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Uhg, mall ninjas.

Yes, you should be comfortable and capable with your firearms. But people don't have to drill every other week to be capable of home defense. This is especially true with a shotgun. I've seen every argument to the contrary, and put politely, they're bull.

People that have learned to use their firearms competently deal with bad guys all the time, including "little old ladies" you don't see in battledress, drilling in a damn shoot house.

Personally, I've always liked the idea that, in a situation where I need it, throwing a round into battery (on whatever I'm using) will act as a universal language for, "get the fuck out". Obviously nobody counts on that, so yes, you'd best be able to use it. It's not exactly brain surgery though.

That said, a basic safety course is a good idea. You'll cover seemingly simple, but important ideas like... don't ever shoot until you know what you're shooting at. It may well be your teenager sneaking into the house.

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I'd guess the stores will be a little pissed about this, since it obviously got press. No doubt it started with some shitbrick Mall Ninja trying to feel important: http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

.. it's like dog treats to the cops themselves -- they get to play Rambo in a safe sandbox.

Citation: Mall Ninja

"rogue IT admins" are the only thing worse than, "mall ninjas." *Dunt, dunt, duuuuunt!*

The true mall ninja accepts only the best...

We'll nuke you from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

Also do you happen to know the mall ninja? http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

That's ALL the power they have is it? You obviously don't know about mall ninjas, how would they deal with the headbangers?
  "Gone are the days of gangbangers armed with chrome Lorcin .25s and tec 9s. A lot of these kids are sporting Glocks in 10mm and .357, some USPs, Sigs, and an occasional Desert Eagle in .50AE. Usually they are wearing at least level IIA concealible vests. Long arms range from AKs to AR15s, the usual shotguns and some long-range stuff. Ran into one with a Rem700p in 300 win-mag with a Leupold Mk4 sitting on top of it."

http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

Mall Ninja, is that you?

Mall ninja, is that you?

Here ya go. I've had one for several months now, and though I've had it lock up a few times, it hasn't done so any more than the Creative Jukeboxes. Otherwise, I think it's the best player on the market.

Why's it better than the iPod? Better battery life, better format support (Ogg and Flac), better playlisting features, and most of all, gapless playback. As far as I know, it's the only player on the market that does this. Ogg and Flac play back exactly as originally recorded, and mp3 plays just as well about 90% of the time.

Nice, flat output that's clear across the spectrum. No muddy bass or tinny treble "enhancement." Excellent fully-customizable parametric EQ.

So yeah, there've been some bad hard-drives out there, but after my experience with a Creative Jukebox, I've learned to always get the extended warranty in this case. I've not had any problems beyond 6-7 lockup/resets, and yes, it's used as a portable with me.

This page explains it much better than I ever could. The great thing about the fact that it acts just like a USB hard disk is that you can put anything you want on there. Want to shift some ISO images to your friends house who doesn't have broadband? stick them on the iRiver and take it over to him. Although it's a USB2 device it will still work with USB1.1 only computers, just slower.

I keep a backup of my University work on mine, that way if my house burns down or my computer gets stolen while I'm out, chances are that I'll have the iRiver with me and so won't be inconvenienced by the loss of work. (Insurance may be able to replace a stolen computer, but try getting them to replace a 10,000 word report you spent weeks writing.)