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To: Honor First who wrote (11071)	1/24/2007 11:24:37 AM
From: E'Lane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26417

Awwwwww...comeon...you actually think ALL guns would be allowed to be removed??? Not in MY house! We were watching a Rick Steves travel show last night about Scotland (researching!!!). I was looking up the name of the town I wanted to reference here and found out the whole show's transcript was online...go figure!!! Anyway...excerpt: Arthur: Right Rick, this is a weapons case, do you know how the highlanders were armed in the old days? Rick: No. Arthur: Well, the Redcoats were very found of using muskets. And we tended to carry broad swords and targes. It took the Redcoat about a minute to load the musket. So we would stand thirty yards away from them, two lines. They'd fire, we'd fire, and then they would reload, get the ball in. And while they were doing that, we would charge. The targes were used to knocking out the bayonets, then we would slash with our broad swords. So it was knock and slash, knock and slash. It was a bit gory, but it worked. Unfortunately, it didn't work the last time, and after the last battle the Disarmament Act came in, so we had to hand in our weapons or hide them. And these swords here were hiding in the thatch, and the heather thatch was a great hiding place. Rick: So this sword has been hiding in the thatch for 200 some odd years? Arthur: Two-hundred years isn't a lot in the glen, passes quite quickly. end of excerpt: ricksteves.com Nope, nobody removes ALL their weapons!!!!! :) (but then can have my foil!!!)