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Started by garbon, April 13, 2011, 10:16:05 PM

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Siege

TV is made for the lowest common denominator.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


Caliga

I hear gunshots all the time.  But a human is shot here maybe once a decade.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Caliga on April 14, 2011, 08:37:37 PM
I hear gunshots all the time.  But a human is shot here maybe once a decade.

Let's hear it for shooting the beer bottles off the top of the primer gray bitchin Camaro under the tarp back behind the trailer then.

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Quoteprimer gray bitchin Camaro

I knew a guy who had one. It was an awesome car. I kept offering him money for it but he was stubborn. Then he put it into a chain link fence and boy, was his face red.
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garbon

Quote from: The Minsky Moment on April 14, 2011, 05:21:33 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 13, 2011, 10:33:31 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 13, 2011, 10:27:12 PM
That's because the only black people on Law & Order are the cops.  Talk about fiction writing.

:huh:

Law & Order loves to explore the lives of black people in fictional places with whimsical names like Harlem, The Bronx and Queens.

Must be a Dutch writer on the show . . .

I've heard them talk a few times about a place named Brighton Beach and Russians. Who comes up with this stuff?
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Iormlund

Quote from: Razgovory on April 14, 2011, 05:12:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 14, 2011, 06:16:34 AM
I've never heard a real gun shot. :unsure:

Really?  That's weird.
Not really. Unless you go hunting or enlist the chances of hearing one over here are virtually nil as well.

Malthus

Quote from: Iormlund on April 15, 2011, 01:20:04 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 14, 2011, 05:12:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 14, 2011, 06:16:34 AM
I've never heard a real gun shot. :unsure:

Really?  That's weird.
Not really. Unless you go hunting or enlist the chances of hearing one over here are virtually nil as well.

You have to basically never go into the country. I hear gunshots pretty well every other week, up at the cottage - mostly, folks shooting tin cans, or hunting.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Eddie Teach

Quote from: Caliga on April 14, 2011, 08:37:37 PM
I hear gunshots all the time.  But a human is shot here maybe once a decade.

Justified would have us believe otherwise.
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Siege

Quote from: Caliga on April 14, 2011, 08:37:37 PM
I hear gunshots all the time.  But a human is shot here maybe once a decade.

They need some combat training.
I'll start with basic marksmanship and individual movement techniques, and then move on to team movement techniques and tactics, and live fire exercises.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


The Brain

Quote from: Siege on April 15, 2011, 03:21:48 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 14, 2011, 08:37:37 PM
I hear gunshots all the time.  But a human is shot here maybe once a decade.

They need some combat training.
I'll start with basic marksmanship and individual movement techniques, and then move on to team movement techniques and tactics, and live fire exercises.

^_^
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Iormlund

Quote from: Malthus on April 15, 2011, 01:24:37 PM
You have to basically never go into the country. I hear gunshots pretty well every other week, up at the cottage - mostly, folks shooting tin cans, or hunting.
I've lived in a couple small villages a few miles off the city and still can't remember hearing a single shot even though my next door neighbor was a hunter. It is probably different on remote rural areas. IIRC you can only shoot (or even carry loaded) weapons in specially designated zones.

citizen k

Quote from: Iormlund on April 16, 2011, 03:46:28 AMIIRC you can only shoot (or even carry loaded) weapons in specially designated zones.

In the U.S. we have specially designated zones for not carrying weapons.

Admiral Yi

I recently noticed signs up at my bank and work place prohibiting fire arms.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 16, 2011, 07:32:53 AM
I recently noticed signs up at my bank and work place prohibiting fire arms.

Unfortunately, morons need to be reminded.  But ohnoes, that's Nanny statism.

Admiral Yi

Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 16, 2011, 07:37:09 AM
Unfortunately, morons need to be reminded.  But ohnoes, that's Nanny statism.

:huh:  Neither my bank nor my employer are owned by the government.