Poll: What is your stance on weapons?
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UK Huh? Well i suppose a shit load of damage if you went for their eye or throat, but generally just bleeding and soft tissue damage, but i doubt you'll get any vital organs with a 3 inch bladevxicepickxv said:
Ah, yes. I was worried that google maps might have distortion issues at different latitudes, which was why I used the Canadian rather than US locations. I didn't think it'd be that big, though. I couldn't really use anything 54 degrees south, as there isn't a right lot of land there. I shall remove the error and leave my post West-of-Baghdad-and-North-of-Marrakesh-centric.thaluikhain said:
I know the feeling. Until a year ago it was illegal to possess any non-lethal method of self defense besides a pocket knife. Last year they finally legalized mace. Still no taser or anything else. Ironically it is legal to have and carry a handgun with a permit here (New York State) but even with said permit, I cannot legally own a taser.lacktheknack said:
What orbit? If they're in geostationary or any conventional geosynchronous orbit you can only hit places you could usefully mount a satellite TV dish, so not the shady side of anything tall and solid, and even then you're going to get lag as the system aligns plus dispersion making it less effective and more of an AoE weapon as you get further from the equator. If you go with the fast-moving polar orbits like photint satellites, you can hit anywhere on Earth from within 15 degrees of vertical within the next {timeframe} and the more satellites you have up there the sooner it'll be but there's still up to {timeframe} delay so it's more of an alternative to an LGB airstrike than an immediate tactical action. If you go with the highly elliptical orbits you get a lot more time-on-target thanks to the long trip out to the apogee and back, but you have to shoot from a greater distance too.Canned Spam said:
Also, you'd have to get coordinates for the target and upload them, like 51.645689,-0.044091 [http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.645689,-0.044091&spn=0.000571,0.001195&t=h&z=20&vpsrc=6] to be accurate to ... umm ... four inches. Okay, so google maps will let you be really precise. Still, if you round off the last figure you're only going to be accurate to 42 inches, aka 1.062 metres, which isn't really enough accuracy when you're trying to hit a mugger and not his victim, even before you take into account that GPS systems in a hurry aren't all that good yet.
They're a support weapon, not an infantry weapon. Think of them in the role of the 115mm light gun or 81mm mortar at the least, not that of the rifle or smg, and probably more likely in the 155mm howitzer role considering how expensive satellites and satellite launches are.
Also also: consider your comsec. Every time you want to use it you have to transmit target coords somehow, and that means you can be located and/or jammed and it has to listen so maybe it can be hacked.
If that's all you want to do with it, seriously compare ammunition prices before you choose a calibre. You can get a lot more plinking for your $100 in .22LR than you can in .357 Mag.Custard_Angel said:
Saved someone from doing that once. She then rested her left thumb tip against the side of the slide instead of across the back of it, which wasn't comfortable but didn't cause injury. Then she took my advice about putting it against her right middle finger.TFielding said:
Weapons fascinate me, but I don't wear or use them. I love seeing them tested on Deadliest Warrior tho.
'Nuff said.tjcross said:
Besides... Consider 2 scenarios where someone is approaching another person with the intent to kill.
In one scenario the person is carrying a broadsword. In the other scenario the person has a magnum in his pocket.
Who stands the greatest chance of successfully killing the other person?
Also, a sword is only defensive against melee weapons. Guns are offensive in all situations.
Also, a sword requires extensive training to be useful. A gun can be used by anyone without any formal training.
There is something... Broken about a situation where a casual gunman could successfully kill a grandmaster swordsman, when an amateur swordsman could not do the same to an expert gunman.
TL;DR - You're living in a fantasy world. There's a reason swords aren't used in combat anymore.
i never said that a sword would beat a gun and in fact said that a gun is more effective however what i am saying is that a sword is a lethal weapon and has a practical use in essence it is a long knife you claim it to be useless because a more powerful tool exists which means you missed the point so allow to to tell it as simply as possible because you obviously can't understand normal english. SWORD SHARP SWORD HURT WHEN GET HIT BY IT.Custard_Angel said:
I don't carry weapons but they are illegal. I do have a samurai sword at the side of my bed for emergency burglar eviction though 
It's got a nice knife in the handle aswell so if there are more than 1 i've still got a good chance of walking myself into a cell after using them
It's got a nice knife in the handle aswell so if there are more than 1 i've still got a good chance of walking myself into a cell after using them
I am licensed to carry a firearm in 2 countries (oddly enough, neither of those are the USA even though I'm from there)
I love the 2nd amendment.. I just think some (a lot) of people who have guns shouldn't since they have no idea how to handle them. Gun safety and responsibility are the most important things in owning a gun. Heck, we should teach kids at a young age to be careful with them and why. If we did, then maybe we'd have less tragedies involving guns and children.
I love the 2nd amendment.. I just think some (a lot) of people who have guns shouldn't since they have no idea how to handle them. Gun safety and responsibility are the most important things in owning a gun. Heck, we should teach kids at a young age to be careful with them and why. If we did, then maybe we'd have less tragedies involving guns and children.