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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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    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.

      I was brought up to respect my elders. I don't respect many people nowadays.
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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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          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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            • C Colin Mullikin

              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


              Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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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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                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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                  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. :)

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

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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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                              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.


                              Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.

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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


                                    Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal Freedom, son, is a dirty shirt - The Boss

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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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                                    • 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
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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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                                      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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                                        • J Jim SS

                                          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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                                          thrakazog
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                                          Oh yeah, I eat as much as I can of both. Freezer is full now.

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

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