They say you shouldn’t bring a knife to a gunfight but a bringing a gun to a knifefight seems like a terrific idea. If only that woman had some way to protect herself.
canon: 1. an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
2. the body of ecclesiastical law.
cannon: 1. a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
The anti stabbing UK story was pretty freaky…the guy had been arrested (and released!!?) earlier THE SAME DAY for stabbing a railway worker in the arm at a train station. How do you get arrested for aggravated assault w/ a deadly weapon and RELEASED THE SAME DAY?! In the USA, that guy would still be cooling his jets in the county lock-up, probably calling his grandma for bail money instead of plotting her murder. If the “anti” granny had kept a revolver in her purse, and could’ve made it plain to her grandson that he was “bringing a knife to a gun fight”, she would be exposed as a justly embarrassed hypocrite, but at least she’d still be alive. Instead, morbidly, I guess you could say she died for her ueber-pacifist principles…most Americans, by contrast, would rather refuse to become a victim in the first place.
This story being set in the UK, though, the obvious lesson drawn will be that the UK gov’t needs to crack down and ban ALL KNIVES. Pointy sticks will require a 10 day advance permit.
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 am
They say you shouldn’t bring a knife to a gunfight but a bringing a gun to a knifefight seems like a terrific idea. If only that woman had some way to protect herself.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:02 am
canon: 1. an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
2. the body of ecclesiastical law.
cannon: 1. a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 am
The anti stabbing UK story was pretty freaky…the guy had been arrested (and released!!?) earlier THE SAME DAY for stabbing a railway worker in the arm at a train station. How do you get arrested for aggravated assault w/ a deadly weapon and RELEASED THE SAME DAY?! In the USA, that guy would still be cooling his jets in the county lock-up, probably calling his grandma for bail money instead of plotting her murder. If the “anti” granny had kept a revolver in her purse, and could’ve made it plain to her grandson that he was “bringing a knife to a gun fight”, she would be exposed as a justly embarrassed hypocrite, but at least she’d still be alive. Instead, morbidly, I guess you could say she died for her ueber-pacifist principles…most Americans, by contrast, would rather refuse to become a victim in the first place.
This story being set in the UK, though, the obvious lesson drawn will be that the UK gov’t needs to crack down and ban ALL KNIVES. Pointy sticks will require a 10 day advance permit.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 am
thank you, mr. language person!
June 4th, 2008 at 8:40 am
They’re already ahead of you…