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I think Jozin is safe by me. Before I ever was introduced to firearms (by my sons) I was anti-gun. Before I bought my first firearm, I read extensively about gun law and safety. Didn't even own one and read up on all that.
A few weeks ago I made my last firearm purchase...a Winchester Model 94, made in 1969 to commemorate the Golden Spike (1869) at Promontory, Utah.
(duh, connected the oceans by rail) It is an absolutely beautiful rifle. But I am done. :happydance:
 
Okay, Winston. But I hope we never see your neighbors on television one day saying "He was such a nice quiet man. Who would have suspected he could do such a thing?"

The Anabaptist Jacques
 
ah yes

I have pondered that...and no matter how upset or angry I may have been in my history I have never thought of killing anyone. That is the advantage of studying gun laws...use of a firearm in commisson of a felony is something like twenty years in prison, and my butt cannot stand being stretched for twenty years.
 
What about....

Hand grenades--yes---those baseball like objects that once the pin is pulled ---it will explode and send small pieces of metal in a 360 degree circumference--has anyone ever "used one"?
 
uncle sam said:
Hand grenades--yes---those baseball like objects that once the pin is pulled ---it will explode and send small pieces of metal in a 360 degree circumference--has anyone ever "used one"?
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I was so poor growing up that when President Johnson declared "War on Poverty" someone threw a hand-grenade into our house.

The Anabaptist Jacques
 
uncle sam said:
Hand grenades--yes---those baseball like objects that once the pin is pulled ---it will explode and send small pieces of metal in a 360 degree circumference--has anyone ever "used one"?
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Never diddled with a grenade. When I was a kid I set off a lotta baby giant firecrackers though. Does that count?
 
Guns

And since we are now into guns and not lawyers, money and hotties, my fav bangbang weapon was a Smith & Wesson .44 mag with a 10.75" barrel. GheeBuz but that mofo was accurate. Shhhh...don't tell California, but I even made a shoulder stock for it and it then became as accurate as a rifle.
 
guns, you make me hot!

44 cal S&W long barrel...sounds like something John Wayne or Clint would save the West with. I read up on the 30-30 Win ammo for my 1894 because I got a few boxes, but failed to notice the "hollow point" notation. Seems that makes the projectile mushroom on impact to approx 3X the diameter. So now I am nervous for the dirt I shoot into. Aren't guns fun?
 
uncle sam said:
Hand grenades--yes---those baseball like objects that once the pin is pulled ---it will explode and send small pieces of metal in a 360 degree circumference--has anyone ever "used one"?
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Yeah, marine sons were trained in the things. They are gawdawful...can collapse a 12X12 room, and the percussion can deafen. Not my favorite thing because they are meant for one thing and one thing only...guess what that is.

Guns, on the other hand, can be used to put holes in cardboard which is quite fun.
 
Dirty

Winston Smith said:
44 cal S&W long barrel...sounds like something John Wayne or Clint would save the West with. I read up on the 30-30 Win ammo for my 1894 because I got a few boxes, but failed to notice the "hollow point" notation. Seems that makes the projectile mushroom on impact to approx 3X the diameter. So now I am nervous for the dirt I shoot into. Aren't guns fun?
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Dirty Harry's pistola.

Talk about rifles. I once owned a FNLAR. GheeBus!!!!!
 
Sorry ladies

I think we have run the gals off with all this gun talk. There is one thing that bugs me about the DoD and military. Seems you have to die to get the Medal of Honor...and Medal of Honor recipients are considered untouchable by the military and even the Executive. See, a winner never has to return a salute by even the Chairman of the Joint Chief, does not have to show any courtesy to anyone in the military or elsewhere including the Pres. I would love to be able to snub the jackasses in the Pentagon. But, alas, most Medal of Honor recipients get killed earning it.
 
Tha answer is!!!!

The surest answer to war is "flatware". Those are the knives-forks-spoons that are used in every day dining. The idea is - instead of sending young soldiers to battle one another with very lethal weapons- we take those politicos who are responsible for creating the mess and arm them with "flatware" - put them into a large football stadium and have them go after one another till the end. The end!
 
Winston Smith said:
I think we have run the gals off with all this gun talk. There is one thing that bugs me about the DoD and military. Seems you have to die to get the Medal of Honor...and Medal of Honor recipients are considered untouchable by the military and even the Executive. See, a winner never has to return a salute by even the Chairman of the Joint Chief, does not have to show any courtesy to anyone in the military or elsewhere including the Pres. I would love to be able to snub the jackasses in the Pentagon. But, alas, most Medal of Honor recipients get killed earning it.
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Are sure about this salute thing? I've seen Medal of Honor winners salute. And there are very many ones that lived, in fact about 90% of the medals, I think, are given to living recepients.

The Anabaptist Jacques
 
uncle sam said:
The surest answer to war is "flatware". Those are the knives-forks-spoons that are used in every day dining. The idea is - instead of sending young soldiers to battle one another with very lethal weapons- we take those politicos who are responsible for creating the mess and arm them with "flatware" - put them into a large football stadium and have them go after one another till the end. The end!
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I wouldn't enter the arena without one of these. Then again I'm not a politician so I'll just watch.

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The Anabaptist Jacques said:
Are sure about this salute thing? I've seen Medal of Honor winners salute. And there are very many ones that lived, in fact about 90% of the medals, I think, are given to living recepients.

The Anabaptist Jacques
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it's nnonsense.

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/14233

Here is the policy. Provided direct to me from the
Congressional Medal of Honor Society National Headquarters

MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
General Protocol and Information
SALUTE:
There is no law or military regulation that sets forth a requirement for military personnel of any rank to salute a Medal of Honor recipient. It is presumed that this assumption arises from an old custom in the Army when the Medal of Honor ceremonies included a regimental or brigade parade. The recipient stood beside the officer receiving the “pass in review” and, with that officer, returned the salutes of the company or unit commanders as they passed. However, it is permissible to salute a recipient as a display of respect or honor – whether he is civilian or retired military – when he is physically wearing the medal.
NOTE: If the recipient is still on active duty and is a commissioned officer, those of a lower rank will salute him as per military regulations.

Zinj
 
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