For that matter, if an "assault weapon" has a 5 round "hunting" magazine in it why outlaw it? Because it has a black plastic stock, or is it the attachment point for a flashlight?
That's the part that frustrates the hell out of me. According to that idiot Feinstein, if a shotgun has a retractable butt stock on it, it becomes a dangerous weapon and needs to be banned. Trying to figure out why my Mossberg 500 with a black butt stock is so much more dangerous than my Winchester 42 skeet with the wooden butt stock makes my head hurt.
Specifically, I seem to remember that he said that a gun was not to be used for any other purpose *BUT* to kill, so he was trained not to use it unless killing somebody was actually warranted under the circumstances.
I find it hard to believe that's not blatantly obvious. If I raise my weapon at someone, I believe my life is in danger and I have made the decision to kill that person if I need to. Just because I have raised my weapon doesn't mean I WILL shoot it, but I am ready to with the full understanding that the other party probably won't live.
Moreover, it's actually possible to defend oneself against a knife, whereas you can really only defend yourself from a gun if you're already in close quarters. So don't scoff at the idea of fighting off attackers with brooms -- after all, this is coming from the country that invented kung fu.
You've obviously never seen an someone attacked by a lunatic with a knife. You will have 10 holes in you before you even know what is happening. I fear knives more than I do guns.
It's funny because a very noisy, home invasion type crime such is this is the only scenario to my mind where the right to keep a gun in your home is any use.
The problem is that it hardly ever happens in the manner you describe.
Maybe where you live, but in Central Florida, home invasions where criminals bust through the door or sliding glass doors is quite common, especially around the universities where invaders target students. And quite a few times the criminals don't make it out, and I am glad. Just a few months ago, 3 criminals busted into an apartment where students lived. One of the students happened to have a gun in the apartment. He came out of his room and fired at the criminals, hitting 1 of them. The other 2 jumped out of the second story window. All 3 were caught. I wish all three were buried, but maybe next time.
imagine Christopher Columbia launching himself into an the magma flow of an active volcano to establish a colony there or announcing that he was journeying to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench to establish deep-sea colonies.
I couldn't agree more. AutoCAD is the only thing keeping me from being able to run Linux at work. It doesn't run under WINE, and there is no alternative. AutoCAD is the industry standard, and until there is a true Linux version or Linux CAD program that is 100% compatible with AutoCAD, I am stuck.
I actually think Cisco support is good. We added VSS support on our 6509 switches and our 6513 switches and we didn't have to upgrade the IOS.
We did have a blade go out in one of our 6513's. Cisco helped us identify the bad blade, and then had a replacement in our hands in 3 hours. For us, that kind of response is an absolute must. We also had Extreme core switches which have been replaced with Cisco's because of higher failure rates and slow support response.
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I've gone home with some angels and woken up to demons. Is that the same ;)
Yea sorry, that's what I get for reading the comments too quickly while at work; I hate when I do that.
Here is the story I was referring to: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-10-25/news/os-suspect-shot-home-invasion-ucf-20121025_1_home-invasion-suspect-shot-deputies
For that matter, if an "assault weapon" has a 5 round "hunting" magazine in it why outlaw it? Because it has a black plastic stock, or is it the attachment point for a flashlight?
That's the part that frustrates the hell out of me. According to that idiot Feinstein, if a shotgun has a retractable butt stock on it, it becomes a dangerous weapon and needs to be banned. Trying to figure out why my Mossberg 500 with a black butt stock is so much more dangerous than my Winchester 42 skeet with the wooden butt stock makes my head hurt.
Specifically, I seem to remember that he said that a gun was not to be used for any other purpose *BUT* to kill, so he was trained not to use it unless killing somebody was actually warranted under the circumstances.
I find it hard to believe that's not blatantly obvious. If I raise my weapon at someone, I believe my life is in danger and I have made the decision to kill that person if I need to. Just because I have raised my weapon doesn't mean I WILL shoot it, but I am ready to with the full understanding that the other party probably won't live.
No one tosses a dwarf!
I toss my dwarf all the time.
Moreover, it's actually possible to defend oneself against a knife, whereas you can really only defend yourself from a gun if you're already in close quarters. So don't scoff at the idea of fighting off attackers with brooms -- after all, this is coming from the country that invented kung fu.
You've obviously never seen an someone attacked by a lunatic with a knife. You will have 10 holes in you before you even know what is happening. I fear knives more than I do guns.
It's funny because a very noisy, home invasion type crime such is this is the only scenario to my mind where the right to keep a gun in your home is any use.
The problem is that it hardly ever happens in the manner you describe.
Maybe where you live, but in Central Florida, home invasions where criminals bust through the door or sliding glass doors is quite common, especially around the universities where invaders target students. And quite a few times the criminals don't make it out, and I am glad. Just a few months ago, 3 criminals busted into an apartment where students lived. One of the students happened to have a gun in the apartment. He came out of his room and fired at the criminals, hitting 1 of them. The other 2 jumped out of the second story window. All 3 were caught. I wish all three were buried, but maybe next time.
Sporadic-E monitor would be great.
imagine Christopher Columbia launching himself into an the magma flow of an active volcano to establish a colony there or announcing that he was journeying to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench to establish deep-sea colonies.
He didn't?
They didn't "need" a whole team, there just a union shop.
I couldn't agree more. AutoCAD is the only thing keeping me from being able to run Linux at work. It doesn't run under WINE, and there is no alternative. AutoCAD is the industry standard, and until there is a true Linux version or Linux CAD program that is 100% compatible with AutoCAD, I am stuck.
Yea, I agree that doesn't leave you a lot of options. That would aggravate me as well.
I actually think Cisco support is good. We added VSS support on our 6509 switches and our 6513 switches and we didn't have to upgrade the IOS. We did have a blade go out in one of our 6513's. Cisco helped us identify the bad blade, and then had a replacement in our hands in 3 hours. For us, that kind of response is an absolute must. We also had Extreme core switches which have been replaced with Cisco's because of higher failure rates and slow support response.