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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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      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. :)

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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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          • 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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              "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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                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.


                    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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                      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


                          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
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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
                              -----
                              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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