapons, not .22 LR target rifles :)
Oh, enlist if you want that. They'll even pay you to do it!
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@dkf said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
who help you get the requirements for keeping firearms on your own property sorted out
I don't think my rental contract would allow that, tbh. Besides, I'm not interested in having firearms in my flat: I just want to know more.
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@dkf said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Yes, but I want to shoot military weapons, not .22 LR target rifles :)
Oh, enlist if you want that. They'll even pay you to do it!
I just want to shoot some weapons, not all the other stuff that comes with being in the military :)
Also, I was declared unfit for military service in 1992 already, back when young men were still actually being called up.
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@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Don’t forget the fuse inside the plug, in case the fuse inside the device and that inside your home’s fuse box both fail, I suppose.
and if they all fail your fridge can still torch the place
Only if it's a Samsung fridge.
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@benjamin-hall said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I just got into shooting myself this year. It's tons of fun.
I read that as you firing bullets into your own body at first making me wonder what kind of weird fetish/hobby you had picked up, before my brain kicked in.
And yeah, I do shooting occasionally too. Can be fun! I just use bigger stuff than pistols typically. Which also reminds me of a different pile of , although I dunno if that's something to talk about on a public forum.
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@atazhaia Yeah, natural language parsers are hard. Even in embedded applications with no filesystems . I can see how that could be misinterpreted.
I like pistols because they're easy to cart around and ranges/ammo are more plentiful around here. I can also trick myself into thinking it might be useful for self-defense (although I recognize the rarity of such occasions).
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@benjamin-hall said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Even in embedded applications with no filesystems
My brain is embedded in my head and the software it runs on was mostly wirtten before filesystems were invented, so... yes?
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@benjamin-hall said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Even in embedded applications with no filesystems
My brain is embedded in my head and the software it runs on was mostly wirtten before filesystems were invented, so... yes?
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I've had a Camouflage passport once.
Then I dropped it and I couldn't find it.
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@raceprouk said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I don't think my rental contract would allow that, tbh. Besides, I'm not interested in having firearms in my flat: I just want to know more.
I believe you'd need to store it at a range then. I'm certain that they have proper gun safes there.
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@benjamin-hall said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
I just got into shooting myself this year. It's tons of fun
I would not consider shooting myself fun....
Filed under: Don't do drugs, kids!
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@antiquarian You can assume when I say the word "professional" I'm not referring to some redneck who has a three year old at age 18.
For the record, I'm reasonably certain I was almost one year old when my mom was 18.
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@terry-adeson said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
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I've had a Camouflage passport once.
Then I
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@gurth said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
But at least if someone breaks into your house, swinging a British power cord around should make a good self-defence weapon.
It can also make an excellent caltrop.
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@carrievs said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
It can also make an excellent caltrop.
That would certainly defuse the situation!
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@luhmann said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
@carrievs said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
It can also make an excellent caltrop.
That would certainly defuse the situation!
I must resist laughing at that joke. Instead, I will meditate: Ohm, Ohm, Ohm...
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@benjamin-hall some resistance to the idea there...
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@benjamin-hall Watt a revolting pun that is!
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@masonwheeler This thread Hertz my brain
But it has so much potential! Ok, I'll stop now before I get called some shocking names. It's currently late here, so I'll just go to bed.
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@carrievs said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
caltrop
TIL.
Also Czech Hedgehog.
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@zecc said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Czech Hedgehog
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@ben_lubar Is that a good site to donate my enemy's email address to spam lists?
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@tsaukpaetra said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
Don't do drugs, kids!
I'm so glad I'm not a kid anymore !!!
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@pleegwat HIBP tells you if your email address was in a database that got stolen. It does nothing else.
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@ben_lubar wouldn't it be fun if it stored all the emails you query in some unsecured database?
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@zecc said in ORDER DRIVER'S LICENSE WHATSAPP +1(202) 555-1095:
For extra security you must prove you are the owner of the card.
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At least the response is easy--no logic needed. Yes, yes, it has been stolen. If not earlier, then just a second ago.