Ladies & Gentlemen: Happy Fourth!

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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!


I think it is great that you guys feel that America is free. In many ways
it
is. I have been there many times and have visited more than 20 other
countries regularly and over 150 cities around the world. I can assure you
that it feels just as free in most of them as it does in America. To call
it
the Land of the Free is a nice patriotic gesture, but don't exaggerate your
own Hollywood propaganda and fall into the trap of thinking it is the ONLY
place.
After several years service in the Navy, I recall that Malaysia was the
country in which I felt the most freedom and where I would have gladly
settled, but Australia and New Zealand are well up there with the USA.

Not even close. Firearms are much more restricted in Australia than
here. I'm not familiar with NZ laws in this area.

It might have something to do with a group of former "colonialist" that
rebelled about 230 years ago. The British banned gun ownership in the
remining colonies to avoid a repeat of future independence movements.
:-))