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How many times I've heard that damn crab crone "kiss the girl.?" Thank god I drew the line at a teletubby disk collection.

Have you considered investing in one of these?

The amber glasses used by shooters work by blocking blue light. The lens in your eye is a simple lens, so suffers from chromatic aberration. It does not focus the different colors of light onto the exact same spot. So what you see can be sharpened by blocking one end of the visible spectrum - red or blue. Your eyes are most sensitive to detail in green, less so in red, and suck at resolving blue. So blue light can be filtered out with very little effect on visual acuity (other than color accuracy). With less chromatic aberration, what you see appears slightly sharper.

Cabelas lists .223 ammo as rifle ammo, so this is all a moot point.

Something many people may be unaware of, is that black powder weapons are completely uncontrolled. Bullets can't be expensive so long as lead is pennies a pound -- I've cast them myself, it's a really simple procedure -- and cartridges are frequently reloaded. It's a joke, and a reasonably funny one, but it doesn't go much further than that. Even if somehow all existing cartridges could be cleared from circulation to prevent reloading, you'd just see a rise in the ownership of black powder pistols.

I have a double major degree in Journalism and Political Science - trust me

No.

I looked up the ad

And you think the names "Cricket" and "Chipmunk" and "My First Gun" were designed to appeal to adults? It's not, "My Kid's First Gun", but rather "My First Gun".

Crickett firearms are not targeting child demographics with their ads, as readily evidenced by looking at advertising in media children actually watch.

Right. Gun marketing is never targeted at children.

http://www.cabelas.com/categor...

I think you should get right in the fucking sea.

Lead shot has been off the market for decades

Did you forget to add "where I live" ... maybe?

Otherwise what I purchased just last week would either be illegal or worth it's weight in gold as they are stilt widely available in many a store, including online with the worlds foremost outfitters"

Well there were privately owned war ships operating as privateers as well as heavily armed merchant ships. Also lets not forget about the US v. Miller calse where the US government argued that the weapon that Miller had could not be possessed because it was not a legitimate weapon of war. Sprinkle in that we have laws about owning sporting firearms not being challenged and the various handgun bans being overturned and it would seem that the private citizen should be able to own anything from a simple .22lr breach-loading pistol up to at least a battle ship or if you want a WMD like a Davy Crockett recoilless rifle (it is a smooth bore device even). Even present day owning a Gatling style gun isn't banned as they are not considered to be a fully auto weapon and there are kits to make your own.

Marlin .22 LR semiautomatic rifle + 10 round magazine = Assault Weapon under the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.

Ruger .22 LR semiautomatic rifle + 10 round magazine = NOT an Assault Weapon under the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.

The difference? The Marlin has a vertical magazine, rather than a rotary magazine that fits flush into the receiver. Legally, an "assault weapon" is a largely a cosmetic definition.

Marlin .22 LR semiautomatic rifle + 10 round magazine = Assault Weapon under the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.

Ruger .22 LR semiautomatic rifle + 10 round magazine = NOT an Assault Weapon under the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.

The difference? The Marlin has a vertical magazine, rather than a rotary magazine that fits flush into the receiver. Legally, an "assault weapon" is a largely a cosmetic definition.

Why does it have to have 3g or edge?

All that is needed is photo evidence, not real time monitoring.

Try this: http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1325725

$5000? come on, why give the trash dumpers something to steal?

200 bucks is affordable, and hide-able, and silent and uses Infra Red flash.

You can strap it to a tree, and no one would notice.

I find it odd that the best solution is mentioned right in the question.

You're obviously not a hunter. A game camera is what you're describing. They're camo motion activated cameras you mount to a tree. You can have it snap pictures to an SD card, some of them have night vision, etc. Cabelas has some examples: http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/search.cmd?form_state=searchForm&N=0&fsch=true&Ntk=AllProducts&Ntt=game+camera&x=0&y=0&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products

Do a little googling, and you'll find lots of people writing about positive results using Walker Game Ear devices as cheap hearing aid substitutes. They don't have the frequency fine-tuning that medical devices have, but you can give a $200 Game Ear a try, and return it if it doesn't work. Try that with a $3k hearing aid...

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/browse/hunting-hunting-accessories-hearing-protection-enhancement/walkers-game-ear/_/N-1100132+1000005098/Ne-1000005098?WTz_l=SBC%3BBRprd708259&WTz_st=GuidedNav&WTz_stype=GNU

Ok, obviously none of you guys are marksmen, or are forgetting ear protection tech. Let me give you an example which should clarify this and give further clarity to the "always recording" argument.

Guns are LOUD...a lot louder than they seem on tv...typically 140 - 190db. When there is a gunfight in a room and people have a conversation afterwards on tv, I chuckle. Unless they are wearing hearing protection (colloquially: "ears") all they would hear after the gunfight would be ringing. It is mandatory on most outdoor ranges and all indoor ranges that people wear hearing protection. Three or four .45ACP shots in an indoor range without protection, and you're deaf for at least the rest of the day.

Cheap hearing protection tends to be earplugs or big muffs, like you might see on an airport runway. But competitive marksman typically use electronic "ears" that permit normal conversation via an external mic on the headphones (and in fact amplify normal sound up to 45db), but shut down for any gunshot, essentially a fast audio gate. And they work flawlessly.

Once you turn them on, they are always listening for any sound above 85db, which they will attenuate by at least 30db, usually much more. How is that possible, if they have to "hear" the sound before they protect your ears from it? Because they are insanely fast, on the order of 1 - 1.5 ms.

I suspect similar technology is being used in the "gunshot detection systems" and it is very possible to only record the gunshot if the threshold is above 85db.

If aliens scooped up all humans tomorrow, the rest of Nature would manage just fine, in its own sometimes grisly way.

You can say exactly the same about doctors...

Bigger point still remains: "game management" is used to justify hunters slaughtering animals to fulfill a human urge to kill

This statement only informs the world that you are not a hunter and you do not understand hunting. Why in the world hunters would feed animals if they hate them so much? But they do even though it costs some good money.

I would say that hunters love animals far more than a typical city dweller does. They respect them. Most animals that are seen in the fields and forests are left alone. You are probably loving your dog just as much (if you have a dog - I just posit this for the argument) but you would have it killed if its life comes to the natural and very painful end. Nothing that is alive lives forever, and animals don't have an easy time dying from old age. They are usually eaten by predators, alive, as they are dying.

Hunters pay fees, sometimes large fees, to Fish and Game, for the privilege to hunt in general and separately for privileges to hunt specific animals. You can't just walk into a forest and shoot deer left and right; you'd be dragged to prison for that. The monies that are collected are spent on improvements of wildlife habitats. But what has a common city man done to improve the life of a deer in a forest?

With regard to "killing," that same common man from the city is a killer too. How many innocent cows did he slaughter, however indirectly? How many innocent chickens and turkeys were killed on his orders? But as long as he buys the meat "in the store where it is made" he thinks his hands are clean. But they are not. Hunters are simply honest about that; humans are not ruminants, we can't live on grasses alone. Some animal food is necessary for health. Hence, we kill for food. (Vegetarians don't, but they are a minority.) A deer taken in the forest and eaten may spare one cow. Can we say that a cow's life is less important?

I understand that /. is not an ideal forum to discuss outdoor activities. However a geek would react with derision when someone clueless comes with a premade and unchangeable opinion on how to write software. What if I come and tell you that I heard on the radio that for (;;) is bad style and now you are required only to use goto? I wouldn't insist on the other party to be intimately familiar with actual cost of these statements in machine commands, but at least I'd ask for basic awareness of issues and then for willingness to accept arguments for and against the subject.

http://www.cabelas.com/military-arms-ibm-m1-carbine-30-caliber.shtml

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Camping/Lights/Flashlights%7C/pc/104795280/c/104743080/sc/104332680/SureFire-Outdoorsman-LED-Flashlights/1221819.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fcamping-lights-flashlights%2F_%2FN-1100700%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104332680%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104794380%253Bcat104743080&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104794380%3Bcat104743080%3Bcat104332680

There is a comparable flashlight, and it is only 85 lumens. Try to find something around 500 lumens, then compare prices, I think you will be surprised by how cheap this light is. I know this is /., so this is toxic to us, but if you RTFA, he actually goes over the reasons. A normal everyday LED flashlight at these kinds of lumens are >$300 usually, the programable one is $80, and you can play with the source code to make it function how you want, and it is rechargeable.

Ballistic knife = crossbow. I've always wondered why you don't see more crimes committed with crossbows. Imagine what this or this would do to a person rather then a dear. I suppose you only get one shot, but some of those mechanical broad heads are pretty insane.

Ballistic knife = crossbow. I've always wondered why you don't see more crimes committed with crossbows. Imagine what this or this would do to a person rather then a dear. I suppose you only get one shot, but some of those mechanical broad heads are pretty insane.

You don't seem to have followed the link that I posted, which mentions "9.3mm caliber (.366" diameter) ... Bullet weights typically run in the 250-300 grain range"

9mm FMJ is typically 115 grain. Weight of 250 gr is more standard for .45 ACP. 300 grain is the weight for .50.

I'd light a cigarette to go with my 5 o'clock shadow, strap on a bullet belt, and teach any of the dogs responsible for this mess,

And once you are well on your war path you will suddenly discover that bullets in your bullet belt don't come with cartridge, primer and powder charge. You'd have to throw them, real hard :-) or perhaps study ahead of time how this whole thing works.

You're kidding right? There's going to be scads of ammo laying around. Especially from all those fools who are stocking piling thousands upon thousands of rounds. They don't realize that they can't carry that much, they're not in a place that can withstand a siege, and that if they start trying to use it all themselves they're likely going to become dead in very short order. And they'll drop lots of ammo and guns.

I'd light a cigarette to go with my 5 o'clock shadow, strap on a bullet belt, and teach any of the dogs responsible for this mess,

And once you are well on your war path you will suddenly discover that bullets in your bullet belt don't come with cartridge, primer and powder charge. You'd have to throw them, real hard :-) or perhaps study ahead of time how this whole thing works.

if you're going out to the local mall, and your kid's just at the age where they're free to wander a little, it may be a good idea

If they were cheaper, I would definitely get these for my kids when we go backpacking. The problem isn't so much crazy people roaming the hills, but simply an absent-minded kid wandering off and freezing to death. It does happen. (I am assuming there's some way to use this without a cellular network around?) Heck, I would buy one for myself if they were cheaper, I go out by myself sometimes and if you break your leg in the backcountry it would save everybody a lot of time and expense.

I prefer my security system to use wireless communication and backed up with lead notification system.

Have on order a transfer switch from here - a reputable brand with an installation scheme that's doable by anyone comfortable working in a breaker box - doesn't need the main power turned off to do it, just the circuits you want to transfer to.

If you're running sensitive electronics (I have a couple of servers running here that are vital to business) you want something with an inverter - not the sort of Chinese-made generators that your local hardware store is likely to carry. If your needs are modest, Honda and Yamaha make quiet, efficient, very portable models (that can be run in tandem, too, if your needs grow). The best deal I found for something that has an inverter, is light enough to lift, and can fill very modest demands (since I can heat with wood when required, and refrigerate by putting stuff in a cold room if it's winter) is this.

Still awaiting delivery, though.

get a Digital Night Game Camera with IR flash http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0046571417902a.shtml

I'd say you might want to go with a least a 5/8" thick hull. And maybe some heavy duty mounts. Standard drywall screws probably won't do the trick... And to really sell the idea, include a sub-detection unit and a good, quiet propulsion system.

I'd say you might want to go with a least a 5/8" thick hull. And maybe some heavy duty mounts. Standard drywall screws probably won't do the trick... And to really sell the idea, include a sub-detection unit and a good, quiet propulsion system.

I'm sure some would pay a couple hundred extra for an iPod that would survive a six foot drop and a six foot dunk. I wish there were a cell phone that would (damn nokia).

Since you'll probably not get it, stick a bluetooth transmitter on the ipod and stick it in a sealed RF transparent but near invulnerable box. ;) It'll cost about the same.

I'm not sure if the following offers any remote capability, didn't look to close and I'm not endorsing them, just pointing at the first I found
http://www.bluetomorrow.com/content/section/153/255/

Not sure if both would fit in here http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=NQ0NFJEDBR0IRLAQBBICCOVMCAEFCIWE?id=0037999018340a&type=product&cmCat=perf&rid=0180101070502&xpid=k17401&cm_ven=Performics&cm_cat=Affiliate-click&cm_pla=Nextag&cm_ite=DDI%20Link&afsrc=1&_requestid=121893

but should fit in here, the other one is a bit more portable but Pelican is good stuff.
http://www.pelicanproducts.us.com/detailaspx8.html?gclid=CPTnguLP05ACFQUsPAodBDFxXQ

The sense of smell is a big deal in the way predator and prey interact. For example, without a doubt the best way to get rid of the squirrels in your attic is to squirt just a small amount of fox urine fox urine up there. Just a few drops around your attic ladder opening will have those little farts on the run and gone within a day. Then plug up whatever holes originally allowed them to get up there and the problem is solved.

One caution: I've found that it only works once. If you don't seal up those holes, the squirrels come back and the second application doesn't work. Maybe you just need fresh urine. But no matter the reason, don't put off the soffet repairs (or whatever work you need to do) after scaring them away.

I was thinking of "count" with regard to the way rifle ammunition is sold, as 150 grain, 165 grain, 180 grain, etc.

A whole host of options for protecting your ears. I have some of the Walker's Game Ears to protect me during shooting, hunting, and other noisy activities. The clip noises at 110db if I remember correctly.

I use Etymotic ear buds around the office to give a 25dB reduction in ambient chatter while mixing music with the various puter noises.

You do know that one way to catch catfish is to use your index finger as tackle? (and often your entire hand and parts of fore-arm...)

This sounds like one catfish you wouldn't want to go noodling for! In the US people catch catfish up to 100lb or so by hand but I think 646lb fish might be a little much!

It runs on IE, and the average /. reader won't touch that with a bargepole

For those slashdot users who would touch IE if they had a barge pole:

General Purpose 6-12 ft extension pole
Avery Push Pole (for water use)

Wow. Looks like he's using either a SKS replacement stock to mount the yagi antenna

Picture here

I'd use this. Quite a bit more effective than your puny 1000 candle power mini-spotlight. After you blind them with this they might think twice about coming after you, as long as their retinas are important to them anyways.

RoboFrog v1.0, which will be followed closely by RoboRedneck v1.0 (steel and aluminum telescopic gig accessory standard on the "dee-lux" model!) Also, you won't have to worry about this (although fabricated anyway) happening, as the Kevlar waders accessory are already available for ordering.

We do this, too. Only WalMart seems to have stopped carrying the Plano Stowaway line that we like, so we get them at Academy instead.