Geeks with Guns ?

[sableagle]

I'm pretty good with a sword, but I can do the same grouping at 25 metres with a rifle and at 10 with a pistol as I can at 2.5 with a rapier. Also, people breaking in might be inclined to see a sword other than a katana as a geek's toy, whereas cha-chank is almost universally recognised as "wrong house!" in 8, 10, 12, 16, 20 or 24 gauge or .410. So's a 110lb alsatian growling, but they take a lot more maintenance and don't last as long.

It's always pointing somewhere.
Never point in any direction you're not prepared to fire.
Never fire at anything you're not out to destroy.
Assume it's loaded.
There's only one control inside the trigger guard, and it has only one purpose: to drop the hammer. If you're not dropping the hammer, you don't need to have a finger inside the trigger guard.

Actually, on some the magazine release and/or safety are inside the trigger guard, which I don't like (yet).

Oh, and it's not "only a .22". This is a .22 airgun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a5BLPssEQU

[Sabertooth Kitten]

It's always pointing somewhere.
Never point in any direction you're not prepared to fire.
Never fire at anything you're not out to destroy.
Assume it's loaded.
There's only one control inside the trigger guard, and it has only one purpose: to drop the hammer. If you're not dropping the hammer, you don't need to have a finger inside the trigger guard

Always good words to live by.

[MNsane]

I'm pretty good with a sword, but I can do the same grouping at 25 metres with a rifle and at 10 with a pistol as I can at 2.5 with a rapier. Also, people breaking in might be inclined to see a sword other than a katana as a geek's toy, whereas cha-chank is almost universally recognised as "wrong house!" in 8, 10, 12, 16, 20 or 24 gauge or .410. So's a 110lb alsatian growling, but they take a lot more maintenance and don't last as long.

It's always pointing somewhere.
Never point in any direction you're not prepared to fire.
Never fire at anything you're not out to destroy.
Assume it's loaded.
There's only one control inside the trigger guard, and it has only one purpose: to drop the hammer. If you're not dropping the hammer, you don't need to have a finger inside the trigger guard.

Actually, on some the magazine release and/or safety are inside the trigger guard, which I don't like (yet).

Oh, and it's not "only a .22". This is a .22 airgun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a5BLPssEQU

what brand of cha-chank do you have ? Mossberg, Remington, Ithica, or Winchester

[sableagle]

None. Seriously. http://www.met.police.uk/firearms-en...s/shotguns.htm

I'm rather amazed that you are apparently allowed to keep a mortar as long as it's only for launching inert projectiles, and can get permission to acquire, keep and use grenades as long as they're not rifle- or rocket-propelled.

Air rifle above 12 ftlb muzzle energy, though? Need a class 1 for that.

I do have something a little bit like this here at present:


It being easier to lug around than a backpack tank of weedkiller, I might just be turning it into a bioweapon by using it on some toxic weeds, too.

[Leffy]

i can think of a few uses for that outside the garden.

granted i also feel guilty about eating beef when i've never participated in the act of prepping it beyond basic removal of shrink wrap. chicken turkey pork deer rabbit and quail have all met my amatuer meat gathering skills but not beef. then again a calf outweighs me so.... i would need a hand.

[IK the Troll]

You.. are unique. You can't really use YOUR experiences to judge the common man. If *I* jumped out a door with a sword in my hand, some thieves would attack. They'd DIE.. because I've had actual training and posess a lack of love for my fellow man that's spanned decades... But there is no way to convey that, if they aren't looking into my eyes.

That's just it, I AM trained in sword fighting. I'm also trained in acting and I can, if I wish, be intimidating as all Hell, then have a spot of tea afterward.

[MNsane]

None. Seriously. http://www.met.police.uk/firearms-en...s/shotguns.htm

I'm rather amazed that you are apparently allowed to keep a mortar as long as it's only for launching inert projectiles, and can get permission to acquire, keep and use grenades as long as they're not rifle- or rocket-propelled.

Air rifle above 12 ftlb muzzle energy, though? Need a class 1 for that.

I do have something a little bit like this here at present:


It being easier to lug around than a backpack tank of weedkiller, I might just be turning it into a bioweapon by using it on some toxic weeds, too.

shoot, i got you way beat, i own 3 Maverick 88's (bargain Mossberg line) 1 Mossberg 500A and i have access to both a Winchester Model 1897 Pump & a Remington Model 1100 (semi auto)

[Evandril]

That's just it, I AM trained in sword fighting. I'm also trained in acting and I can, if I wish, be intimidating as all Hell, then have a spot of tea afterward.

That's about what he was saying...That while *YOU* can get away with it, most people can't pull off the intimidation factor required with just a blade...Whereas the nice sound of a shotgun WILL get through to most

[sableagle]

Right. Great. Works for you.

Here's someone else who can act:



You think a sword would work just as well for her?

No?

That was Al's point.

[MNsane]

Right. Great. Works for you.

Here's someone else who can act:



You think a sword would work just as well for her?

No?

That was Al's point.

yeah, its not Mathilda you need to watch out for, it's her friend Leon, he's a cleaner

[IK the Troll]

Right. Great. Works for you.

Here's someone else who can act:



You think a sword would work just as well for her?

No?

That was Al's point.

Her aim is a bit off.....

[DrT]

Her aim is a bit off.....

Well, duh, she's the 'faire valoir' and all around trouble magnet of the flick.

point is, if she was waving a sword you'd be laughing. With a gun, at least you'll listen to her.


for a bit.

[BryanP]

This image says it all for me:



(if for some reason it doesn't work for you try going here:

http://olegvolk.livejournal.com/425649.html

[Nimue]

The one person that might not work for can't get to LJ either.

[Evandril]

Amazingly enough, the picture works...and I like