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Re:NY Times releases military surplus gear data on GitHub by bcraven on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @06:52AM (#8201799)
I am from the UK, and the fact that lines like, "You have ~ 40% of households with a gun and ~ 70% of people between the ages of 15 and 64" are bandied round so readily is completely terrifying.
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Re:NY Times releases military surplus gear data on GitHub by staunch on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @07:16PM (#8205190)
Have you thought about why you have this irrational fear or does the fact that it's commonly shared among your society lead you to believe its not irrational?
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Re:NY Times releases military surplus gear data on GitHub by Graham24 on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @11:59AM (#8202886)
the Atlantic Ocean is our friend.
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Re:NY Times releases military surplus gear data on GitHub by staunch on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @07:19PM (#8205197)
Sure is. It conveyed many brave Americans over to fight and die rescuing the UK from enslavement. They did it with guns.
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Re:NY Times releases military surplus gear data on GitHub by lotsofmangos on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @07:59PM (#8205319)
To be fair, you also helped fund the other side first. - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworld...
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Re:NY Times releases military surplus gear data on GitHub by staunch on Wednesday August 20, 2014 @08:26PM (#8205391)
Some individual Americans supported Hitler early on. The men that fought and died never did.
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