A ray of sunshine

[scarlettina]

A couple of weeks back, jaylake posted a link to the Eastern Screech Owl NestCam, about which I was so excited that I've been following it every day since then. Well, one of Madame Owl's eggs has hatched and the first owlet has emerged. On a day like today, when there's been so much death (and my heart goes out to all those affected by the Virginia Tech

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[jaylake]

:: owl ::

[scarlettina]

Owl!

[kistha]

it's yet another argument for taking guns out of the hands of the common citizenry),

Go here for the alternate view -with statistics and references if you are interested.

[scarlettina]

She makes her points. I have felt this way for a long time. One post on Live Journal isn't going to change my opinion and, frankly, I'm not interested in discussing it. I can't be convinced that there's any reason for a private citizen to keep a gun in their home, from a pea shooter to semi-automatic machine guns.

[autojim]

...semi-automatic machine guns.

There is no such thing. There are semi-automatic firearms (in a variety of styles: handgun, carbine, rifle, shotgun, grenade launcher). There are machine guns, which, while they may be capable of semi-automatic fire, are designed for full-automatic fire. These are almost invariably rifles, although I have seen a full-auto grenade launcher, a military-only piece.

Incidentally, the private ownership of full-automatic weapons has been Federally-regulated to a fare-thee-well (read: extremely difficult to achieve the necessary permits) since somewhere in the region of 1935.

I'm not going to argue your opinion -- your playground, your ball, your opinion -- but you'll be more convincing to others you wish to persuade if you get the terminology right.

Signed, former firearms instructor

[scarlettina]

The truth is, I'm not interested in arguing about guns, semi-automatic or otherwise. I don't need to be overly informed to feel the way I do about this subject. Guns kill. As far as I'm concerned, the fewer available the better. As you get to know me—and perhaps this is a personal failing—you'll find that there are things I believe in that I sometimes won't be 100% informed about and I won't argue about overmuch. Guns are one of them.

And just to put some of this in perspective, a friend taught me to shoot a handgun several years back (I believe it was a Sig Sauer 9 mm) at a range on the East Side and I did get a kick out of it. We went back to the range several times together and I was a pretty good shot. I enjoyed it a little too much. But . . . no guns in my house. And I'd prefer it if there were fewer guns, regardless of type, generally available in the US.

[sara_ramirez_1]

oh i love those cams thanks fo rsharing..