Vancvillan

Respectfully, as a firearms owner and someone who has spent time on firearms-specific forums, conversations around safe storage and handling are common. There's also a difference between a firearms-related hobby (e.g. sport shooting) vs carrying one for self defence with (in what many firearms view as) minimal training. The potential for negligence handling or discharge is important because the consequences are so grave. I'm interested in discussions on open carry hence I asked questions. But I'm also protective of the right for responsible firearms ownership where the risk is correctly managed, and I think that open carry without training is counter to that. I of all people on here am probably more "pro gun" than most if it has to be put that way, and I think interaction between people on various ends of the scale needs to be happen more frequently, not less.

Not to harp on this but plenty of people in the UK own firearms. As they do where I now live, where hunting is ingrained in the culture. The laws, attitudes and general culture are obviously vastly different, and herein lies the problem. I wouldn't show them off since A. they're a tool and B. frankly I don't want anyone knowing what I have in the very unlikely event they track down where I live and want to steal them (they're triple locked, so self defence isn't use case that even crosses my mind - for more reasons on that, see my reply above). I'm not proud of them any more than I am of my circular saw or torque wrenches. To try and answer your question from my perspective, renting is not an option for one reason - accuracy. If I'm going to kill an animal, it's a massive part of hunter ethics that the animal dies as quickly as possible. That means familiarity with your firearm and optics, and a strict regime of cleaning, maintenance and checking of accuracy. I load my own ammunition for one reason - I can get a few more percentage points of accuracy and I know how the bullet drops, is affected by crosswinds and how it behaves on impact. Knowing things like the expected spread of a five shot group at various distances means I'm never taking a shot I don't 100% expect to make. Also knowing things like how that bullet expands on impact, and the required velocity for that to happen again helps me determine range. I've spent hundreds of hours, maybe thousands, invested into ensuring the highest degree of certainty that when the moment comes, that animal will drop and hit the floor before it knows what happens. Is it perfect? No, but you owe it do the animal to do the work. It's about controlling every variable you can. Which makes the idea of a bunch of people walking around in crowded public spaces with handguns probably more baffling for me than most.

Also you "I think safe and proper Gun Storage has to be a gun owners #1 priority,". As a fellow firearms owner this is circle I can't square. If you carry then you're doing so for protection. How is your firearm stored at home? Because if it's unloaded and trigger locked it's not going to be much use if someone busts in your house at 2am when you're sleeping. Even if you could unlock the firearm and load a mag, in that tired state (which impairs judgement), would you trust yourself to get into a position where you knew your backstop given that there are people around you definitely don't want to hit? Even a 9mm is not stopping when it hits drywall, and that's before ricochets, etc. When you are carrying outside - if something happens again, do you really trust your limited training in a high adrenaline situation? Because there's no putting that bullet back in the gun if you mess it up. I'm curious - have you ever been hunting? Because even though you've prepped for that moment for year and been ready for it for hours / days on a hunt, when the thing you are expecting to see and want to shoot walks out in front of you, your heart is pounding - even if you're sat in a blind with your backstop pre-cleared. If you've had to do some strenuous activity to get into a shooting opposition your whole body is vibrating. It takes a lot of physical and mental control to put a 308 into a 6" diameter circle at 200 yards, and the 308 bullet is dropping the same at 200 as your 9mm is at 60 yards. Imagine making that shot in a crowded environment without the opportunity to ensure you have a clear backstop. I don't have an issue with open carry for people who have the necessary training. But that training takes years in specific scenarios, not at the range, and is generally limited to tactical units and the armed forces.

I'd say this is the norm outside of the US. My firearms are kept in a safe, deactivated (missing parts) and trigger locked. The parts are stored elsewhere in a locked container. Ammunition and magazines also stored separately in another place, again both locked. You'd need a minimum of two keys (hidden in separate places) and two lock combinations before you could even start to reassemble them - and that's if you could find everything. And it's not like I'm some OCD safety guy.- every one of my hunting buddies does the same. A combination of laws and hunter safety protocols means that no firearm is ever loaded until you're actively hunting (e.g. a long way outside of city limits) and you wouldn't chamber a round unless you either told your buddies or you were obviously in a situation to do so (sat in a blind, etc). At that point you should know where every human in the group is, and you should have a clear sight of your backstop. The terminal resting place of anything that comes out of that firearm is your responsibility alone, and you would never (for example) shoot at a deer uphill in case you miss. Irrespective or whether a firearm is loaded or even assembled, pointing it anywhere near another human, house, or animal (that you weren't hunting) would be a massive deal. Stern words would be a minimum, more likely you'd never come hunting with me again too and your name would get around. Again, this is the norm where I am and that's true of hunters I have spoken to in the US. Guns aren't "cool". They're a tool that we keep on the down low in terms of ownership - I don't want someone targeting me for a robbery and stealing any part of them for both legal and ethical reasons. They're obviously useless for self defence, and frankly with kids running around my house there'd be no safe way to use them in that capacity anyway, even if I were trained to do so (which I am most definitely not, and I've spent a fair bit of time at the range over the years). It's incredibly frustrating as a firearms owner to watch the US make such a spectacular mess of this since all owners get tarred with the same brush. Seeing these utter morons posing with them (and with their families) makes me visibly angry. It's the absolute inversion of the culture within the firearms ownership community that I know, and frankly I wouldn't trust them with a rusty pocket knife. They are despicable humans and nothing will change my mind on that.

To be fair to Sven, he'd won something like 19 club competitions including two in Europe. He was a decorated club manager. Southgate got Middlesbrough relegated and led the England U21 when they finished bottom of their group at the Euros. It's baffling that he was ever chosen, and what should be the most exciting team since 1990 is absolutely wasted on him. I agree with everything else in your post.

Hunting isn't on this list. It's also legal in most countries, including the UK. Firearms owners aren't a monolithic group - there are plenty who think the US laws are batshit crazy. I would argue that world wide they make up the vast majority in thinking the lack of restrictions and regulations is just a recipe for disaster.

Hunting and competitive sports shooting are the only two reasons that jibe with me. Require restrictions on both including mental health checks and safe storage and transportation laws. It isn't complicated - guns are completely illigal in maybe 20 countries world wide, and most of those are small.

Carlos "The Rock" Sanchez. Heard mention of him either during the City match or on a podcast. Completely forgot he ever existed.

So, Jack Grealish....

To be fair to Newcastle fans, 90% of the posts on a board I just checked were a combination of congratulating Villa on good business, hoping their management team were watching in terms of getting business done quickly, and supportive of either one of us cracking the top 6. Every team has its share of fans who are bitter clearings in the woods. I like Newcastle - proper club and you'd be hard pushed to call them plastics in any universe.

Ashley Preece is a poor man's Mark Lawrenson. And we all know that Mark Lawrensonis a poor man's human dustbin. Absolutely full of shit. Nailed on staying now.

Five years ago we bought in Samba and Whelan, and Josh Onomah on loan. Thank MvGrath for the progress we've made since then.

I was on the Burnley forum while the relegation battle was raging. The general consensus was that he's a player that'll still be talked about 20 or 30 years from now and they love him so much that they don't begrudge him leaving at all. They also think Ben Mee should play for England so do what you will with that information.

On a work trip out of town right now and all I want to do is hug my kids. Absolutely heartbreaking. I'm devastated for the families. It's all been said before and it feels hopeless. Looking at the rest of the G7, Germany, France, Italy and Canada all have firearms laws that make ownership accessible. Japan is more strict, as is the UK, but it's not like there aren't any guns there. Those six nations combined had 5 school shootings between 2009 and 2018. That is a tragic and horrific number. The USA had 288. I get that there's no political path to a full firearms ban in the US, but how can that number not be ringing alarm bells for everyone in the US? Surely there has to be a middle ground where mentally ill teenagers can't lay their hands on an AR-15?

Forgettable.

Yeah, he came back at the end of the season then came on against city for a few minutes when we got battered three or four nil.

Keeping it to positive thoughts only. I think we'll score. That's all I've got.

When Jack was the age that that Carney is now he hadn't even made is debut for Villa. The following season plenty were saying he was still learning and needed to add to the defensive side of his game. Welcome to the goldfish bowl...

At 18 Emi Buendia was playing in the third division of Spain's semi-pro leagues. Coutinho was yoyo-ing between the 2nd and top tier of Brazilian football with Vasco da Gama. Neither were exactly tearing it up on the big stage. Could be a great player but has a long way to go. Loan him to a Championship or L1 team next year.

Will be interesting to see how much they rotate. They have some big games coming up.

If we can entice him out of retirement, I feel like Botman and Robben would link up well.

I don’t want to sound like this is taking anything away from the lad at all. Two well taken goals. Made up for him. That said I really want to take the piss out of that defender for the second one. I’ve seen cargo ships in the Suez turn quicker. Was he running through treacle or something?

This thread is starting to remind me of a Lord of The Rings book review that gives the trilogy only three stars because "the lack of past participles in the goblin language is unrealistic".

Barry at least made the bench - which is a step up from his last loan.

Am I misunderstanding the stat because that doesn't sound impressive at all?