A friend of mine worked dairy. He was walking into the back room when a woman asked him where to find the cheese. Without looking at her, without breaking stride, he very politely replied "Ma'am, we don't carry cheese."
Amazing. Some guy was taking money out of an ATM near my house and was kidnapped. Then he was murdered and burned. A few days later, some guy was getting money from an ATM when he was abducted and murdered.
One answer would be to avoid ATMs. Another would be to avoid money. But money and access to said money are not the problem. Robbery is punishable by death for good reason.
Well, except that you're talking out of your ass. The most common emergency (American) gun owners face is a car accident/wreck, even more so than the typical American because they are more likely to own a car. Crazy, isn't it? And I know what you meant, but it's a blatant lie even before the yearly million plus defensive brandishments are taken into account.
Cops surrender their personal weapons all the time. Go read The Onion Field.
There were at least three instances of police surrendering their weapons in a one week period in the Los Angeles area. Two of the officers were released by their captors. One was murdered and his partner was chased for hours.
The debate has raged for years, and tends to revert to "do what fits the situation."
All well and good, except that the only reason the situation didn't end badly was the whim of a predator. I'd rather not depend on the mercies of those who have demonstrated a willingness and a capability to harm me.
Naw, man. Letting "them" kill "us" in exchange for a seat at the table while slowly cutting off their money and support...I suppose that works when the "us" they kill can be written off. Fuck that. What if those who died mattered to you instead of being abstractions?
Imagine I've got a knife to your throat. Now, instead of opening your neck I kick your mother to death. Awhile later I kick your father to death. Then your brother. Then your sister. Then your neighbor. And so on.
Then, eventually, you convince me to put down the knife. I've still got a pipe in my other hand, but that nasty knife is forgotten.
Korea? Are you shitting me? Seriously, do you have the first clue about the comprehensive ass-kicking that was inflicted on N. Korea and China during that war? (Hint: millions of dead soldiers only applies to one side)
The fourth, where prepared positions are reduced to flaming rubble and crushed underneath the treads of advancing armor. The Iran-Iraq war taught tankers to sleep in their tanks, as incoming fire tended to bounce off (direct hits excepted). Desert Storm taught another lesson - tanks die, sleep in trenches as far away as possible.
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I'm not the only person who thinks DS needs to be skullfucked by a tag-team of Ted Nelson and the ghost of Vannevar Bush, am I?
With a cattle prod, apparently.
They spend that $500 once, then recycle it into endless free components.
That's why they're despised and blacklisted.
You were overpaid and your anecdote sucks.
A friend of mine worked dairy.
He was walking into the back room when a woman asked him where to find the cheese.
Without looking at her, without breaking stride, he very politely replied "Ma'am, we don't carry cheese."
What should be done about the million plus deer that would then starve to death?
Bzzt.
The most commonly issued police shotgun is the Remington 870.
The second most commonly issued police shotgun is the Mossberg 590.
Both are pump action.
The military is moving to a semi-auto standard, but isn't quite there.
Amazing.
Some guy was taking money out of an ATM near my house and was kidnapped.
Then he was murdered and burned.
A few days later, some guy was getting money from an ATM when he was abducted and murdered.
One answer would be to avoid ATMs.
Another would be to avoid money.
But money and access to said money are not the problem.
Robbery is punishable by death for good reason.
Ah, in my zeal to respond I overlooked the "gun-related" part of the emergency.
However, the typical gun is fired less than 10 times, so I believe my points remain valid.
Remember, guns don't kill people.
But everyone dies.
Well, except that you're talking out of your ass.
The most common emergency (American) gun owners face is a car accident/wreck, even more so than the typical American because they are more likely to own a car.
Crazy, isn't it?
And I know what you meant, but it's a blatant lie even before the yearly million plus defensive brandishments are taken into account.
I did set that reminder...in the meantime, keep strokin' it for Gore.
We'll miss you.
Wrong.
Cops surrender their personal weapons all the time.
Go read The Onion Field.
There were at least three instances of police surrendering their weapons in a one week period in the Los Angeles area.
Two of the officers were released by their captors.
One was murdered and his partner was chased for hours.
The debate has raged for years, and tends to revert to "do what fits the situation."
All well and good, except that the only reason the situation didn't end badly was the whim of a predator.
I'd rather not depend on the mercies of those who have demonstrated a willingness and a capability to harm me.
I wasn't talking of election results, for heaven's sake.
Wow.
Just...a majority of one?
RYS::As opposed to a gay jacket?
Naw, man.
Letting "them" kill "us" in exchange for a seat at the table while slowly cutting off their money and support...I suppose that works when the "us" they kill can be written off.
Fuck that.
What if those who died mattered to you instead of being abstractions?
Imagine I've got a knife to your throat.
Now, instead of opening your neck I kick your mother to death.
Awhile later I kick your father to death.
Then your brother.
Then your sister.
Then your neighbor.
And so on.
Then, eventually, you convince me to put down the knife.
I've still got a pipe in my other hand, but that nasty knife is forgotten.
Did I forget that I've got two hands or did you?
I'm not hiding.
I'm not slapping stickers on my car, true, but I'm not hiding.
BTW...50% is a misunderestimation...
The history of our nation pales in comparasion to the history of your sister.
Seven joyride kids in one pair of hookup posterkids?
Slap some PCV on the genespout already!
"There's more than just speed"
-- Seymour Cray
Perfectly functional?
I thought he was upgrading a Powerbook.
How would jailing impede dick-use?
I mean, based on precedent and stuff.
No, it's that other characteristic of geeks - they're pussies.
Korea?
Are you shitting me?
Seriously, do you have the first clue about the comprehensive ass-kicking that was inflicted on N. Korea and China during that war?
(Hint: millions of dead soldiers only applies to one side)
The fourth, where prepared positions are reduced to flaming rubble and crushed underneath the treads of advancing armor.
The Iran-Iraq war taught tankers to sleep in their tanks, as incoming fire tended to bounce off (direct hits excepted).
Desert Storm taught another lesson - tanks die, sleep in trenches as far away as possible.