Thanks for the clarification Trim, but you make my point for me, that ranges criminals use firearms will be pretty close. Nobody holds up a liquor st...
Anyone who runs out of chocolate ice cream has the right to be angsty. Jimro
Rico, If I make another joke will you buy a lottery ticket? Trim, It isn't that difficult, depending on the rifle and shooter, to hit a man, who is...
Sorry Rico, didn't mean to offend, "Jokers" is milspeak for younger guys, kinda like "Cherry" or "FNG", except milder an...
Update, total 45 dead. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060...NlYwM3MjE- Considering the 65 Mexican miners who aren't expected to live it seems even more tragi...
Ah, so lethality isn't the problem it's the RANGE that's the problem. Most of my rifles could easily place a bullet in your head at 200 meters, and c...
The only thing that comes to mind is quote from "Lilo and Stitch" Lilo "This is your badness level. It's unusually high for someone yo...
curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com/ Interesting flash presentation, contains a couple F-Bombs. Jimro
I think that last time I saw someone "Pull wood apart" with a "gun" was a few years back, during bayonet training. As a side note...
www.smallestminority.blogspot.com/ Great read on gun violence and poverty. Jimro
Riots in 19 Countries, sixteen dead today alone as Muslims in Nigeria burned 11 churches and attacked christians. www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/af...index.h...
Cycle, If you leave your car in your driveway and some "crackhead" steals it and commits a crime, do you believe you should be punished bec...
Rico, Yes, truly that was meant to be funny, but this time it is even funnier because at this point in time I really DON'T have a boken, altho I almo...
Does a person in Ottowa need to have a say in Vancouver politics? Jimro
I completely disagree, tell Colin Powell that the American dream is a lie and he'll laugh at you, or George Washington Carver, or Eminem, or Kid Rock,...
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. And depending on whose statistics you read private gun ownership is the plague of humanity or the greatest...
A little background on US history. The framers of the Constitution believed in a "limited Federal government" that would be supreme within ...
The major differences between Libby and Clinton is the accused. People are trying to get to the administration through Libby, instead of people tryin...
All non-commercial fishing is sport fishing. Altho some commercial fishing vessels use line rod and hooks too. When PETA can train Alaskan grizzlies...
The odds of dieing from a hunting accident are right up there with death by lightning strike or shark attack. When bird hunting, it is imperative tha...
Quote:Of course, I have absolutely no confidence that the Danish papers were "standing up for free speech" instead of just sticking a finger...
Just more proof that there will not be peace. Confirmed deaths in at least three countries due to the riots responding to cartoons...Two newspaper ed...
The popular cultural stereotypes always break down upon closer examination. A black man in a suit? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Malcom X, George Washi...
Quote:Same with jobs, armed forces, indian tribes, and almost everyother section of society teach people they are not an individual. They are part of ...
Rico, When you say "humans screwed up the ecosystem" I don't know if you are referring to pollution, habitat change, or whatnot, would you ...
Trim, Yes, things have been hunted to extinction, but NEVER by "Sport Hunters". Right now there are more deer, elk, and bison in the conti...
Thanks Craig, Thread started, I look forward to your input. Jimro
Craig, I will let the subject lie if that is the general consensus of mods. Altho it does irk me that I cannot explain to VCP how I can be a hunter ...
Dare we even think that charter schools and private school vouchers might be a good thing? Get the kids (who have parents that care enough to select ...
"why such the vehement debate in a topic pleading for help?" Simply because of the subject matter. An old tale comes to mind... An empero...
Hunting for sport is a valuable tool for wildlife management. All animals have a "habitat" that can support X number of animals. Healthy a...
A "banana clip" refers specifically in the gun world to clips for AKM variants, for those of you not familiar with Soviet small arms the AK-...
Rico, There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. I just don't see why folks would pay 200 bucks for the priviledge of carrying a banana cli...
Rico, What would they do with a banana clip? Jimro
I've always felt that Alaska could make more money by selling hunting licenses to out of staters to take any excess wolves... Normally when the prey ...
This is "HUMINT" or HUMan INTelligence, and relying primarily on HUMINT without confirmation by ELINT was the primary cause of the "mas...
Cycle, I've found that only a divided government can really compromise to actually deliver smart legislation. When the US last balanced the budget w...
Cycle, Not everyone regrets waiting until marriage. Many folks regret having premarital sex, I know I do. Jimro
Ultra, I was actually refering to more emphasis on BASIC Education, reading, writing, math and science. Kids who understand these concepts are being...
Cycle, I believe that there is a much more tangible link between US troops in Iraq and Afganistan causing anti-US sentiments in Iran than Bush's re-e...
Are you hypothesizing that Iran became MORE fundamentalist as a result of US electing Pres Bush? That is an interesting cause/effect relationship, bu...
I wouldn't worry about the FBI, electronic surveillance belongs in the realm of the CIA and NSA. Jimro
Cycle, I thought it was a well made speech until it went to "Global Warming".... It was like a train wreck, this long logical string of h...
Cycle, I hear what you are saying, but the issue is not that cut and dried on the so called "seperation of church and state" On our money,...
The current Iranian president is making no friends in the west...yawn. However his landslide election has forced many observers to re-evaluate their ...
Cycle, I agree that we have inadequate social services to deal with all the unwanted children. However that argument can also be used to support fai...
From www.house.gov/apps/list/p...iraq.html         (Washington D.C.)- The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. ...
I am against using abortion as birth control. There are so many contraception methods that abortion really could be a much rarer event. In cases of ...