if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Le Bang
by Lee
It’s another sad day for America, with yet another incident of mindless gun violence taking place at a school.
A former teacher armed with a handgun took about 20 hostages Thursday, most of them students, in a high school classroom, police said.
The television station LCI reported that 18 of the hostages at the Colbert de Torcy High School were students, one was a teacher and another an employee.
Prosecutor Jean Elek informed the families of the captive students of the situation, court officials said.
Police cordoned off the area in Sable-sur-Sarthe, outside Le Mans. The city famed for its 24-hour annual car race is located 143 miles southwest of Paris, and Sable-sur-Sarthe is 27 miles from Le Mans.
When will we realize what a danger guns have become in our society, and ban them, like they have in France?
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Well, at least it won’t take long for the government to give themselves up, and then this thing will be over.
Hmm. When they say “military calibers” does that mean present-day military?
8mm Mauser has been out of circulation for a while.
Hmm. When they say “military calibers” does that mean present-day military?
8mm Mauser has been out of circulation for a while.
I Believe so, Australia is the same way if i remember, however “wildcatting” is popular there.
that is taking one cartridge and necking it down to a different caliber and rtbarrleing a rifle to that new caliber. this has the effect of being able to use a military surplus rifle like a 98K and re chambering it to fire a smaller caliber round than the 8MM,<7.92>.
As soon as I saw this story I just knew that this post was coming.
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Last I heard, they weren’t [completely] banned in France. But there are rules like “no military calibers”, so 9 mm, 45 acp, 5.56 NATIO, 7.62x39, and a whole bunch of others aren’t allowed. .357 Magnum/.38 Special are apparently legal (but I don’t know if that’s a popular caliber there). You may also need to belong to a shooting club to get your gun.
[I hear that it’s surprisingly easy to get sound suppressors in France and other European countries—so there’s at least one good thing.]
Of course, black powder firearms are the easiest to get. It would be funny if he took them hostage with a Colt Single Action Army.