[Mariebl]

"I've never seen a real gun before, it was terrifying."

I find that statement to be "terrifying".

Agreed. Not exactly self-reliant, frontier material are they? Quite a society Great Britain has become....Sir Winston would be very sad.

I can't blame her for either half of the sentence. In a country where, (or so I've heard) the Olympic gun teams have to go abroad to practice, it'd hardly be surprising not to have seen a real gun.

And, as for her being terrified--she showed sound common sense. Any sane person would be terrified--large quantities of hostile, nervous people pointing loaded guns at you? And you can't even call the police for help, because they ARE the police! I'm not sure what you'd expect self-reliant frontier material would do. I'd say they used spectacularly good sense in driving to a place with witnesses, too. Now, if you said that the police weren't exactly self-reliant, frontier material, I'd agree enthusiastically.

[Stoat]

"I've never seen a real gun before, it was terrifying."

I find that statement to be "terrifying".

Agreed. Not exactly self-reliant, frontier material are they? Quite a society Great Britain has become....Sir Winston would be very sad.

I can't blame her for either half of the sentence. In a country where, (or so I've heard) the Olympic gun teams have to go abroad to practice, it'd hardly be surprising not to have seen a real gun.

I wasn't blaming her, I was blaming the culture that she has been subjected to and that has formed her perspectives..

And, as for her being terrified--she showed sound common sense. Any sane person would be terrified--large quantities of hostile, nervous people pointing loaded guns at you? And you can't even call the police for help, because they ARE the police!

Agreed.

 I'm not sure what you'd expect self-reliant frontier material would do.

I wouldn't expect to find it in Great Britain, which was the point I was making.

 I'd say they used spectacularly good sense in driving to a place with witnesses, too.

Agreed.  I never found fault with what they did, only the culture that made them do it.

Now, if you said that the police weren't exactly self-reliant, frontier material, I'd agree enthusiastically.

On this point I would also agree, as my definition of 'self-reliant, frontier material' doesn't include Socialist thugs who have lost perspective on their once-proud duty and mission in calmer, less hysterical and less PC times.