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Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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Date: 
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:59:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Maddison wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

  In essence, my objection is not to guns or to gun ownership, but instead to
the "shoot first, end of story" mindset that is rampant in the US.

     Dave!

Very well put.  I'd say I agree with 99% of that.  Pumping a shotgun is a rather
dramatic sound, eh?  Tangent, but I always find it interesting that in movies,
the action of the gun is always shown (heard) before the actual firing, simply
because it's a sound that illicits fear and is plain cool.

-Chris

My favorite is the sound of a cocking gun in a movie with a hammerless gun.  Or
sounds of Bruce Campbell racking the slide on his double-barrel shotgun.

-->Bruce<--

Good, bad: I'm the guy with the keyboard.



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(...) Very well put. I'd say I agree with 99% of that. Pumping a shotgun is a rather dramatic sound, eh? Tangent, but I always find it interesting that in movies, the action of the gun is always shown (heard) before the actual firing, simply because (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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