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Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« on: August 29, 2013, 11:57:55 PM »
carrying guns is allowed.

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In my office hallway?  That puppy's going down!

Let the caliber wars begin.

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If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.

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They keep making this eternal vigilance thing harder and harder.  Protecting the 2nd amendment is like playing PACMAN - there's no pause button so you can go to the bathroom.

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Re: Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2013, 01:16:43 AM »
Well, if I actually were set upon by a dinosaur of that size or larger, the only thing I'm using a handgun for is to shoot you in the leg so I can outrun it while it eats you. (Not meaning "you" Skidmark but a generic "you".)

Handgun versus a Velociraptor? Only as a last resort.
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Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2013, 01:17:54 AM »
Kind of ruined if you've seen one of those dino-costumes at the local museum.  :P
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Re: Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2013, 02:10:04 AM »
Quote from: makattak on August 30, 2013, 01:16:43 AM
Well, if I actually were set upon by a dinosaur of that size or larger, the only thing I'm using a handgun for is to shoot you in the leg so I can outrun it while it eats you. (Not meaning "you" Skidmark but a generic "you".)

Handgun versus a Velociraptor? Only as a last resort.

Velociraptor's are actually pretty small...not much bigger than a large turkey. Handgun rounds should work fine; better yet 12 gauge with lead BB shot.

Something that size would actually be a Utahraptor. Think a very fast grizzly bear.

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Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2013, 07:45:14 AM »
Because I'm a modern human and understand Velociraptors (and Utahraptors) are extinct, I won't be so quick to pull my gun on someone engaging in a bit of performance art.  Just as I wouldn't pull my gun on a group of pirates (a la Pirates of the Caribbean, not the Somali-style ones) performing in the street.

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Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2013, 08:05:11 AM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on August 30, 2013, 07:45:14 AM
Because I'm a modern human and understand Velociraptors (and Utahraptors) are extinct, I won't be so quick to pull my gun on someone engaging in a bit of performance art.  Just as I wouldn't pull my gun on a group of pirates (a la Pirates of the Caribbean, not the Somali-style ones) performing in the street.

Chris

Party pooper!  (But yeah, it would take quite a bit of suspending of disbelief to cause a reasonable person to pull and shoot.  $Diety knows what all those less-than-reasonable goons out there might do.)

How about if the "victim" were to respond based on reason and start chasing the beast, whacking at it with their briefcase or even their bare hands?

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If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.

Hey you kids!! Get off my lawn!!!

They keep making this eternal vigilance thing harder and harder.  Protecting the 2nd amendment is like playing PACMAN - there's no pause button so you can go to the bathroom.

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Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2013, 09:30:46 AM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on August 30, 2013, 07:45:14 AM
Because I'm a modern human and understand Velociraptors (and Utahraptors) are extinct, I won't be so quick to pull my gun on someone engaging in a bit of performance art.  Just as I wouldn't pull my gun on a group of pirates (a la Pirates of the Caribbean, not the Somali-style ones) performing in the street.
Fair enough.

But I guess it would be a bad idea to stage some "performance art" involving a bash mob or "urban yout" gangbangers around you, eh?  ;)

(BTW, neat costume for a Halloween group . . . I envision a group of "cavemen" being chased by a carnosaur down the street; nevermind the 125,000,000 year differential between the two.)

As long as we're on the topic of funny videos . . . this one speaks for itself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhxqIITtTtU&sns=em
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Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2013, 09:47:31 AM »
Quote from: HankB on August 30, 2013, 09:30:46 AM
Fair enough.

But I guess it would be a bad idea to stage some "performance art" involving a bash mob or "urban yout" gangbangers around you, eh?  ;)

(BTW, neat costume for a Halloween group . . . I envision a group of "cavemen" being chased by a carnosaur down the street; nevermind the 125,000,000 year differential between the two.)

I take it you haven't seen the documentaries "Caveman" and "1 Million B.C"
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Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2013, 06:20:57 PM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on August 30, 2013, 07:45:14 AM
Because I'm a modern human and understand Velociraptors (and Utahraptors) are extinct, I won't be so quick to pull my gun on someone engaging in a bit of performance art.  Just as I wouldn't pull my gun on a group of pirates (a la Pirates of the Caribbean, not the Somali-style ones) performing in the street.

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Re: Pranks that would not work well in countries where
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2013, 06:24:43 PM »
Quote from: HankB on August 30, 2013, 09:30:46 AM

(BTW, neat costume for a Halloween group . . . I envision a group of "cavemen" being chased by a carnosaur down the street; nevermind the 125,000,000 year differential between the two.)

That's genius! :rofl:
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