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12. For all of Europe's defects and mistakes

Reply to thucythucy (Reply #11)

Fri Feb 16, 2024, 09:21 AM

Feb 2024

This is one thing they got right. It is extremely difficult to get a permit to own a firearm here, and if you do, be prepared for spot checks on how and where you keep it. If the inspectors find you are careless with how you store it, you lose both your license and your gun. "Open carry" here refers to beer bottles.

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couple's gun goes off in cafe, bullet strikes man, they scurry off [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2024 OP

Leaving the scene of a gun discharge should be categorically illegal, RockRaven Feb 2024 #1

they saw the damage...didn't offer the poor man any help or call 911. SHAMEFUL BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2024 #2

More and more ignorant yahoos are toting everyday. Hope he's criminally charged and sued civilly. Silent Type Feb 2024 #3

It's the woman, not him who got charged. The gun was in her purse and it went off... brush Feb 2024 #4

Thanks. Thought it went off when the guy put his phone in his pocket. Silent Type Feb 2024 #5

It did, and it's obvious in the video wackadoo wabbit Feb 2024 #8

The video shows the guy jumps/ducks when the shot goes off, wondering where/how it happened. brush Feb 2024 #15

He was charged for tampering with evidence. nt TeamProg Feb 2024 #6

That's what the assailants are saying, but that's not what occurred in the video wackadoo wabbit Feb 2024 #7

She's protecting her man Lanius Feb 2024 #14

Trash! Utterly contemptible! callous taoboy Feb 2024 #9

I hope the court shows them no mercy DFW Feb 2024 #10

It won't matter to the terminal gun freaks. thucythucy Feb 2024 #11

For all of Europe's defects and mistakes DFW Feb 2024 #12

How do guns just go off? Do these idiots keep a round in the chamber at all times? Lanius Feb 2024 #13

At least they didn't have lawn darts. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #16

The govermor, Mchelle Lujan Grisham, has been trying for months soldierant Feb 2024 #17