For what it's worth, and this is rather off-topic, but when it's come to the whole gun control thing I've always tried to understand both sides of the story. I'm neither pro- or anti- when it comes to American gun control laws. It is, after all, a purely American situation and nothing that I say or do will influence the US congress. I have expressed viewpoints on the situation, and heard viewpoints in return and I'm not about to turn around and say to Americans "You shouldn't have guns", if I would say anything it would be "I guess you have to accept the risks that come with guns, such as police that are armed like the military and schools that look like prisons"
Again, this is all off-topic.
Now, Jeff...if I have misread your intentions (and I'm starting to realise that I think I have), then I apologise, but when I come into a thread like this and the fifth comment is a rather gloating "Good thing they have all that gun control", then honestly I get rather annoyed at the insensitivity of the people involved.
Compare and contrast with the responses to the Boston bombings:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=203749
Sure, we got into the old Yubba/Bubblehead game, but the tone was much more respectful from the non-Americans to the Americans. Why was the same respect not returned in this instance?
That's really the thing that grinds me gears in this instance. But...I seem to be expecting too much from some people these days. I don't know about tapping out, God knows I've come damn close over the past few months but I know too many good people here to do that, so I guess you're stuck with me.
Oh, and in regards to Monty Python, well...that's something completely different.