[PilotDave]

So now a .223 is just to powerful for us? Really? This is barely powerful enough to shoot prairie dogs. Not enough for large game, elk, bear, ect. and now it's WAY to scary powerful for civilians? He would really hate my .330 Dakota.... Mods- I had to shorten the title.

[TEXOKIE]

We just got this one in our email and thought others here might appreciate it:

STUPID GUN QUESTION - EXCELLENT ANSWER

Good morning!

Stupid question, excellent answer!

For those who don’t know him, Major General Peter Cosgrove is an
Australian.

General Cosgrove was interviewed on the radio recently.
Read his reply to the lady who interviewed him concerning guns and
children.
Regardless of how you feel about gun laws you have to love this!
This is one of the best comeback lines of all time.
This is a portion of an ABC radio interview between a female
broadcaster and General Cosgrove who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout
Troop visiting his military Headquarters.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
So, General Cosgrove, what things are you going to teach these young
boys when they visit your base?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery and shooting.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the rifle range.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be
teaching children?

GENERAL COSGROVE:
I don’t see how. We will be teaching them proper rifle discipline
before they even touch a firearm.

FEMALE INTERVIEWER:
But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.

GENERAL COSGROVE:
Well, Ma’am, you’re equipped to be a prostitute, but you’re not one,
are you?

The broadcast went silent for 46 seconds and when it returned, the
interview was over.
I bet her face would have made lemon juice look like honey.
Think positively!

I found these links about him.
~Texokie~
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cosgrove

http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/fiftyaustralians/11.asp

UH OH...this one claims the above is not true. *sigh* - Such a great story, too! Be that as it may, I have not ever heard of the hoax-slayer.com web site. So who knows???

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/cosgrove-female-interviewer.shtml

[Red in Blue PA]

Hey Stanley, if you are not going to uphold the Constitution, STEP DOWN!

[mort56]

Aimed precisely a 22lr will kill and do a whole bunch of damage as it ricochets inside you. It’s not the caliber that is the problem it’s the government. The good General has been a government employee all of his life and as such doesn’t understand the 2nd Amendment was initiated so American citizens can stop people like him from using their weapons to steal our rights.

[jwalsh07]

The General has a lot in common with Generals from the Soviet Union, Communist China, Cambodia and the Weimar Republic. How’d that work out fro the citizenry in those countries? The General can kiss my enlisted ass.

[familyop]

General? He's in favor of gun control with a few exceptions, of course. Maybe it's a class thing. Maybe most present and former enlisted soldiers disagree with the General.

Arming Goldman With Pistols Against Public: Alice Schroeder
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601110&sid=ahD2WoDAL9h0
[Title and link only, as no content from Bloomberg is allowed to be posted at FR.]

Intelligent Investing Panel
Going Great Guns
Forbes
David Serchuk, 04.23.09
"Thomas:...But, you know, you could always find another job that would pay all right, and pay slightly above minimum wage, could allow you to at least live and have a home in most communities. And I think that's slowly changed."
[...]
"Forbes: I was in Colorado, and I knew people who had 200, 300 guns. And they'd stash them in various hidden places around their compound. This wasn't all that uncommon out west."
[...]
"Sonders:...we have gone from a couple decades ago being a manufacturing economy to more of a service-oriented, information economy. That has just displaced permanently a lot of workers,..."

Aurora Shooter’s Father Supposed to Testify in LIBOR ?
http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/forum/4052/aurora-shooters-father-supposed-testify-libor (TF Metals Report)

BREAKING NEWS: CT School Shooter Killer Link To LIBOR SCANDAL
http://newsworldwide.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/breaking-news-ct-school-shooter-killer-link-to-libor-scandal/

Libor scandal grows as the fathers of two mass murderers were to testify
http://www.examiner.com/article/libor-scandal-grows-as-the-fathers-of-two-mass-murderers-were-to-testify

Gunman’s computers may be key in Connecticut school shooting investigation
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2969326/posts

Rupert Murdoch, Fox News Owner, Calls for Automatic Weapons Ban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2969123/posts

Murdoch calls for automatic weapons ban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2968913/posts

Rupert Murdoch Tells Romney To ‘Stop Fearing [The] Far Right’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2929478/posts

Murdoch Apologizes for ‘Jewish-Owned Media’ Tweet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2961268/posts?page=1

"Gun-Control Group Changes Name, Keeps Agenda"
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=%5C%5CNation%5C%5Carchive%5C%5C200106%5C%5CNAT20010615a.html
(and Bill is a contributor)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec97/guns_11-4.html
(more money for gun control from Gates and his father)

"Is Bill Gates a closet liberal?"
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/01/cov_29feature.html
(Bill Gates for gun control, pro-abortion, etc.)

http://vikingphoenix.com/news/madminute/1997/mm970040.htm
(Gates on gun control)

[GenXteacher]

The bar must be pretty low to get to be a general nowadays- a traitor and moron can do it.

[Terry L Smith]

Dear Retired General,

Your former military service record has been noted.

Your vocalized input on the matter of my Constitutional Rights, (which by the way, you swore an Oath to defend and protect - with no expiration date I might add), has been duly noted, and has been downloaed to the nearest galactic circular bit bucket for future reference.

The Second Amendment expresses the basic right for self-preservation against any form of tyrannical, traitorous government, like the one towards that you are adjoining yourself.

[nutmeg]

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