Canada has more guns per person than the U.S and people rarely shoot each other their.

Not even close, not by a long shot:

http://www.guncontrol.ca/Content/Cda-US.htm

The US population is 9 times that of Canada and has 30 times more firearms. The above stats state the guns per capita for Canada is .25 while it’s .82 for the US back in 1998. 3.3 times that of Canada.

As for rarely shooting each other, what about Montreal only 7 months ago?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_College_Shooting

Here’s a list of other Canadian school shootings:

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=56cd4afe-edd6-4253-ae52-698ef78e7712

They’ve been pretty consistent since 1990 with school shootings in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999 (x2), 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

I think the stats are a bit misleading. I think a better comparison would be the number of crimes per the number of guns. The US has around 96 guns per 100 people for a total of 250 million firearms (roughly) in private hands in the US. There are about 8000 murders with guns each year. Not a very high number per gun (.0032%).

The EU as a whole has 67 million firearms in private hands which means about 17 per 100 persons has a gun.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0709-03.htm
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us-united-states/cri-crime

So with 5-6 times the fire arms per capita is the US 5-6 times more dangerous than the EU or is the EU 5-6 times safer?

djcross I think you need to give a little more background information regarding your gun purchasing experience. You bought a gun in CA and California has one of, if not the most difficult states to buy a firearm in. I bought a 9mm XD last year and was out the door in 30 minutes here in Ohio. Yes, there were forms filled out and a quick background check was completed but it was a fairly quick process.

None the less I think the “ease” of purchasing a gun is a moot point as such psychos aren’t too impulsive. Sure someone might in a fit of rage kill 1 or 2 people but not killing some 30+ people in a 4 hour shooting spree.

Being that the killer was a South Korean if he should have been sold a gun in the first place.

I saw that too but it appears to be either an old repair or a standard reinforcement. Here’s a picture from 2002:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0269471/L/

I’m pretty sure he has his 707 type rating.

Nokia phone are the most likely to screw with the radios in my experience. I’ve never noticed navigation problems but that doesn’t mean that it never happened. Plus cell phones don’t work above 10,000 feet, 7-8,000 feet is about their limit and even that is hit or miss.

I don’t know anything about the actual workings of cell phones but it seems to be something with their active seeking that creates the problems vs. other electronic devices. With miles upon miles of wires I don’t think designers can shield it from every possible type of electronic intruder.

Congratulations to both zamfire and PhantomII on passing your respective PPL exams! As hard as it was to earn the rating it can be just as hard if not harder to maintain the level of skill you’ve achieved so far. Keep at it and your PPL will bring you years of enjoyment. As my primary instructor told me your PPL isn’t a license to fly, it’s a license to learn. Don’t stop learning.

Does your flight school have any traditions for passing a rating? We had to buy lunch for the airport and get a bottle of liquor for our instructor. Well we didn’t HAVE to but it’s hard to mess with tradition. 🙂 It’s amazing how many folks seem to be at the airport when it’s your turn to buy. I’ll admit that I would stick around after a flight if I knew someone was on a checkride with the hopes of a free lunch. 🙂 Flying it to expense to let a free meal go to waste. 😀