Comments on: Listening to Squirrel Holes http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/ Living life on mission Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David Annabell http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23829 David Annabell Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:59:02 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23829 I don't even know the specifics of applying for a firearms permit. The vast majority of people in the city don't own guns. If someone gets shot, it is quite big news here. From a newspaper article quoted on http://guncontrol.org.nz/ ; "Yet, figures collected by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council show relatively few gun-related deaths: 48 in 2003 and 55 in 2002. The Public Health Association previously reported an average of 80 gun deaths and 65 hospital admissions a year. The statistics are dominated by suicides, which account for 80 to 90 per cent of gun-related deaths; the balance is typically hunting accidents, accidental shootings, police shootings and homicides. Compare this to the United States' 30,136 gun-related deaths in 2003 – nearly eight times higher per capita than New Zealand's figures – and our reason for being satisfied becomes more clear." I'm pretty sure we don't permit squirrels to use guns. I don’t even know the specifics of applying for a firearms permit. The vast majority of people in the city don’t own guns.

If someone gets shot, it is quite big news here.

From a newspaper article quoted on http://guncontrol.org.nz/ ;
“Yet, figures collected by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council show relatively few gun-related deaths: 48 in 2003 and 55 in 2002. The Public Health Association previously reported an average of 80 gun deaths and 65 hospital admissions a year. The statistics are dominated by suicides, which account for 80 to 90 per cent of gun-related deaths; the balance is typically hunting accidents, accidental shootings, police shootings and homicides.

Compare this to the United States’ 30,136 gun-related deaths in 2003 – nearly eight times higher per capita than New Zealand’s figures – and our reason for being satisfied becomes more clear.”

I’m pretty sure we don’t permit squirrels to use guns.

]]> By: Jeremy Myers http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23708 Jeremy Myers Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:27:45 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23708 David, That's very funny. It is kind of ironic, isn't it? What are gun laws in New Zealand? David,

That’s very funny. It is kind of ironic, isn’t it? What are gun laws in New Zealand?

]]> By: David Annabell http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23672 David Annabell Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:41:01 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23672 The thing I can't believe this that you have a constitutional right to bear arms, but you can't poison squirrels! I think you should have gone with your first instinct, and used the shotgun. The thing I can’t believe this that you have a constitutional right to bear arms, but you can’t poison squirrels!

I think you should have gone with your first instinct, and used the shotgun.

]]> By: Jeremy Myers http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23462 Jeremy Myers Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:11:04 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23462 Yipeng, Thanks for the comment. I checked out your blog and really appreciated the post called "Preparing the Harvest." Keep up the good work over there. Yipeng,

Thanks for the comment. I checked out your blog and really appreciated the post called “Preparing the Harvest.” Keep up the good work over there.

]]> By: yipeng http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23389 yipeng Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:53:15 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23389 Needed to hear this, thanks! :] Needed to hear this, thanks! :]

]]> By: Jeremy Myers http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23384 Jeremy Myers Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:32:15 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23384 Bullet, A cat! That is a great idea, and my three girls will love it. We might just do that. And to tell you the truth, I have to do everything I can to stay optimistic, because I'm too afraid of the alternatives...but then, I haven't gone through Katrina. I can't imagine how difficult that must have been. By the way, did you hear they do have a t-shirt for that book? Check the comments section again, and there is a link posted there. Bullet,

A cat! That is a great idea, and my three girls will love it. We might just do that.

And to tell you the truth, I have to do everything I can to stay optimistic, because I’m too afraid of the alternatives…but then, I haven’t gone through Katrina. I can’t imagine how difficult that must have been.

By the way, did you hear they do have a t-shirt for that book? Check the comments section again, and there is a link posted there.

]]> By: bullet http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23338 bullet Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:46:30 +0000 http://www.tillhecomes.org/blog/2008/02/22/listening-to-squirrel-holes/#comment-23338 Your optimism is really unbelievable. First you suffer this great injustice and now squirrels are CHEWING HOLES IN YOUR HOUSE, but you take a lesson from it and keep going. I've been through my share of hardship, but my anger and despair generally just fade as I move on. You seem determined to willfully force that negative energy in a positive direction. I admire that. Oh, and cats do very well in controlling indoor squirrels. Put a cat in the attic (or give one access to it) and the squirrels will move on to easier pickings. I speak from experience. After Katrina there were many holes in my roof and quite a bit of wildlife found its way in. When my neighbors came back with their three (!) cats, everything disappeared. Your optimism is really unbelievable. First you suffer this great injustice and now squirrels are CHEWING HOLES IN YOUR HOUSE, but you take a lesson from it and keep going.

I’ve been through my share of hardship, but my anger and despair generally just fade as I move on. You seem determined to willfully force that negative energy in a positive direction. I admire that.

Oh, and cats do very well in controlling indoor squirrels. Put a cat in the attic (or give one access to it) and the squirrels will move on to easier pickings. I speak from experience. After Katrina there were many holes in my roof and quite a bit of wildlife found its way in. When my neighbors came back with their three (!) cats, everything disappeared.

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