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  • W wizardzz

    Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

    Hurrican Sandy, John Travolta, Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher and Justin Bieber.

    Tom Cruise is playing Justin Bieber? In a movie or like a trombone?

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    Nagy Vilmos
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    I only have one :thumbsup: But post that again and I'll vote again.

    Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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      I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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      Nagy Vilmos
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      John wrote:

      I maintain a small inventory of guns

      Yes and so does Switzerland.

      Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        I only have one :thumbsup: But post that again and I'll vote again.

        Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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        Pete OHanlon
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        I've helped you out with that one. A :thumbsup: from me as well.

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          John wrote:

          I maintain a small inventory of guns

          Yes and so does Switzerland.

          Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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          Colin Mullikin
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          Nagy Vilmos wrote:

          Switzerland

          He said small inventory of guns, not inventory of small guns. ;P

          The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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          • W wizardzz

            Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

            Hurrican Sandy, John Travolta, Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher and Justin Bieber.

            Tom Cruise is playing Justin Bieber? In a movie or like a trombone?

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            OriginalGriff
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            wizardzz wrote:

            Tom Cruise is playing Justin Bieber? In a movie or like a trombone?

            I'm hoping for "like a drum kit" or "like a xylophone" myself. I want blood!

            If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              I only have one :thumbsup: But post that again and I'll vote again.

              Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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              Marc A Brown
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              You only have one :thumbsup:? What happened to the other one?

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                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                Switzerland

                He said small inventory of guns, not inventory of small guns. ;P

                The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                Marco Bertschi
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                It would more be a small inventory of small guns.

                cheers Marco Bertschi


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                • N Nagy Vilmos

                  John wrote:

                  I maintain a small inventory of guns

                  Yes and so does Switzerland.

                  Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol

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                  realJSOP
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                  I only have six rifles (three are .22, two of which were used for silhouette competition and one is a 60-year-old Winchester Model 94 that's never been fired), and two handguns. I haven't bought a new gun in more than two years (I gave my dad's old handguns to my sister). I would definitely call my inventory small by pretty much any definition or comparison you might care to present. :)

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    I only have six rifles (three are .22, two of which were used for silhouette competition and one is a 60-year-old Winchester Model 94 that's never been fired), and two handguns. I haven't bought a new gun in more than two years (I gave my dad's old handguns to my sister). I would definitely call my inventory small by pretty much any definition or comparison you might care to present. :)

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                    Jim SS
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                    I have a small collection also, but what is important is that you can use what you have effectively. A semi-auto with 30 rounds might be effective at holding off a bunch of thugs trying to hurt my family, but a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

                    SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                    • R realJSOP

                      I only have six rifles (three are .22, two of which were used for silhouette competition and one is a 60-year-old Winchester Model 94 that's never been fired), and two handguns. I haven't bought a new gun in more than two years (I gave my dad's old handguns to my sister). I would definitely call my inventory small by pretty much any definition or comparison you might care to present. :)

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                      Colin Mullikin
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                      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                      I would definitely call my inventory small by pretty much any definition or comparison you might care to present.

                      Your inventory is infinitely larger than mine. (When using multiplication. e.g. 3 times larger)

                      The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                      • J Jim SS

                        I have a small collection also, but what is important is that you can use what you have effectively. A semi-auto with 30 rounds might be effective at holding off a bunch of thugs trying to hurt my family, but a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

                        SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                        Colin Mullikin
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                        Jim (SS) wrote:

                        SS => Qualified in Submarines

                        Is this so people don't think you are part of the Schutzstaffel? :laugh:

                        The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                        • R realJSOP

                          I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                          thrakazog
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                          Nice :thumbsup:

                          Play my game Gravity: IOS[^], Android[^], Windows Phone 7[^]

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                          • W wizardzz

                            Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                            Hurrican Sandy, John Travolta, Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher and Justin Bieber.

                            Tom Cruise is playing Justin Bieber? In a movie or like a trombone?

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                            AspDotNetDev
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                            Either way, I bet it'd blow like Michael Jackson blew bubbles.

                            Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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                            • J Jim SS

                              I have a small collection also, but what is important is that you can use what you have effectively. A semi-auto with 30 rounds might be effective at holding off a bunch of thugs trying to hurt my family, but a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

                              SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                              thrakazog
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                              Jim (SS) wrote:

                              a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

                              Maybe if you are going after elk or a bear. If an AR is good enough for people it should also be good enough for Bambi or smaller. Especially if I miss, then I've got 29 more chances. :)

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                                I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

                                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                I find the editors comments pretty interesting, in the post just before yours 'Number crunching' Most of the proposed legislation they are talking about deals with Semi-Auto rifles, so a comparison of semi-auto rifles to say a hammer is valid. However, the editor some how managed to try skewing that direct analogy. [snip] the FBI data that states that all rifles, which would include hunting and semi-auto rifles, account for 323 murders a year. While 496 people are killed with hammers a year. Editor's note: For added perspective, 2011 FBI figures show firearms of all kinds were used in 8,583 murders; all other weapons and methods combined accounted for 4,081. [/snip] Even though the editor did not use a citation for their numbers, I found the FBI report. Expanded Homicide Data Table 8[^] interesting that they left vehicles of the list.


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                                  Jim (SS) wrote:

                                  SS => Qualified in Submarines

                                  Is this so people don't think you are part of the Schutzstaffel? :laugh:

                                  The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                                  Jim SS
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                                  Exactly. I have some Jewish ancestry, so that's kind of sensitive, but my pride of being a submariner trumps everything else.

                                  SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                                    Jim (SS) wrote:

                                    a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

                                    Maybe if you are going after elk or a bear. If an AR is good enough for people it should also be good enough for Bambi or smaller. Especially if I miss, then I've got 29 more chances. :)

                                    Play my game Gravity: IOS[^], Android[^], Windows Phone 7[^]

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                                    Jim SS
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                                    Bambi tends to have a gamey flavor, elk is much more like beef. Plus the scope and longer distance round helps because I'm too noisy to get close.

                                    SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                                      It would more be a small inventory of small guns.

                                      cheers Marco Bertschi


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                                      Jorgen Andersson
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                                      I'm not considering Oerlikon as small guns, but ok, it's not howitzers.

                                      "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                                        I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

                                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                        -----
                                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                        -----
                                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                        Roger Wright
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                                        Nice letter, John! You don't sound a bit like an inbred redneck... :-D

                                        Will Rogers never met me.

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                                        • R realJSOP

                                          I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

                                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                          -----
                                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                          -----
                                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                          RJOberg
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                                          Not sure if it is just me or not, but when I try the link in your letter it pulls up an admin login asking for name and password.

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