Girls with Guns: Biathlon in Alberta, Canada - Travel Alberta

Biathlete Nicki Pacas at the Canmore Nordic Centre in Alberta, Canada - http://www.travelalberta.com/en-ab/Destinations/Canadian_Rockies/Pages/defaul....
This talented biathlete fills us in on some of the ins and outs of this unique race. Girls with guns brings athelets from across the province of Alberta together to race, Nici also fills us in on what it is like training in the majestic splendor of Canmore, Alberta.

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[Otacon237]

It's a great sport with a fine heritage. Also, guns are not dangerous if you are properly trained in their use. People think America is a dangerous countr because everyone has guns, but if you look at the statistics, Canada and the UK have significantly more violent crime per capita. Many citizens there attribute this to not being able to protect themselves, their homes and their businessess.

I've been to Canada several times as well, beautiful country.

[redmistr]

Well done, this is one of the many positive uses for firearms. It's a great thing to see our young people enjoying the sport and the great outdoors.

[bluezone28]

fuck alberta men QC!!!!!

[Otacon237]

@smartodd Total crime. Not homicides. *nationmaster com/graph/cri_tot_cri_percap-c­rime-total-crimes-per-capita*. Obviously some of those scores are skewed due to countries with very small populations or bad reporting but the data is there.

The US seems to have beat out Canada in recent years but only by a small margin. I'll still take my chances here with a handgun on my person than in Canada where I'll be *slightly* safer statistically and completely unarmed.

[smartodd]

@Otacon237 In Canada, there were 542 homicides in 2000 resulting in a national rate of 1.8 homicides per

100,000 population. By comparison, there were 15,517 homicides in the U.S., resulting in a rate

(5.5) three times higher than Canada’s

[fohlenrico]

I was there in 2007........it's nice

[3FeetOfFun]

@JonasC22 I No...I Just Was Telling You How Much It Fails...

[JonasC22]

@3FeetOfFun I can think of a 3.

3: It was a joke you putz.

:)

[3FeetOfFun]

@JonasC22 uhh buddy...1. thats Calgary AB...@ c.o.p... 2. shes holding a cross bow...3.i cant think of a 3...

[ufloetz]

@specialears It is people in Cities that never see them.

[Otacon237]

@DHTCF Safety procedures can be applied to anything. A person can be killed with a pencil, does that make all writing utensils "dangerous objects"? Uranium will not hurt anyone if handled with the proper safety gear.

Your mode of thought takes accountability away from individuals. If people see guns as mystical, dangerous objects, they will blame inanimate objects for other peoples' misdeeds. I see a firearm as a tool made to serve a purpose, no different than a stapler or an automobile.

[DHTCF]

@Otacon237 That they're inanimate objects does not mean they're not dangerous. It is not only animate objects (quaere - if something is animate, is it an object?) that can be dangerous. Activities (e.g. parachuting) and minerals (e.g. uranium) can be (and are) dangerous. Indeed, the fact that proper safety procedures have to be followed (the simplicity of which I do not doubt) shows that they are dangerous, because if they weren't safety procedures wouldn't need to be followed.