11 dead in French shooting

[AtW]

Do you go to work armed?
Are any of your colleagues armed at work?
Do you have weapons at home?

No, because it's illegal to have firearms in this country, FFS, even buying airsoft gun requires mini-license to have one.

[GlenW]

No, because it's illegal to have firearms in this country, FFS, even buying airsoft gun requires mini-license to have one.

So you are a lamb to the slaughter as well?

[AtW]

So you are a lamb to the slaughter as well?

I keep a couple of dirty forks on my table.

[tractor]

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I keep a couple of dirty forks on my table.

I wear a utility belt in which I carry a Bailey Bridge and a brigade of Ghurkas.

[FatLazyContractor]

I always go to work armed. Being a Yorkshire cheapskate, I don't usually buy Durex though!

[tractor]

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I see the forum moron is going on about why didnt they have a gun in the office!? Like, you're just going to have a couple of kalasnikovs around the gaff.

And there were armed police nearby, one of which was summarily executed at point blank. What a strange sense of proportion some posters here have never mind in the world.

My big fear is these murderous bastards will simply disappear into the night, never to be brought to justice.

I personally detest religions, all of them. They make men do unspeakable crimes in the name of 'their' god.

The human race is so unfathomable at times.

Especially when you bear in mind that this occurred because the rag claimed Mohammed was their chief editor. A claim no more or less preposterous than he actually existed.

[tractor]

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I always go to work armed. Being a Yorkshire cheapskate, I don't usually buy Durex though!

Mr snappy plastic food bags are just as good although not too snugly fitted.

[FatLazyContractor]

Especially when you bear in mind that this occurred because the rag claimed Mohammed was their chief editor. A claim no more or less preposterous than he actually existed.

You have no business to bring him into this!

[woohoo]

They seem to have a history of making fun of Mohammed. A fire bombing didn't stop them.

Not sure whether to feel annoyed at the Journalists or the Gunmen or more likely both.

What's wrong with poking fun at Mohammed and why would you feel annoyed at the journalists?

[SpontaneousOrder]

That was not what I said...knowing how to use a firearm is very different than actually being able to pull the trigger, with the intention of ending the target's life (this is the whole point of the shot, after all - wounding is never the intent).

Its all very well saying that you wouldn't have any problems, but dealing with the psychological after effects is another?

Yeah... just get killed instead. Then psychological trauma isn't an issue.