Thread: Italians and Firearms

Originally Posted by aetchell

Hmm. The licensing here isn't that strict in my opinion and some of the hunting accidents are just as unbelievable.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=10682703

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I disagree,
It’s not purely a licensing issue, it is a hunting issue.
There are plenty of licenced shooters that don’t hunt.

Originally Posted by Moutere

I disagree,
It’s not purely a licensing issue, it is a hunting issue.
There are plenty of licenced shooters that don’t hunt.

Agreed, but it doesn't change the fact that it's very easy to get a licence for a firearm.

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Originally Posted by aetchell

Agreed, but it doesn't change the fact that it's very easy to get a licence for a firearm.

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It’s just a firearms licence, not rocket science.

Originally Posted by Moutere

It’s just a firearms licence, not rocket science.

Rocket science or solid fuel propulsion is not actually very complicated. I know that the term is used as a colloquially to mean complicated and difficult and I intend no offence to @Moutere by challenging it's use. The term is outdated.
I suggest that in its place on this Forum we instead use 'Woman Science'.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I suggest that in its place on this Forum we instead use 'Woman Science'.

You're gonna run afoul of somebody or other....

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

You're gonna run afoul of somebody or other....

I stand by what I have said fowls or not. I ain't chicken. Sorry for the 'as a' in front of colloquially, bit of a typo.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Rocket science or solid fuel propulsion is not actually very complicated. I know that the term is used as a colloquially to mean complicated and difficult and I intend no offence to @Moutere by challenging it's use. The term is outdated.
I suggest that in its place on this Forum we instead use 'Woman Science'.

I'm with @Moutere on this one. So rocket science is straightforward??? I know you are tongue in cheek and making a joke. I have a couple slide rules and can do some basic functions on them - but I absolutely marvel at the rocket scientists behind the 1969 moon shot.

Originally Posted by Cordite

I'm with @Moutere on this one. So rocket science is straightforward??? I know you are tongue in cheek and making a joke. I have a couple slide rules and can do some basic functions on them - but I absolutely marvel at the rocket scientists behind the 1969 moon shot.

Understanding how rockets work is not 'Woman Science'. In fact simple fireworks are classed as rockets. Even the poor oppressed Palastinians make rudimentary rockets. I am surprised at your response @Cordite, considering you have a German missus

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Understanding how rockets work is not 'Woman Science'. In fact simple fireworks are classed as rockets. Even the poor oppressed Palastinians make rudimentary rockets. I am surprised at your response @Cordite, considering you have a German missus

Hey I did sneak in a general reference to Herr Dr Wernher von Braun.

Anyway, I don't visualise jew haters launching solid fuel rockets when I hear "Rocket Scientist" - more like short back and side or buzz shaved men with horn rimmed glasses and slide rules, usually wearing short sleeved white shirts or lab coats.

Here's the guys at Rocket Labs getting into the spirit of things, on their annual "dress like a 1960s rocket scientist day"

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Understanding how rockets work is not 'Woman Science'. In fact simple fireworks are classed as rockets. Even the poor oppressed Palastinians make rudimentary rockets. I am surprised at your response @Cordite, considering you have a German missus

ummmmmm actually they recently made a movie based on true story about that very thing...Kevin Cosner.... and it was indeed women that did the science or at least the mathimatics for the moon landing.
hidden figures...plurry good watch....

Originally Posted by aetchell

Agreed, but it doesn't change the fact that it's very easy to get a licence for a firearm.

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Not necessarily no. If there are criminal convictions on your police record, it becomes difficult. Even if you are a decent person etc these days.

Originally Posted by aetchell

Agreed, but it doesn't change the fact that it's very easy to get a licence for a firearm.

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Only easy if you're deemed a fit and proper person.
If you're deemed a fit and proper person, why wouldn't it be easy?

What's the old saying about stone throwing and glass houses

31 hunters killed in Italy last year That's .05 per 100,000 inhabitants
Guess what NZ's score is .05 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Italy road toll 6.1 per 100,000 inhabitants / 7.3 per 100,000 motor vehicles
NZ road toll 8.5 per 100,000 inhabitants / 12.2 per 100,000 motor vehicles

It is still far more difficult to understand the workings of a woman than it is the workings of a rocket, especially a German woman. Making a woman on the other hand is reasonably simple compared to making an intergalactic whizz bang rocket, all you need is a mans rib.

Originally Posted by spada

Italy road toll 6.1 per 100,000 inhabitants / 7.3 per 100,000 motor vehicles
NZ road toll 8.5 per 100,000 inhabitants / 12.2 per 100,000 motor vehicles

Now that is a shocking statistic!