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“Except that a doctor potentially throwing a bunch of pills at you”
You don’t know my doctor.
Probably true in societies where a homeowner is not allowed to kill invaders.
In more sane societies the criminal knowing the homeowner owns a gun and has the full right to gun down intruder in cold blood should act as a serious deterrent.
You can kill an intruder here in Arizona. You can’t follow them outside and shoot them in the yard however.
Something about equal force, imminent threat, etc., so that if they are out of the house heading away from you, you can’t shoot them.
But in the house,
I take it then that you’ve actually fired this particular gun?
Okay, okay. No sign about guns. But I don’t think “WARNING: Skittish cats that will hide under a chair at the first sign of a stranger!!!” is going to cut it either.
I had Indian food at lunch today. I keep finding good places to eat out in my neck of the woods. This place was slightly spicier than most other places I have been lately but it was quite good.
Some of the spice combinations are quite unique and take a bit of getting used to but it is worth trying. Oddly enough, I found after visiting several Thai restaurants that I really don’t like the combination of citrus and coconut milk. But I haven’t run into any such combinations at Indian places yet. Live and learn.
“WARNING: Skittish cats that will hide under a chair at the first sign of a stranger!!!”
Actually that just might.
Some hopped up crystal meth addict brain would freeze.
A must read.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/meth_addicts_demand_government
“Okay, okay. No sign about guns.”
Wait just a moment here. Did I win one?
Well, I think I would have a hard time chasing someone out of the house and shooting them in the back unless they had hurt a family member inside the house.
Of course, I might just keep shooting them in the legs until they turn around. I have no problem with that…
I know how you enjoy my unsolicited advice, but if this is your taste preference avoid any Indian food described as “Malabar.”
“Well, I think I would have a hard time chasing someone out of the house and shooting them in the back”
I need to introduce you to my mother-in-law.
Oh my god. That is the funniest thing I have read in a while.
Barney Frank Present When Partner Arrested For Pot
Its a pure riot. I’m pretty sure the meeting with the Indian folks is a joke as well. But I don’t get it.
Other than that the writer/writers either were, are or know someone who is/was a meth addict.
Did you look at the plans for the bomb chap? Its a riot too.
To Whom to for it concern of the Federation of spiders now currentistically marching across the I-balls of pulling within reach step. To stop this Must 4th why would we even elect a King if this were going to already happen to Florida
My brother is an addictive therapist. I sent him the link and he passed it on to all his friends in the field. Its really amazingly funny.
“I believe it is our duty and responsibility to act before we lose even more Americans of voting age,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D–CA), who noted that her home state had more meth addicts than any other in the country. “Pollsters tell us that one in five voters is, has been, or will be a meth addict at some point in their lifetimes. That’s a voting bloc too big for us to ignore.”
Actually saw a sign where I bought ny first boat. These premises insured by Smith and Wesson. Nuff said
<blockquoteAt dozens of rambling public speeches,
Reminds me of the health care rally yesterday.
Maybe I could introduce my mother-in-law’s second husband to your mother-in-law and do everyone a favor…
Here in Arizona you don’t need no stinking sign. You can wear the firearm. See it regularly. Most often bikers but not always.
Have a good evening. Work in the morning and its kinda rude to in the middle of helping someone die or listen to the family of someone who has just died yawn. Its quite rude.
here too jsmiddleton4…..actually, someone sued a nearby town a couple years ago for arresting him for carrying openly. The town had to settle for an undisclosed amount.
Apparently according to Wikipedia the 5.7mm round ued by the Five SeveN gun is about 62% the velocity of the average FMJ ball round for the 5.56 NATO
(I mislisted it earlier as the 5.45NATO,my bad)which is about 3000 fps. If the same round at that velocity generates about 1200 ft-lbs of energy, then the 5.7 would put out roughly 62% of that which be about 744 ft-lbs of energy, if it were about a 55-grain projectile. Since the 5.7 round is 31 grain, we can deduce that the energy is about (31/55)x744=419.35 ft-lbs of energy which would put it in the light (125 grain bullet).357 magnum category for energy/9mm +p (thereabouts).
So Elmer Creek Smith you are right it doesn’t really qualify quite as hand cannon…but I do wonder about the frame circumferemce…maybe FN managed to make it slim enough for most people to shoot..?
I dont need a gun, my two extra-large German Shepherds keep the bad guys away. And they dont like kitties.
So Owens has already broken 4 campaign pledges? Boy, didn’t see that coming. Much.
Remember, Owens is up for re-election in 2010…plenty of time to exacerabate his weaknesses, if the GOP doesn’t put Karl Marx on the ballot, and expect me to support him.
Ignore them? They’re her base!!
It’s pretty wide open since they passed the “Castle Doctrine” law here in Texas. One SA homeowner saw two burglars leaving his next door neighbor’s house and shot them both, as I recall. No charges.
Yes. I fired the version that the Secret Service issues to certain agents. Nice, accurate gun. Lots of plastic, though.
ECS
The energy is up there due to the velocity, but the recoil impulse is much lower than either.
Okay, it’s Elm Creek Smith, not that there’s anything wrong with the name Elmer, I guess. I have long fingers so the FN 5.7 isn’t any worse than most high capacity handguns. Probably due to the “high strength polymer” frame, I figure most people could handle it more easily than a Beretta 92S (M9).
ECS
I think you will find the following useful..
“Your honor, I was in fear for my life, or someone elses.”
Pretty much says it for the jury, anywhere.
The 92S was adopted by the mil. after testing against a standard GI pot helmet from WWII. Penetration was FAR superior to the .45 colt round. A series of tests, then followed for the contract, and 15 rounds and Beretta’s ability to provide the quantity sealed the deal. Licensing was the kicker. The Beretta also had slide problems during the tests, quickly fixed AFTER the contract went down. (This is all from memory, your milage may vary…)
Then the FBI adopted the 10mm, who’d a thunk it?
I REALLY like the impact energy delivered by a 1911 .45 cal. but for pure
My choice is the 9mm Glock, which is the defacto police standard now, (a lot to be said for ceramics!), but 9mm luger (parabellum) ammo gonna be around a long time, with plenty of mil.surplus ball, and my Walther P38, still has chambering problems with super-vels. Just make sure you’re using mil-ball ammo, wierd bullet shapes, super-vels, semi and full wad cutters will cause chambering issues…
JB
How does Barney Frank end up in every thread?
Ok Elm Creek Smith ..my apologies for getting your call name mixed-up tonight…I was thinking of my upcoming duck/goose hunting trip in December, and inadvertently channeled thoughts of the ubiquitous Elmer Fudd at the most inopportune time…. It happens.
and Aloha Guy said:
Damn, that’s funny.
I wish ALL my people America would become familiar with firearms-bullets exit pointy end.
IF you were ever forced to use force to protect home and hearth do not call 9-1-1 until after you have called you lawyer-at least leave a message.
Say as little to the police as possible-”I feared for my life, could not reasonably retreat and wish to say no more until I talk to my lawyer-thank you”. There are many fine books on home defense from the NRA or do a web search. You might want to start with “Dial 911 and Die.” Even the largest police forces are several minutes away-a 9-1-1 operator is going to want to talk to you while you need to be doing something.
Remember: That building at Fort Hood was a Gun Free Zone-the bad guns don’t care which might be the reason we call them bad guys.
“The energy is up there due to the velocity, but the recoil impulse is much lower than either.”
I’m sorry but are you describing a gun or sex in your 50′s?
That was cruel-true or not that was cruel.
Good Idea: Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor.
http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1109/Dr_No_threatening_to_have_bill_read_on_Senate_floor.html?showall#
Obama: Muslim in Chief (in his own words). Probably explains the insensitivity he showed after the Fort Hood shooting:
http://thelcabroadside.wordpress.com/
On November 7th, 2009 at 6:44 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:
A “Gun Free Zone” means a “Sitting Duck Zone”… a “target rich environment” for a shooter.
The only thing that stops a shooter is someone else with a gun.
That was true at Columbine, true at Virginia Tech, true at Fort Hood.
Making an area a “Gun Free Zone” does NOT make it more safe.
It makes the are LESS safe.
A “Gun Free Zone” only disarms the law-abiding gun owners, and means more people die if a shooter selects it as a target.
Anyone notice the Progressive Insurance commercial where the wife emasculates the man by making him wear a ‘European Man Bag”?
This kind of ‘subtle’ message regarding ‘gender neutrality’ or whatever the libs/tranny/freaks call it really piss me off.
Also, have not seen the TBS commercial with Barry endorsing the new Lopez show. Did someone at the WH realize the ‘bad taste’ in that? I don’t think the WH has such a barometer.
I’ll go back to my java now-
“Anyone notice the Progressive Insurance”
Once I found out who the folks behind Progressive and GEICO are I no longer pay attention to their commercials.
Then there is the wimp in the Toyota commercials. There was a time such ads were cute–10,000 ads ago.”European Man Bag”, is that like Hillary’s Lock-box? The man should be neutered and carry them in the man bag.
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Who are the folks behind Progressive and GEICO? My dogs eat geckos.
yeah, a few years ago, around Christmas I read that Progressive donated millions to the ACLU. I dropped my auto policy, even tho their customer service people were actually pretty good.
They call it ‘Progressive’ for a reason…..
My Boycott list is growing, I recently added Macy’s, Ho Depot, Ford and Honda due to their $50k annual donations to Sharpton and his shakedown group. I dropped Lowe’s when they joined Van Jones’ Glen Beck boycott.
If ACE Hardware is supporting Code Pink PETA trannies, please do not let me know…
From my politics blog: Turkey is no longer an ally to the west. Then again, were they ever?
From my comics blog: the senoir Titans are having their book taken over by thugs! No need to waste time on it then.
And, from my game blog: a 3D fighter called Buriki One.
Does this become the Saturday Open Thread?
I am so disgusted with the Obama’s. Him, with his unbelievably disrespectful “words” about the Ft. Hood shootings and Michelle, with her “mission” to take care of the military families during their turn in the WH and not a word from her about it. It would have been better had he NOT said anything. Despicable behavior for both of them.
And God Bless the Bushes, quietly visiting with the wounded and their families for hours, without camera or press. The military STILL loves them.
UK Statism:
Why is it that they don’t have a problem with Islamic polygamy being practiced on their land yet go after these people?
There is a reason God put those people on an island I guess. Perhaps the Fife Council checked, by seance, with Saint Margret Singer or Reich’s Fuhrer Himmler. Forced sterilization, euthanasia-with dignity of course-shall we call it the John Holdren Project-AKA WackJobsUnitedForEvil- or do they have one of their own to use?
The evil in the world has always been there-but it does seem to be getting bolder. But with dignity of course.Yes, there IS a reason God put those people on an island.
atheling, just read that article on the Daily Times. The UK government is in every aspect of people’s lives; even with cameras. People aren’t rebelling. Instead, they just complain. My “favorite” is the cab driver who called a passenger an “English” lady. She’s Welsh. For that, he got 24 weeks in jail. Their health care is horrible and congress is trying hard to repeat the fiasco here.
May I add that it’s against the law now, for you, as father, to take your daughter(s) to the park. You have to have a female adult along, or use one of the “guards” there. You can’t come into the park.
“Then again, were they ever?”
No. One can only imagine how differently Iraq would have unfolded if we could have used Turkey as a launching pad as first designed.
“May I add that it’s against the law
now”
Where is that happening?
In the UK, jsm.
it’s because this couple won’t grow a scruffy beard and blow up a pub.
Here in Virginia, come Tuesday, an Islamic killer is supposed to get the needle. I lived in No. Virginia during the “terror” of the Beltway Sniper. In this case, I am wholeheartely in favor of the death penalty. I remember being very uncomfortable filling my gas tank, and, like others, looking around all the time for anything suspicious, plus the times when roads were closed as they looked for a “white van”. The shooting of Linda Franklin at the Home Depot occurred about 2 miles from my house. I’m sure the others here, like Gabe, can remember the days well. I no longer live in the D.C. area; having moved to the Hampton Roads area. I see he and Malvo scouted this area out too. Thank goodness for bridge bottlenecks and traffic. He noted that escape would be difficult around here. Kaine won’t issue anything for him and I doubt the court will do the same. If he expects “paradise” he may be in for a surprise. The punishment will continue.
graysonret,
Yeah. I lived in Clarendon at the time, shopped at that Home Depot earlier that day, and my soon to be wife was terrified. You never really realize just how many white panel vans there are on the road.
I was on my honeymoon, actually, when they were captured. That made for a nice gift.
Know Clarendon well, Chap. At one time, many, many years ago, I dispatched for Red Top Cab, there on Hudson Street. I was also one of the original people to move over to Blue Top when it went into operation. Far cry from the medical field, now.
Gosh, you’re easy to please.
In case you’re still around, I apologize for joining in with WarEagle in refering to you as a “tool”.
On November 7th, 2009 at 9:06 am, joannmandolin said:
How about “Progressive” marketing to gays and lesbians.