Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[Cloysterpete]

and... BTW , I'm speaking from life lessons.-
as a teenager, I was walking out of a six flags amusement park with a friend- We were jumped by a gang of about ten and beaten extremely bad. They did not have guns... but they could have easily killed us... luckily they didn't.

as an adult, several years ago... I walked out of my apartment, around to the backside of the building, and walked upon two guys in the process of stealing my car. One of the guys attacked me with the 9" screwdriver he was using to jimmy the locks. if I had not been carrying my glock 45 - I'd most likely be dead. Instead, he went to jail.

How did that situation play out Sir Boome?, did one run for it and you kept the other covered with the handgun until the cops arrived?. I'm such a coward that if it was only myself that I was looking out for I would have been the one doing the running.

[Dolso]

Until my government outlaws all guns, knives, gangs of hoodlums, bats (and any item that could be used as a club), screwdrivers, bow and arrows, AND any other item that might be used to cause harm to me... and provides a absolute effective method of guaranteeing that no individual- including the crazies and the criminals has access to any of these, and a FOOL-PROOF method of ensuring my safety 24 hours/7 days a week/for the rest of my natural life...
I can't fanthom a time that safety is a given.
Thus, I don't see a time when I'll "never" be in a situation where I might not feel the need to protect myself and others.

As it is... I have the choice... I dictate whether I am defenseless if a situation occurs, not the government.

and As solutions go... it works for me.

Cloyster ~ I'd think that one of your key statements is that "...laws still don't manage to stop serious criminals from {getting} smuggling weapons."

[Cloysterpete]

They sure don't, they do a great job of keeping them out of the hands of the deranged nutter spree killing types though there was the Dunblane tragedy, but if a criminal wants a gun he's sure as he'll gonna get one.

[Sir_Boomme]

and... BTW , I'm speaking from life lessons.-
as a teenager, I was walking out of a six flags amusement park with a friend- We were jumped by a gang of about ten and beaten extremely bad. They did not have guns... but they could have easily killed us... luckily they didn't.

as an adult, several years ago... I walked out of my apartment, around to the backside of the building, and walked upon two guys in the process of stealing my car. One of the guys attacked me with the 9" screwdriver he was using to jimmy the locks. if I had not been carrying my glock 45 - I'd most likely be dead. Instead, he went to jail.

How did that situation play out Sir Boome?, did one run for it and you kept the other covered with the handgun until the cops arrived?. I'm such a coward that if it was only myself that I was looking out for I would have been the one doing the running.

I really didn't have a chance to run, it was dark, and I walked up on them, he saw me and started coming at me, I just reacted by pulling my gun. He stopped in his tracks, and I made him get up against the back apartment's rock wall.
What was really kind of funny, his buddy (these were late teens), jumped into the car they had driven there.... he threw it into reverse and took off backwards around the edge of the apartment building. But he forgot to close his car door and took it completely off on the corner of the building.

When the cops finally got there, they asked me what kind of car the other guy was driving... I told then it was probably the only one running around at 1:00 am in the morning with the drivers sdie door missing. The cop said... "good point"

anyway, I don't know if they ever did catch the other guy or what finally happen to the one I caught... I just know he went to jail that night for sure.

[John Blaze]

Homeland Security is a giant collective douche.

It can be a pain sometimes but there hasn't been much terrorist type activity within the US borders in quite a while. Somebody must be doing something right.

Now your government just needs to do something to stop your homegrown American maniacs from having such easy access to lethal weaponry as it seems to me that they are just as much a threat to your safety as any terrorist suicide bomber.

they do... they allow sane people like me to carry my weaponry with me.... and I don't feel nearly as threatened as if I didn't have it.

Very well put.

[John Blaze]

Homeland Security is a giant collective douche.

It can be a pain sometimes but there hasn't been much terrorist type activity within the US borders in quite a while. Somebody must be doing something right.

Now your government just needs to do something to stop your homegrown American maniacs from having such easy access to lethal weaponry as it seems to me that they are just as much a threat to your safety as any terrorist suicide bomber.

they do... they allow sane people like me to carry my weaponry with me.... and I don't feel nearly as threatened as if I didn't have it.

that's a solution?.

Surely it would be better if you never felt the need to carry a weapon.

Until my government outlaws all guns, knives, gangs of hoodlums, bats (and any item that could be used as a club), screwdrivers, bow and arrows, AND any other item that might be used to cause harm to me... and provides a absolute effective method of guaranteeing that no individual- including the crazies and the criminals has access to any of these, and a FOOL-PROOF method of ensuring my safety 24 hours/7 days a week/for the rest of my natural life...
I can't fanthom a time that safety is a given.
Thus, I don't see a time when I'll "never" be in a situation where I might not feel the need to protect myself and others.

As it is... I have the choice... I dictate whether I am defenseless if a situation occurs, not the government.

and As solutions go... it works for me.

My state has open carry, but I've been debating about getting a ccl, now that I have children. We always have at least one weapon ready to go in our vehicle or our home, but my wife has been asking me to sign us both up for ccl classes. Crime is rising, and ever since our home was broken into she's pressured me to do various things, like having an alarm system installed and install more exterior lighting and better locks. It's bullshit that you can't even feel safe in your own home and doing something as simple as going to the supermarket. Recently a woman in town was attacked by 3 thugs at the Walmart parking lot who attempted to carjack and rob her. She is a ccl holder and quickly had them all laying down on the ground until the cops showed up. We have 3 children, all under 5, and my wife is worried had she been in the same situation she would have been helpless.

[different_seasons]

Awesome conversation! Here's my everyday...




and sometimes...





and around the house...





zombie apocalypse...





and when a more delicate hand is required...

[Dolso]

Diff Seasons ~ stay with the other four, but PLEASE keep the zombie protection away from me!!!

[Sir_Boomme]

Loooove the rubberband gun - what calibre bands does it shoot ha ha

here I am protectin' my shit

[John Blaze]

<<wishes photobucket wasn't blocked at work.

[Randall Flagg]

Loooove the rubberband gun - what calibre bands does it shoot ha ha

The everyday newspaper as well as the Sunday Times?

[willie3]

Aaron, good stuff !!

Finally had to get a carry permit myself.
Every adult in the house had one except me...

Wise man once said "If there's guns in the house one better be yours"

Karl

[thegreattim]

Wow! Love the conversation my off-hand remark regarding the douche-baggery of HomeSec sparked... You guys are awesome. Anywhere, and I mean anywhere, else on the web this conversation would have devolved into a flame war.

[Sir_Boomme]

Wow! Love the conversation my off-hand remark regarding the douche-baggery of HomeSec sparked... You guys are awesome. Anywhere, and I mean anywhere, else on the web this conversation would have devolved into a flame war.

it might have here also.... but my flamethrower is in the shop getting it's annual service/cleaning.

[Rahfa]

Javier Bardem as Roland...

http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/javi...he-dark-tower/

This info (but not the link) is posted elsewhere...but here it is for those who don't leave this part of the forum (like me...)

[John Blaze]

finally got to see the pics from home. you guys are great. Post in the weapons thread! In Case Of Zombies' it's called.

[Nerak]

I think we should start a letter writing campaign to get OUR father Callahan as THE Father Callahan!!! What do you all think?!?!

[Ari_Racing]

Karen, yesterday I watched the short "Banana", which is performed by the yellow minions in your avatar. Very funny!

[Merlin1958]

"Dying ain't much of a living boy"

-Josey Wales

Hey!! That's my line!!!!!


LOL

[Brice]

I think we should start a letter writing campaign to get OUR father Callahan as THE Father Callahan!!! What do you all think?!?!

If successful this could certainly get me to watch a movie I have no intention of watching otherwise.

[herbertwest]

An "ambitious" video game based on The Dark Tower is planned !

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ideo-game.aspx

[Ari_Racing]

Not confirmed yet. I talked with Marsha about this yesterday and it's not confirmed.

In my opinion, it will be done, but don't expect a good game. Videogames based on movies and series are 99% bad games developed fast and with a large investment only in marketing, not in developers, game designers and artists. I know what I'm talking about...I worked for a company that had the rights to publish several videogames based in movies...

[Cloysterpete]

Not confirmed yet. I talked with Marsha about this yesterday and it's not confirmed.

In my opinion, it will be done, but don't expect a good game. Videogames based on movies and series are 99% bad games developed fast and with a large investment only in marketing, not in developers, game designers and artists. I know what I'm talking about...I worked for a company that had the rights to publish several videogames based in movies...

Several hundred more like lol.

Gameloft are not exactly known for innovation

[Ari_Racing]

LOL.

It's a fact known. I'm not sure I'd like a movie tie-in videogame developed.

[Cloysterpete]

LOL.

It's a fact known. I'm not sure I'd like a movie tie-in videogame developed.

But I let them off because the games are still very playable, I'm always fiddling about with them on iPad, I'll be getting that new one too (the Zelda rip-off one).

As for DT I don't even want a film never mind a video game.