Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!

Matt Whiting wrote:
Quilljar wrote:

For all its foibles, we Americans still live in the free-est
country in history, and let's not ever forget it. Better yet,
let's make sure it stays that way!

Now go celebrate Independence Day -- by flying!


Not even close. Firearms are much more restricted in Australia than
here. I'm not familiar with NZ laws in this area. And GA down under
is also much more restricted.


Matt

Hmmm, I would have thought that restricting firearms was increasing the
freedom of people who don't want to be shot! Ah! Maybe that is why you call
it 'The Land of the Brave' !

--
Cheers Quilly

For four good books to read look at...
http://www.quilljar.btinternet.co.uk/covers.htm
Buy three or four altogether and get economy postage.

Hmmm, I would have thought that restricting firearms was increasing the
freedom of people who don't want to be shot! Ah! Maybe that is why you call
it 'The Land of the Brave' !

What a bizarre concept of freedom.

Trust me: One of the only reasons we have maintained our freedom for
over 230 years is because every American politician knows that every
citizen is potentially armed.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 4 Jul 2006 15:09:43 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote
in . com::

Trust me: One of the only reasons we have maintained our freedom for
over 230 years is because every American politician knows that every
citizen is potentially armed.

That's the same thing that inspires courtesy among Los Angeles
motorists. :-)

Jay Honeck wrote:


What a bizarre concept of freedom.

Trust me: One of the only reasons we have maintained our freedom for
over 230 years is because every American politician knows that every
citizen is potentially armed.
--

Lincoln, Kennedy (John and Robert), Connally, Wallace, Reagan, Ford,
McKinnley, Garfield, Long, Truman,...American politicians...victims to
gun violence. Not something to brag about!

Jim wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:


What a bizarre concept of freedom.

Trust me: One of the only reasons we have maintained our freedom for
over 230 years is because every American politician knows that every
citizen is potentially armed.
--


Lincoln, Kennedy (John and Robert), Connally, Wallace, Reagan, Ford,
McKinnley, Garfield, Long, Truman,...American politicians...victims to
gun violence. Not something to brag about!

More precisely, victims of dangerous criminals. If you're dead, you're
dead. Would it matter if they were instead by knives, poison, fists, etc.

John wrote:

Jim wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:


What a bizarre concept of freedom.

Trust me: One of the only reasons we have maintained our freedom for
over 230 years is because every American politician knows that every
citizen is potentially armed.
--



Lincoln, Kennedy (John and Robert), Connally, Wallace, Reagan, Ford,
McKinnley, Garfield, Long, Truman,...American politicians...victims to
gun violence. Not something to brag about!


More precisely, victims of dangerous criminals. If you're dead, you're
dead. Would it matter if they were instead by knives, poison, fists, etc.

Or suicide bombers?

Matt

("Jim" wrote)
Lincoln, Kennedy (John and Robert), Connally, Wallace, Reagan, Ford,
McKinnley, Garfield, Long, Truman,...American politicians...victims to gun
violence. Not something to brag about!


OSH link to would-be Teddy Roosevelte assassin.

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/timeline.htm
Shot in the chest while entering an automobile outside the Hotel Gilpatrick
in Milwaukee, WI by would-be assassin John Nepomuk Schrank at about 8:00
p.m. Campaigning on the "Bull Moose" ticket, TR delivers a 90-minute speech
at the Auditorium in Milwaukee before seeking medical attention. The bullet
would never be removed. [Schrank was declared insane on November 13, 1912
and committed to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI,
and died at the Central State Hospital in Waupun, WI on September 15,1943.]


Montblack

In article ,
"Montblack" wrote:

the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, WI

And the press has the gall to say pilots are crazy.
One has to wonder where they get their information....
I bet they could go to Oshkosh in a couple of weeks and interview ...
Wait a minute, what was the address of that hospital before it was torn
down so they could build an airport?

Jim wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:


What a bizarre concept of freedom.

Trust me: One of the only reasons we have maintained our freedom for
over 230 years is because every American politician knows that every
citizen is potentially armed.
--


Lincoln, Kennedy (John and Robert), Connally, Wallace, Reagan, Ford,
McKinnley, Garfield, Long, Truman,...American politicians...victims to
gun violence. Not something to brag about!


As they say, freedom isn't free. Never has been and never will be.

Matt

In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:

As they say, freedom isn't free. Never has been and never will be.

"Freedom's just another name for nothing left to give, and it ain't
nothing if it ain't free!"

Janis Joplin