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Hundreds Spot Fireballs In Colorado, Nearby States
pingpong writes "Hundreds of people in Colorado and 7 surrounding states have reported seeing "fireballs" in the night sky. They are described as being 10 to 15 times larger than a normal shooting star and bluish in color. Two people even claimed to see one land, but it has yet to be found. The Daily Camera is reporting it online here."
Field reports invited.
You wrote: "How typically Canadian. Instilling Canadian gun culture in 4 year old children. Digusting!" Perhaps my perspective stems more from the value and education placed upon a gun. Seeing gun ownership as an extention of your Constitutional Rights and a necessary control upon your elected officials seems to play into the the perennial fascination Americans have with the wild mythos of the 'True West', not to mention the ultimate political extension in the form of the Monroe Doctrine.A gun to me is utilitarian object but potentially dangerous and is to be treated as such. Perhaps where my first introduction to gun lore was by way of two injunctions: (1) Treat every gun as if it were loaded; (2) Never point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot, perhaps the 'merican ethos is more akin to threaten to shoot as a matter of foreign policy.
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