General / Off-Topic The safest place
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Some people are already being specifically targeted in the US so they have far more reasons to fear any civil unrest and therefore require self defence weapons.
I understand American gun culture, I just don't particularly admire it.
People are still unsure on where that Flu originated . Allegedly,
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Makes we want to start a private international initiative to retroactively free it from the "Spanish Flu" monicker, and start calling it the American, or Kansas Flu .With all the people now wanting to call Corona the China Virus, would only be fitting . I mean, Kansas is where it originated right ? ( actually, scientists are still unsure where that flu originated...)
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Makes we want to start a private international initiative to retroactively free it from the "Spanish Flu" monicker, and start calling it the American, or Kansas Flu .With all the people now wanting to call Corona the China Virus, would only be fitting . I mean, Kansas is where it originated right ? ( actually, scientists are still unsure where that flu originated...)
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Then you just think you understand it.
Source: https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1227248333871173632
This is the reason for its name. It is a sensible policy and a clear improvement over what we did in the past. Any rumour or conspiracy theory is best just ignored. As Yaffle said, let's not go there and stick to the virus and the facts pertaining to it.
Thank you
in other news
UK considers partial lockdown in London
The UK government is considering a partial lockdown in London to stem the spread of novel coronavirus, amid concerns that residents in the capital are not heeding advice to stay at home, multiple sources have told CNN.
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London lockdown: Government to shut capital 'by weekend' under Coronavirus Bill
Emergency plans will enforce closure of restaurants, bars, pubs and cinemas, and restrict use of public transport
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Is there a doctor in this crowd?
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One of my best friends is salesperson and range safety officer at one of the busiest gun stores in the area. They sold out of all their defensive ammo and the vast majority of their weapons. They closed at the end of last week and only opened for a couple days this week to deliver product that people had to wait for due to laws.
The most interesting thing to me is the number of conversations he had talking people out of purchasing a firearm. You got neophytes coming looking to buy something just to "scare someone." He sits 'em down and has a real heart to heart about how badly that will likely go for them. They end up buying something non-lethal for defense.
As far as the gun culture where I live I imagine there have been a lot of conversations like that.
Well take grandpas double barrel shotgun and shoot a couple of shots in the air, that will scare everyone off
Well take grandpas double barrel shotgun and shoot a couple of shots in the air, that will scare everyone off
Has to be a blunderbuss.
Contributing to high sales, aside from what's already been brought up, is fear of looters in areas such as LA where I personally know a number of ultra liberal "guns are the devil!!!" types who have recently acquired not only a 12-gauge but an automatic pistol as well. I'm sure that many of our friends on the other side of the pond will ridicule, but they're probably the one's who haven't heard the speculation about discharging all of the maximum security prisons back into the general population that have been floating around.
In the UK life means 6 years and they spend half that in open prisons anyway so no real difference at all. Without a large quantity of insecure firearms lying around for them to misuse we can just beat them up anyway.
Thats just a blatantly untrue statement, stop trying to bait
I know what happened in US major cities when the power was merely out for a day or two...
Unless they can build one, but that would require some brain activity.
Civil unrest can't strike Europe if the power goes out? It's not the wild west here and the vast majority (and by "vast" I mean 99.99% or better) of gun owners are responsible people who cause zero issues and pose no threat to society. The benefits of gun ownership in America dramatically and emphatically outweigh the drawbacks.
And bad news from Italy: despite an earlier tapering of of new cases, it seems to be increasing again with over 5000 new cases reported in the last 24h. This means there is no short-term end in sight with regards to total casualties, and mortality rate will continue to rise. 
Europe is definitively no example to anyone else in terms of civil unrest. Just look at the rioting, looting and destruction in London 2011, and Paris every odd month for the last couple years...
Not sure what you are referring to, wasn't talking about guns. Merely pointing out the extensive loting that has occured in the US metropoles during relative mild crises. During similar events in the Netherlands and Belgium we did not have anything of the sorts. Then again, we don't really have any cities of that size either, which no doubt brings its own social dynamics. Not particularly looking forward to what will happen in the likes of Mumbai...
Yeah I heard that this is a very long haul, so dig in commanders, resupply ain’t coming anytime soon.And bad news from Italy: despite an earlier tapering of of new cases, it seems to be increasing again with over 5000 new cases reported in the last 24h. This means there is no short-term end in sight with regards to total casualties, and mortality rate will continue to rise.
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