Oh, I see, Bloomfield Hills. My American Other Half lived on Union Lake, next door, so to say.
[Remark for non-Michiganders: Those places are in the 'burbs of Detroit.]

Sorry my reply is so late. There is a private message system, but not all members keep it activated, so they cannot be reached. I can be reached by e-mail, though.

Honestly, the issues of violence in the US has hastened our move to Suisse...It's incomprehensible really and we have lived in SF for most of our time here which is about as Euro-leaning as it gets here

Sounds very reasonable. A normal red neck like me would add to the mix a bullet proof vest. I would also wear an embroided Jacket that would read "Gimme your vote not yer bullets" and a cap that would read "I do return fire".

I decided to have a bit of a poke around on GT, after having dug up your original thread there, and I have to say that I really like it.

In fact, I'm spending as much time over there (just reading) as I am over here at the moment. I'm particularly fond of the GNG Lounge, as all the technical stuff about firearms is way over my head, and think that there's a lot of common sense in there.

Anyone from the EF who would like to see how not crazy American gun collectors are should really go and have a look. Of course there are a few gung-ho types, but they are very well balanced by sensible people who just happen to like guns, who keep the armchair Rambos in their place, just as the regular members keep the annoying troublemakers in their place over here.

All very entertaining.

Excellent- first page has a request for the name of a Celine Deon song .

DB - You are dangerously close to groan territory, as my Mother grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin!

Do not mess with the Cheeseheads

fduvall

It was the rise of left-wingers that hastend mine!

Oh, and Switzerland is hardly "Euro-leaning"(except for the nortwest).

Tom

Pssst... I think he was talking about San Francisco...

Yes, I GOT that!

The idea of moving here thinking it's "Euro-leaning" was my point!

Tom

What do the Netherlands have to do with gun violence in the US?

I followed your link and looked at one of the threads that wasn't about the best way to kill people. At least I know now why they all have slow metabolism:
Unbelievable.

Doesn't everybody have that sort of snack (in between real meals) ?

Especially interesting and disconcerting to note that one is more likely to be "accidentally" murdered by gun in la Suisse than any other country in Europe.

And here I was thinking that all I had to do was get along and be semi-polite to stay safe when it's all about avoiding accidents. Whatever they may actually be.

I think that graph has to be taken with a huge ladle of salt. How is it possible that in Northern Ireland there are practically exclusively suicide cases, whereas in New Zealand and Denmark there are only unintentional shootings? Do I smell something fishy?