Finally watched Bowling for Columbine...

[lizard]

 

[lizard]

oh and my collapsable defense baton.

 

[lizard]

or DISTRACT the criminal by shouting either

a) OMG, a tsunami!

or

b) Jesus, it's fucking Petra Nemcova!!

 

[NAD]

hahahaha

WATCH OUT!
RADIOACTIVE MAN!

 

[JayKeeley]

It must be a lot harder to plunge a blade into someone as opposed to shooting from a distance.

@Nate - have you seen Bowling for Columbine? It's interesting in that it compares the USA to other countries. Now the UK, as you know, has no guns for anyone -- not even street police carry guns, they're armed only with harsh language. If you're a farmer, you can apply for a special license, and special police forces are armed, otherwise the gun problem is almost nil.

In Canada, however, they have the same regulations and gun availability as the USA, and their gun problem is almost nil too. So why is the USA so fucked up when it comes to gun crime?

When Moore asked Charlton Heston, evangelist for the NRA, he put it down to all the blacks. The USA really does have a LOT of black people -- it's really remarkable coming from Europe -- but anyone ever been to Cleveland? It's got the biggest population of black people, so I wonder if by Charlton Heston's logic, there is more gun crime in Cleveland.

Also, another interesting fact as discussed by Men's Health magazine - for the fourth year in a row, Houston has been voted the fattest, most unhealthiest city in the US, where Seattle was the fittest. Anyone ever been to Seattle? Are the chicks all fit and trim?

 

[J.]

I just have a Bowie hunting knife (similar to the one NAD posted) and a military issue billy-club for home defense.

However, I do want to get a gun eventually simply for home defense. Though, there are hardly any violent crimes in my area. It's more of the vandalism variety here, but I'd love to pop a cap in the ass of one of these spoiled rich brats that think breaking someone else's stuff is cool.

I also have three dogs that all hate strangers, so a robber wouldn't get very far in my house without three dogs going ape-shit. I never worry about my wife being home alone because of those dogs. Our pitbull/rottweiler mutt will rip anyone's head off.

 

[NAD]

Is Seattle still the suicide capital of the US as well? Hot chicks and dead people, sounds pretty metal.

*moves to Seattle*

 

[J.]

Also, another interesting fact as discussed by Men's Health magazine - for the fourth year in a row, Houston has been voted the fattest, most unhealthiest city in the US, where Seattle was the fittest. Anyone ever been to Seattle? Are the chicks all fit and trim?

hehe, I read this and started laughing, but then I read further to find out how they came to this scientific conclusion. In short, this whole "fattest city" is a load of shit.

THey come to this conclusion by the ratio of fast food restaurants compared to the number of gyms and parks. What cockamamie horseshit.

 

[NAD]

What the fuck? That makes it "least likely to become fat by using the basic modern external tools of society" at best. You can fry twinkies all day long on your stove, and you can run 80 miles a day without ever stepping foot in a gym.

I fucking hate idiotic conclusions like that.

 

[J.]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/hoffman/2979608

Men's Fitness rates cities on the basis of the number of sporting goods stores vs. doughnut shops, gyms vs. burger barns, parks vs. beer joints.

 

[lizard]

I'd hate to stab someone, but if my wife or child is in danger, hey, all bets are off. my neighbor works 2nd shift and one day around lunch he heard rattling at his back door. It was one of the crackheads from the flophouse about a quarter of a mile down the street, trying to break in. you can't reason or rationalize with desparate people who are probably cranked out of their mind.

 

[Nate The Great]

It must be a lot harder to plunge a blade into someone as opposed to shooting from a distance.

@Nate - have you seen Bowling for Columbine? It's interesting in that it compares the USA to other countries. Now the UK, as you know, has no guns for anyone -- not even street police carry guns, they're armed only with harsh language. If you're a farmer, you can apply for a special license, and special police forces are armed, otherwise the gun problem is almost nil.

In Canada, however, they have the same regulations and gun availability as the USA, and their gun problem is almost nil too. So why is the USA so fucked up when it comes to gun crime?

When Moore asked Charlton Heston, evangelist for the NRA, he put it down to all the blacks. The USA really does have a LOT of black people -- it's really remarkable coming from Europe -- but anyone ever been to Cleveland? It's got the biggest population of black people, so I wonder if by Charlton Heston's logic, there is more gun crime in Cleveland.

Also, another interesting fact as discussed by Men's Health magazine - for the fourth year in a row, Houston has been voted the fattest, most unhealthiest city in the US, where Seattle was the fittest. Anyone ever been to Seattle? Are the chicks all fit and trim?

So you're saying that bringing slaves to America was the dumbest move the white man ever made? Hell! Blacks should be apologizing to us!

 

[Papa Josh]

I stand by my baseball bat as best defense. Hey, I only weigh about 120 lbs (further proof that shit about Houston is lame), but a bat in my hand's makes me a lethal maniac motherfucker in the face of danger. Ain't no loading to be done, it's either me swinging, or throwing that shit right at your face or kneecaps.

 

[JayKeeley]

I'd hate to stab someone, but if my wife or child is in danger, hey, all bets are off. my neighbor works 2nd shift and one day around lunch he heard rattling at his back door. It was one of the crackheads from the flophouse about a quarter of a mile down the street, trying to break in. you can't reason or rationalize with desparate people who are probably cranked out of their mind.

Yeah, sure, but I'm talking about the actual act of pushing a blade into someone's gut repeatedly, up close and personal. Or perhaps slicing their throat open.

Ever seen an animal get its throat slit? I have. Blood and stomach bile comes gushing out, the animal is kicking its legs for a while, and eventually chokes on its own blood. It's a gruesome kill.

Shooting a gun is all about aiming and pulling a trigger. You won't even see that much blood splatter from a .35 pistol because the smaller bullet makes impact at such high velocity. The movies exaggerate it all, but apparently, "Taxi Driver" has the most realistic gun shots -- almost like pellets hitting the body -- and certainly the reaction to collapse is not immediate.

If you pull the trigger on a small handgun, you should aim to kill. Shooting someone in the foot isn't going to do anything. You might as well bend over and hand them some baby oil.

 

[NAD]

So you're saying that bringing slaves to America was the dumbest move the white man ever made? Hell! Blacks should be apologizing to us!

Quote of the year so far.

 

[lizard]

I'm aware of that, but nobody, NOBODY, is hurting my family.

 

[JayKeeley]

If you [anyone] had a gun, and someone unarmed broke into your house and ended up wrestling you to the ground, then took your gun and aimed it at your head, aren't you worse of than if you didn't have that gun in the first place?

 

[lizard]

yep...many handgun owners get shot by their own weapons.

and if someone(s) subdue me and kill me with my own weapon, that might even be better than allowing my wife to raped or possibly killed while I did nothing to try and prevent it? I don't see how I could live with myself anyway if that happened.

 

[lizard]

So you're saying that bringing slaves to America was the dumbest move the white man ever made? Hell! Blacks should be apologizing to us!

Nad, there was a great Phil Hendrie bit where a white southerner was claiming HE should get reparations because the income provided by his slave owning ancestors had been taken from him.

 

[Nate The Great]

I stand by my baseball bat as best defense. Hey, I only weigh about 120 lbs (further proof that shit about Houston is lame), but a bat in my hand's makes me a lethal maniac motherfucker in the face of danger. Ain't no loading to be done, it's either me swinging, or throwing that shit right at your face or kneecaps.

While you're trying to get close enough to hit somebody with a bat, some dude with a .357 magnum blows your skull in two from 25 yards.

But I suppose you could hide the bat under your invisible cloak.