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I know it's not exactly what you were looking for but this is a really great look on a woman, the wife loves hers. She is the less hair arm sporting the red/black GMT II

Sick in bed, going to stick with this one.

The guns that I am suggesting not be available to civilians are meant for killing people, there are guns that are designed to hunt and kill animals, I see a distinction between the two. I can't even say that it's a uniquely American Phenomenon, I live in rural Canada where gun violence doesn't exist, in a world where I have never handled, let alone fired a gun. Even here there are lots of people who swear by their right to own whatever high powered gun to protect themselves from a crime that simply isn't going to happen to them. I find this fear of armed criminals completely irrational, it's just not something I worry about, but then, people living in the same small town seeing the same number of violent home invasions and armed robberies (pretty much zero, I can't remember that ever happening here) and they still can't imagine not having a gun to protect their family. Why? I'm actually asking why? I don't understand where this fear and paranoia comes from. You say I am risk averse, I agree, I am unwilling to take an UNNECESSARY risk to comfort myself from a danger that doesn't exist.

Hey mike, that's not a police state, it's just a country in which civilians aren't allowed to own weapons that are only meant to kill people. Do you consider the United States a police state because you're not legally permitted to own a bazooka that shoots biological weapons? Yeah I didn't think so..... That'd be cool though, right?

Do you think people just sit around with a gun in a holster, ready to outdraw a criminal entering their home. That guy going door to door killing people would more than likely have killed just as many people regardless of how many people had a gun in their house. Why? Because they don't live their lives prepared to shoot an intruder who is walking down the street killing people. This shooter was stopped by police, who by the way would have a hell of a time determining who the shooter was if everyone was running around guns drawn. Hey, maybe when civilian X pulls out his gun to stop the shooter then civilian Y mistakes civilian X as shooter number 2, well, you see where I'm going with this.

How did gun bans work in the United Kingdom WHO in 2012 put the number of gun related deaths at 0.25 per 100,000 people that includes 1.7 suicides per 100,000 and 0.04 homicides per 100,000. regardless of what they were before that's a lot less than.... The statistic for the United States is 10.2 gun related deaths per 100,000 people. thats 4000% higher than the UK!

Hope this helps Rolex Submariner 116610 I'm 5'10" 165lbs

116610 today, still one of my favourites.

You want sensible gun laws? here they are Illegal/Banned/No longer produced for civillian use: - Any firearm that may hold more than two rounds without requiring reloading - Any Firearm that can be reasonably considered concealable - Possession of an unauthorized weapon (see above) by an officer of the law who is not currently on duty. These guns would be secured and stored at the police station and not taken home by police officers - The sale of ammunition that would not be used for hunting or sport shooting (which would no longer include the use of handguns - get over it) Legal: - Every round of ammunition sold, civilian or otherwise would be registered and serialized, this added cost would be passed on to the consumers of ammunition - Laws prohibiting the stockpiling of ammunition, this would be easier to trace than it sounds, much easier than catching someone stockpiling kiddie porn - Mandatory inspection of all weapons to prevent modifications resulting in multiple round or semi-automatic weapons being created from simple hunting rifles - Mandatory recertification for what would be immensely more strict gun ownership standards, along with automatic revocation of gun ownership rights following conviction of a violent crime or otherwise failure to complete the recertification. - Strict limitations on discharging a firearm, restricted to registered and licensed shooting ranges and during hunting season. The discharge of a firearm on public or private property would be prohibited and result in possible revocation/suspension of ownership rights. - Federal buyback program, no questions asked to turn in any prohibited firearms Just think about how dangerous guns are, what their only intended purpose is, and how much sense this kind of regulation for something that is so dangerous really does make. Please no talking points about "now only the criminals have guns" and "how will we defend agains the government that out to get us" It's not! (well maybe the republicans...if you're poor or black)

If someone wants to break into my house and murder me, I guess they can go right ahead. In the meantime the rest of my family, my neighbours, and my friends will be safe because I don't have a stockpile of guns for them to accidentally shoot each other with (see my last post with links to the plethora of accidental shootings that happen on a weekly basis)

This is what keeping guns in your house leads too, This is the reality that is your countries love of deadly weapons. Guns are what you cherrish over the safety of your friends and loved ones. By the way, almost all of these happened in the last couple of weeks. Take your second amendment and put it where it belongs - in your history books (which by the way need updating) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/340430 http://www.krem.com/home/Court-documents-Its-my-fault-said-man-accused-in-deadly-accidental-shooting-185344291.html http://www.ci.medford.or.us/News.asp?NewsID=4125 http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/dec/22/teen-killed-accidental-shooting-ar-2880659/ http://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-hampton-teen-shoots-himself-0104,0,3639233.story http://www.wcax.com/story/20478565/police-richford-man-died-from-accidental-shooting http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50358306/ns/local_news-anchorage_ak/ This links to several http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/accidental-shooting

- Israel does not have one of the lowest rates of gun deaths in the world! They sit just below Canada in Gun related deaths per Capita. - Israel does not have one of the worlds highest number of guns per capita! They are at about 1/4 the guns in Canada Is this what passes for a fact these days? If we simplify the actual facts regarding the countries that you mentioned then we see that indeed Less Guns = Less Gun Deaths Hey, Math IS fun

Let's look at a larger picture please. Yes, Chicago has strict gun laws, but it's smack dab in the middle of the United States of Guns. If there are less guns then their are less guns that can be used to kill someone. There is one really important statistic that you cannot overlook. Per Capita civilian gun ownership in the United States is the highest in the world (not the developed world, the whole damn thing) They are in the top 10 countries in the world for gun related fatalities. Do you know what countries are not in the top 10? Glad you asked, because I am going to tell you- Not a single developed, first world country sits in the top ten with the United States. There are other developed nations that are high on the list (about 1/3 the rate of gun deaths as the USA in Switzerland, dropping sharply to about than1/5 in Canada) What puts countries like Canada, Switzerland, Germany, France, Finland at 1-4 gun deaths/100,000 people? They all have really high gun ownership. Who's at the bottom of both lists? Japan (0.07 Deaths/100,000 - 0.6 Guns/Person) Singapore (0.24 Deaths/100,000 - 0.5 Guns/Person) South Korea (0.13 Deaths/100,000 - 1.1 Guns/Person) These are not outlyers, the united states is not some exception to the rule, it is the rule. More guns = More gun deaths. This is simple math, very simple math. You can't kill someone with a gun if you don't have a gun to kill them with and if you don't have a gun to kill someone with, you are far less likely to kill someone!

Hamilton X-Wind Chrono = 2 rotating inner bezel with rotating outter bezel. If you can become proficient in it's actual use than you are a better man than I.

I don't think avoiding the chronograph will help, the issue is with the gear train that relocates the running seconds to the 6 position. The gears are not jeweled or properly lubricated causing movement failure in a very short time. Some guys are adding a lubricant to the gears and this seams to work well but I don't know what they use (possibly a graphite lubricant?) This breakdown of the movement was done and shows that the problem was not fixed with the "new" movement. Hope this has been of some help http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/102028-a-close-inspection-to-the-new-iwc-portuguese-movement/

Still very happy with this beautiful and simple beast

Umm yeah, I'm going to wear this again.

I think I'm going to wear this for the rest of the day, PAM111 from the wife, she did a good job.

Merry Christmas everyone, sticking with the Carrera for the morning.

Carrera Day Date again for me

Been a very busy month with lots of renovations to the house, now I think it's time to relax and enjoy the holidays. An old favourite adorns my wrist this morning, Tag Heuer Carrera Day Date (mouthful)

A new pic at Ucluelet British Columbia

116610 for the morning, might change it up this afternoon

116610 for today, enjoying the BC wildlife and a little time away from work

Hamilton, on beautiful Vancouver Island, all I brought for the week was this and a couple divers, they'll show up over the next week or so.