The pistol is to keep anyone from taking your stuff.
What are you gonna do when they show up with rifles? Pistol doesn't do you much good in a real combat situation. It's only real advantage is that it's small enough to conceal and you don't really have an excuse not to carry one. There's an expression somewhere along the lines of "The pistol is the gun that you use to fight your way back to a real gun." I'm somewhat surprised that you left the shotgun off your list. Hard to get more versatile than a shotgun.
My list would look like this:
Pistol for concealable self-defense when the long guns can't accompany you. Ideally this will be in a common caliber (.45 ACP or 9x19 are probably your best bets) that's easier to find if your own supplies should run low.
12 gauge pump action shotgun. With the right loads you can hunt just about anything in North America with this weapon. It also does double duty as a short range defensive weapon.
Service rifle for self-defense. The AR-15 and civilian variants of the AK-47 both come to mind, as does the Ruger Mini-14 and Mini-30. The AR and Mini-14 are probably better bets in the US as.223/5.56mm will be easier to come by. If you live in a restrictive state that's afraid of black rifles then a M1 Garand will do in a pinch. You lose some magazine capacity but gain a lot more range and stopping power. The.30-06 Springfield is still the most common high power caliber in North America and will be easier to find supplies for than most other calibers.
I would consider a bolt action rifle an optional addition to the above list. The 12 gauge is a more useful tool. You can hunt anything from varmint to birds to medium game with the shotgun. If I was going to add a bolt action, I'd probably get a centerfire rifle in a common caliber (.30-06 would be my choice) for long range shooting and a rimfire rifle (.22LR) for varmint hunting and cheap training.
The two GSM bands in use in the US are 850 and 1900 Mhz.
T-Mobile is building out a good portion of their 3G network on the AWS band, which is 2110 - 2155 MHz for the downlink and 1710 - 1755 MHz on the upload.
LORAN-C towers are a hell of a lot more vulnerable than a satellite constellation. Have you ever visited one? Some of them are located in the most god-awful corners of the planet.
At the time of the missile attack, the LORAN station was under the command of Lt. Ernest DelBueno, who panicked and attempted to evacuate his American crew by calling in a U.S. Navy transport helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Four (HC-4), abandoning the Italians on his base, and in the community on the other end of the island.
Wow, way to live up to your uniform there buddy......
Again if neither system is being maintained it means 3 of the worlds top economies can no longer afford to maintain a major component of their transportation network, aka the end of civilization.
Yeah, it'd be a shame if our country couldn't maintain a major component of our transportation network.....
Garek: "In case you've forgotten, we're in a war."
O'Brien: "There are rules, Garak, even in a war!"
Garek: "Correction. Humans have rules in war. Rules that make victory a little harder to achieve, in my opinion."
Federation: Why that would be smashing! Gentlemen's rules apply?
I liked Garek's idea of a fair fight:
Garek: When the Klingons attacked the station, Gul Dukat and I were fighting side by side. At one point, he turned his back to me, and I must admit that for a moment, he made a very tempting target.
Odo: You'd shoot a man in the back?
Garek: Well, it's the safest way, isn't it?
I'm willing to engage in any argument where the other person is willing to back up his claims. So far all I've got from you is the debunked claim that the 2nd amendment only protects a collective right, some FUD about "automatic" weapons, combined with some stereotyping for added flavor.
Of course since your signature line takes another complicated political issue and boils it down to "get over it" perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree when looking for intellectual exercise from you.
Ah, I think I see how this works. Because I believe that the 2nd amendment protects an individual right (an opinion shared by nearly 3/4 of all Americans) I'm a "fundamentalist crackpot"? I guess labeling people as such makes it easier for you to avoid any strenuous intellectual activity when confronted with opposing points of view.
You haven't actually read it have you? 'Well regulated militia' are the EXACT words from the SAME SENTENCE as 'right to bear arms'.
You haven't read Heller v. DC have you?
Complete and utter bullshit. It was for national defense in a militia, not for attacks within the boarders from itself.
That's one of the purposes. The primary purpose was to serve as a final line of defense against the ends of government being perverted. Don't take my word for it though. Go read the Federalist Papers and the debates at the State Houses during the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
Interesting that you choose not to respond to my point about the National Firearms Act or the militia. I'll take your silence as a tacit admission that you were wrong on both counts, have no idea what you are talking about and are only repeating the talking points of the Brady campaign.
Because it is in the context of a 'well regulated militia'.
The Supreme Court disagrees with you.
Housing a large number of unregistered automatic weapons is in no way 'well-regulated'
Surely you are informed enough to know that automatic weapons have been regulated since 1934 and all automatic weapons have to be registered with the BATFE, right?
nor can a bunch of yahoos with guns hung on the back window of a pickup truck be considered a militia.
The United States Code defines the militia as most able bodied males from 17 to 45 years old.
'Bear arms' refers to the right to serve in the military
Citation needed.
Yes they wanted to keep the right for citizens to have their own personal firearm, but no one in their right mind thinks the intent was for average citizens to have the ridiculous amount of firepower they have now.
The intent was for the citizenry to possess sufficient firepower to serve as the final check and balance against a tyrannical government. What do you consider to be 'ridiculous' firepower anyway?
You realize the person you replied to was talking about Finland, right? Finland is in the top 10 for guns per capita and has a rich history of private firearms ownership and hunting.
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good American bash though:)
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I believe in this case, the appropriate joke would be "1998 called, they'd like their joke back."
If we give them the joke back can we have their projected budgetary surplus?
The pistol is to keep anyone from taking your stuff.
What are you gonna do when they show up with rifles? Pistol doesn't do you much good in a real combat situation. It's only real advantage is that it's small enough to conceal and you don't really have an excuse not to carry one. There's an expression somewhere along the lines of "The pistol is the gun that you use to fight your way back to a real gun." I'm somewhat surprised that you left the shotgun off your list. Hard to get more versatile than a shotgun.
My list would look like this:
I would consider a bolt action rifle an optional addition to the above list. The 12 gauge is a more useful tool. You can hunt anything from varmint to birds to medium game with the shotgun. If I was going to add a bolt action, I'd probably get a centerfire rifle in a common caliber (.30-06 would be my choice) for long range shooting and a rimfire rifle (.22LR) for varmint hunting and cheap training.
The two GSM bands in use in the US are 850 and 1900 Mhz.
T-Mobile is building out a good portion of their 3G network on the AWS band, which is 2110 - 2155 MHz for the downlink and 1710 - 1755 MHz on the upload.
Wouldn't you be scared if a woman who answers phone calls at 3am while dodging sniper fire turned her attention towards you? ;)
LORAN-C towers are a hell of a lot more vulnerable than a satellite constellation. Have you ever visited one? Some of them are located in the most god-awful corners of the planet.
New Jersey? ;)
At the time of the missile attack, the LORAN station was under the command of Lt. Ernest DelBueno, who panicked and attempted to evacuate his American crew by calling in a U.S. Navy transport helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Four (HC-4), abandoning the Italians on his base, and in the community on the other end of the island.
Wow, way to live up to your uniform there buddy......
Again if neither system is being maintained it means 3 of the worlds top economies can no longer afford to maintain a major component of their transportation network, aka the end of civilization.
Yeah, it'd be a shame if our country couldn't maintain a major component of our transportation network.....
Your friend wasn't the navigator on the USS San Francisco by any chance, was he? ;)
That episode had another great Garek line in it:
Garek: "In case you've forgotten, we're in a war."
O'Brien: "There are rules, Garak, even in a war!"
Garek: "Correction. Humans have rules in war. Rules that make victory a little harder to achieve, in my opinion."
Yeah, it's almost like they ripped off some outside writing to get fresh ideas or something......
Federation: Why that would be smashing! Gentlemen's rules apply?
I liked Garek's idea of a fair fight:
Garek: When the Klingons attacked the station, Gul Dukat and I were fighting side by side. At one point, he turned his back to me, and I must admit that for a moment, he made a very tempting target.
Odo: You'd shoot a man in the back?
Garek: Well, it's the safest way, isn't it?
I'm willing to engage in any argument where the other person is willing to back up his claims. So far all I've got from you is the debunked claim that the 2nd amendment only protects a collective right, some FUD about "automatic" weapons, combined with some stereotyping for added flavor.
Of course since your signature line takes another complicated political issue and boils it down to "get over it" perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree when looking for intellectual exercise from you.
Ah, I think I see how this works. Because I believe that the 2nd amendment protects an individual right (an opinion shared by nearly 3/4 of all Americans) I'm a "fundamentalist crackpot"? I guess labeling people as such makes it easier for you to avoid any strenuous intellectual activity when confronted with opposing points of view.
Good day to you sir.
You haven't actually read it have you? 'Well regulated militia' are the EXACT words from the SAME SENTENCE as 'right to bear arms'.
You haven't read Heller v. DC have you?
Complete and utter bullshit. It was for national defense in a militia, not for attacks within the boarders from itself.
That's one of the purposes. The primary purpose was to serve as a final line of defense against the ends of government being perverted. Don't take my word for it though. Go read the Federalist Papers and the debates at the State Houses during the ratification of the Bill of Rights.
Interesting that you choose not to respond to my point about the National Firearms Act or the militia. I'll take your silence as a tacit admission that you were wrong on both counts, have no idea what you are talking about and are only repeating the talking points of the Brady campaign.
Because it is in the context of a 'well regulated militia'.
The Supreme Court disagrees with you.
Housing a large number of unregistered automatic weapons is in no way 'well-regulated'
Surely you are informed enough to know that automatic weapons have been regulated since 1934 and all automatic weapons have to be registered with the BATFE, right?
nor can a bunch of yahoos with guns hung on the back window of a pickup truck be considered a militia.
The United States Code defines the militia as most able bodied males from 17 to 45 years old.
'Bear arms' refers to the right to serve in the military
Citation needed.
Yes they wanted to keep the right for citizens to have their own personal firearm, but no one in their right mind thinks the intent was for average citizens to have the ridiculous amount of firepower they have now.
The intent was for the citizenry to possess sufficient firepower to serve as the final check and balance against a tyrannical government. What do you consider to be 'ridiculous' firepower anyway?
"Imaginary"? The right to keep and bear arms is centuries old. It's codified in our Constitution. How do you claim that as "imaginary"?
You realize the person you replied to was talking about Finland, right? Finland is in the top 10 for guns per capita and has a rich history of private firearms ownership and hunting.
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good American bash though :)
Most cars can make it to 200k miles without too many costly repairs.
You've clearly never lived in a part of the country that uses salt to keep the roads clear during the winter months......
I wish I had mod points to throw at you.....
I have a (lady) friend who likes petroleum jelly
Bad idea to use that if you are relying on condoms for birth control and/or STD prevention......
can carry on a discussion and expresses her love to you and be your loving friend.
Yeah, because conversation and expressions of love is exactly what I'm looking for when the urge to "relieve" myself shows up ;) It's only one small step from this functionality to the lovebot claiming it has a backache when you start undressing ;)