[andyt]

raydan raydan:

Comparing Switzerland's well trained militia to Bubba shooting squirrels every Sunday is a bit of a stretch.

Who cares about Bubba shooting squirrels? I'm sure Fritz likes to do so too, in Switzerland.

$1:

To carry a loaded firearm in public or outdoors (and for an individual who is a member of the militia carrying a firearm other than his Army-issue personal weapons off-duty), a person must have a Waffentragbewilligung (gun carrying permit), which in most cases is issued only to private citizens working in occupations such as security.[citation needed]
It is, however, quite common to see a person serving military service to be en route with his rifle.[citation needed]

See the difference between Fritz and Bubba?

[BartSimpson]

raydan raydan:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Logically, banks have armed guards and for good reason and no one would suggest that they don't.

There was a time when banks DID have armed guards.
I haven't seen one in at least 20 years.

The Bank of Canada has armed guards and I say that as I've trained some of them. Of course, this is a government bank so I will not speak with such certainty for any of your private banks. Down here seeing an armed guard in a bank is not unusual.

[BartSimpson]

raydan raydan:

I never called you a "Bubba" Bart, never would... unless you shoot squirrels every Sunday.

Funny you mention that. Yesterday I got out the .177 air rifle for squirrel control. Lisa's apricot tree is blooming and if I don't zot the local squirrels they'll wipe out her apricots.

The thing that really galls me when they do this is that they don't eat the apricot. Nope, they break it open to eat the seed and they just chuck the apricot on the ground.

To get really silly: the law down here allows me to kill the squirrels and then throw them away if they're causing agricultural damage or if they've become house pests. But if I kill them and keep or use any portion of the squirrel (for fur or to eat) then I have to have a hunting license and then the squirrels in my yard are protected because you can't hunt squirrels inside city limits.

But killing them and wasting them is just fine.

[raydan]

I've helped friends for squirrel control too.
They have sugar maples and use tubes to collect the syrup.
The squirrels, for some reason, love to chew on them.

[Regina]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The Bank of Canada has armed guards and I say that as I've trained some of them. Of course, this is a government bank so I will not speak with such certainty for any of your private banks. Down here seeing an armed guard in a bank is not unusual.

The Bank of Canada? I've only seen one of their "branch" offices.

[bootlegga]

Regina Regina:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The Bank of Canada has armed guards and I say that as I've trained some of them. Of course, this is a government bank so I will not speak with such certainty for any of your private banks. Down here seeing an armed guard in a bank is not unusual.

The Bank of Canada? I've only seen one of their "branch" offices.

Methinks he has mistaken the Bank of Canada;

$1:

The Bank of Canada is the nation's central bank. We are not a commercial bank and do not offer banking services to the public. Rather, we have responsibilities for Canada's monetary policy, bank notes, financial system, and funds management. Our principal role, as defined in the Bank of Canada Act, is "to promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada."

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/about/who-we-are/

for a Us Federal Reserve Bank - like the one the bad guys robbed in Die Hard 3;

[BartSimpson]

Regina Regina:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The Bank of Canada has armed guards and I say that as I've trained some of them. Of course, this is a government bank so I will not speak with such certainty for any of your private banks. Down here seeing an armed guard in a bank is not unusual.

The Bank of Canada? I've only seen one of their "branch" offices.

Well, there's the regional offices of course. But I'm thinking their New York office is arguably a branch office since they handle bond sales out of there.

[BartSimpson]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Regina Regina:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The Bank of Canada has armed guards and I say that as I've trained some of them. Of course, this is a government bank so I will not speak with such certainty for any of your private banks. Down here seeing an armed guard in a bank is not unusual.

The Bank of Canada? I've only seen one of their "branch" offices.

Methinks he has mistaken the Bank of Canada;

No mistake.

[fifeboy]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

but then they'll insist that five year olds need to be taught sex education because ignorance is dangerous.

You of course do support sex education for five year olds, right Bart.

Actually, I have taken my firearms (usually a pump SG, SxS SG, bolt action centre fire, and a .22 to school. Also a ML rifle. This was a few years ago when I taught the Saskatchewan Firearms Safety programme. School Board OK'ed it, then some guy became director who had a PhD. in education. He put an end to it all. I guess he knew best.

There has been a real shift in the U.S. from guns being tools of hunters and police to guns being a way to protect yourself from the "evil others" which can include blacks, illegal immigrants, Mexicans, Big Government or some other "they're not the same as real Americans" group. It's childish. When I played with my toys in a way that wasn't appropriate, my dad took the toys away from me till I changed my behaviour. Perhaps it's time for an old fashion lesson.

[raydan]

One of the reasons they removed armed guards is that it's a lot cheaper for the insurance company to pay off for the money that gets stolen, then it would be to pay for the damages (death and injury) that there might be after a shooting. We had strict orders to just lie down and do nothing when we got robbed.

[fifeboy]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

I own several including a 'few' old Chinese SKS which I bought for $200 each. I bought them because I collect older firearms..target shoot..hunt..and they were on sale not because I was worried about my neighbours or the perceived threat of home invasion. For those contingencies big dogs with big teeth sufficed.

[CanadianJeff]

Regina Regina:

Teaching a child responsibility means nothing. Also who is to say what is proper training? I'm hearing that lots lately and since there is actually no standard training across the nation it really means nothing. Knowing how to load a gun and hitting the dirt pile at a gun range seems to qualify as trained these days. Are crossed pistol badges going to be a requirement for teaching now?

I like to think reality is a good way to determine what is proper training. The less kids getting shot the closer to "proper" we are.

Somehow I doubt putting guns in the hands of teachers is going to result in less kids getting shot. Especially if said children start snooping in teachers desk.

Oh and since it was already brought up by others there is no debate on what constitutes proper sex ed. The less teens getting pregnant and getting STIs the better. Parents that want to teach their kids abstinence only education can screw off because that's my child your kids are possibly going to engage in a relationship with and my kid they are far less likely to use a condom with.

www.yale.edu/ciqle/PUBLICATIONS/AfterThePromise.pdf

It's fine to teach abstinence as an option but you still need to teach the rest for responsibility to really set in.

[Lemmy]

I worked at the Bank of Canada for a while. There were no armed guards anywhere.

[BartSimpson]

Lemmy Lemmy:

I worked at the Bank of Canada for a while. There were no armed guards anywhere.

Anywhere that you saw. Of course, where you're a parking attendant I don't imagine that you'd have seen too much.

[ShepherdsDog]

He's talking about the US though so maybe there were armed guards in that institution.