Recent content by brad-dyrak

Are you always this arrogant or just when you're talking about guns? No I haven't studied the minutiae on silencer regulation and yet I'm somehow very educated about my country.

We know it doesn't, but it does make it quieter. You don't think there's an obvious benefit to knowing a shot's been fired? If someone's going shooting, they can wear plugs and get over it.

WTF I didn't think they were legal in the first place? I want my country back.

Thanks for that. I haven't spent enough time Germany (worked there for a bit and visited a few times) to feel like I'm anywhere close to understanding the folks there but have always wondered about that, though haven't wanted to ask. Very interesting. FWIW, I reckon you've got plenty to be...

Glad you like US, and who doesn't like Canada :)? Maybe I just can't get into the casual swing of this CE thing, but when folks (not you in particular) so casually state things like a country "lacks a culture of personal responsibility." and "a population that consistently looks to blame...

Thank youe Eboue. That has to be one of the most ridiculously over reported and misleading stories.

What a ridiculous generalization, but I realize we do that a lot in the CE. Of course there is a culture of personal responsibility, like anywhere else. That's the whole thing about guns though. You can be more absolutely responsible 99% of the time, but get drunk/nuts/sad/angry enough to...

Thanks for that.

I like him. Unlike so many, his opinions are nuanced and he doesn't have a clear cut agenda skewing his view of the facts. With the vitriol and hyperbole going around these days on just about any issue, folks should lend him an ear. He was a talking head in the documentary "The House I Live...

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I wouldn't presume to speak for Eboue (that way lies madness), but just myself, and this isn't aimed at you in particular. In the CE there's this endless and time honored group-think tradition of being at liberty to go point scoring with the most generalized snarky and caustic comments about...

All I see is a pandering attempt at wit from someone glaringly witless. Some dork cooked bacon on a gun barrel. As for the model of the gun, I don't expect you'll find a gun that hasn't been used to perpetrate some sort of senseless murder. If Cruz told the funniest joke in the world, would...

Anybody know the best way to catch Thursday's farce over here in the UK? I've got Sky.

Thanks. I like Pamuk and would give that one a read. I only just realized he got into trouble with the government there a while back. I don't know about Lewis honestly though. I've been quite leery of his writing after years ago reading a bunch of similarly themed works including 2 of his...

"Turkey - A Short History", and "Everything You Need to Know About Turkey". Both short, and the latter is only partly focused on history. I read a much ore thorough one some time ago, but don't recall the name, and needed a refresher regardless. If you've got any recommendations, I'd be happy...