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I says pardon??? Only 2.27% of murders in Canada are committed by legal gun owners, how has gun control stopped anything? It just proves that law abiding gun owners commit very few murders despite their access to guns. Are you talking about Virginia Tech? If half a dozen students had guns...

No, your point was that if Canada had laws similar to the US, we would see an equivalent amount of deaths attributed to guns. I simply deduced from your numbers, the number of deaths that could be attributed to guns if we had similar laws to the US. Provided of course our demographics (ie inner...

Oooh, so many deaths, oh wait, that's in a country of 300 million! By my math, Canada with a population of 30 or so million would only have 1100 deaths from firearms every year. More people die in car accidents, needlessly because people are not trained well enough in driving skills. There is no...

Your scenarios are absolutely outrageous. If you're not drinking out of a tube when you come to due to the multiple boots you took to the head, maybe someone will get shot. I guess that could happen, if the first aider didn't identify themselves as such and they were kicking you in the head, I...

You're not understanding what I'm saying. So I'll break down your post with my rebuttal. I'm saying that in general, people are good and responsible. There are always exceptions and at the root of it, why should only the bad guys have guns? You seem to be saying that in general, people are...

Fair enough. Peace my gun toting brother! I'm not advocating settling arguments with a couple shots to the chest or a pistol whip to the head, but let me throw this at you. "Swarmings" were pretty common place in Halifax last summer (we're talking 9 or 10 in a 2 week period at it's peak). How...

I know all about your profile Wes, you've been here a shade under 5 months longer than I. I'm surprised you don't know who I am yet. You obviously missed my "gun plumber" comment earlier. I wasn't insulting your professionalism, I was just pointing out that some of your comments, IMO, are fear...

So you're saying that you're more polite and non-confrontational when in the US? Excellent, by the sounds of it, you've proven my point about crime rates falling when criminals and average citizens suspect that someone is armed. If people as a whole are more well behaved when they suspect...

A lot of rotor blades are composite these days.

If other people are careless with firearms, they shouldn't have them. Hence my position, money should be spent on training, education and a thorough background check vice an ineffective registry. If shooting and firearms safety was taught in schools like it once was, attitudes would be decidedly...

These "scenarios" are exactly what Americans said would happen 10+ years ago when CCW legislation was being tabled. These scenarios have NOT materialized in any way. I show my guns to my friends all the time, no one is shot. There's a difference between responsible gun ownership and...

Oh man.... I did BOTC with Matt Dawe. I haven't talked to him in a few years but he was a hell of a good guy. My thoughts are with his family.

Ah the Great Gun Control Debate. I've purposely stayed out of this one for a while. Where I stand... I'm a gun enthusiast, I believe in CCW, I disagree with the gun registry in any form (I'll elaborate), and I think that all citizens that are qualified and competent should be able to conceal...

Yep, that's why there's proceedures to break free. We do it annually in the Sea King during waterbird training. You don't lift straight up, you use a bit of forward speed in the water and then rotate forward to break the suction.

Nice, 6 seems to be the standard, but AFIK, Cyclone 01 will be 14801. Until they're painted though, who knows. At least you're getting your new ride soon, ours is still a few years off.  :'(

Mod note here..... We have all seen where the Res vs Reg discussion goes, so keep it clean or it will be locked and deleted. Inch Army.ca Staff

Depends on your definition of armoured. If you mean the cockpit, probably (I can't say for sure), but if you're talking the whole helo a la AFV's, then no, it's far too heavy. For every pound you add in weight, you need to create the same offset in lift. In a helicopter, that translates to more...

Ok fellas, I'm no infantryman nor do I play one on TV, but I am DS and as far as I can see, this discussion is nothing but a pile on. Locked for now. Inch Army.ca Staff

I didn't fly between College and Moose Jaw, didn't hurt me one bit. You start from the basics in MJ anyway. There was another program back then too that would reimburse you for increasing your skills, ie a new licence, rating, course, etc, but I don't believe that's around these days either. I...

There used to be a program called something like Continuation Flying Training Allowance, I don't remember the exact name off hand but it entailed about 25 hrs of flying a year to maintain a pilot's skills while waiting for course. IIRC, it was for RMC students who did PFT after 2nd year so that...