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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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          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. :)

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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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              "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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                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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                  "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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                      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.


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

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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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                          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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                            • M Marco Bertschi

                              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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                                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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                                  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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                                  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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                                    • 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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                                      • J Jorgen Andersson

                                        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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                                        Marco Bertschi
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                                        They were bought by some russian guys (as far as I can remember correctly)

                                        cheers Marco Bertschi


                                        Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal UI experts know best, especially more than a mere user. - Wizzar

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                                        • M Marco Bertschi

                                          They were bought by some russian guys (as far as I can remember correctly)

                                          cheers Marco Bertschi


                                          Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal UI experts know best, especially more than a mere user. - Wizzar

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                                          Jorgen Andersson
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                                          Rheinmetall actually.

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

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