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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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        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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        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!

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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


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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. :)

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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. :)

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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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                  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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                      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
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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 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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                            • C Colin Mullikin

                              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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                              • T thrakazog

                                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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                                • M Marco Bertschi

                                  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.

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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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                                    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
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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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                                      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.

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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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                                          lewax00
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                                          You look a little out of place there, with nearly everyone else (I only noticed one other that wasn't) being from Colorado Springs ;P

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