Dirtebiker....lots of CAPS and exclamation points in your post...for EMPHASIS I suppose. :) Sorry I wasn't clear enough. My stance is NO to teachers being armed in school as a policy (IOW, teacher eduction should not include weapons training); YES to teachers being armed if they wish to be.
Up front let me stress that I too am grieved over the children who were murderedin CT, but I still believe school shootings are like plane crashes: rare but vivid. Arming teachersis not the right answer! Teachers, as a group, are not firearm types. Whatwould the cost to tax payers be to arm...
What is worse, sellers doubling (and tripling at the Kokomo show today) theprices on mags or buyers buying at crazy prices? I have 13 .223 rounds left andwas planning on doing some varmint hunting with my sun this weekend. It wasfrustrating to try to find some ammo today. Seems like everyone...
I'm tempted to sell an AR right nowto take advantage of so much emotional reactivity. I could bank the money, waitfor the pandemonium to die down, and then buy two (or three) for the price ofone! A word to the wise...It's a good time to buy a house; bad time to buyan AR! Regardless, I'd like to...
Center for the Prevention of the Violent Use of Hands
They report "About 9 percent of all violent crimes involve a gun - roughly 338,000 cases each year." So let's say we completely eliminate guns. What about the other 91% of cases that don't involve a gun? Most violent crimes probably do not...
Here is a link to the locations of reactors according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: NRC: Operating Nuclear Power Reactors (by Location or Name). It is interesting to me as I read their disaster response plans that their danger zone in the event of a major accident is only a 10 mile...
This kind of thing bothers me too. I would love to see an "intelligent" episode or two. How about they introduce a character with have half a brain in his/her head instead of what we're getting:
"Ummm...where should would sleep?"
"How about out here in tents completely vulnerable to zombies?"...
Yes, it's just you! :)
Being prepared is not a statement about God, it is a statement about people. Christians (in my case) who hire security guards still have faith in God, they just know there are a lot of nut jobs out there ready to burn their churches down, steal their offerings, and kill...
Not many churches have security, but some of the larger ones do. Especially if the pastor is "famous" because of a radio show or a book or something he/she has done. You'd be surprised the number of oddballs a church service attracts. We have had drunk people wander in during the service and...
So when IS it appropriate to "show and tell?" I go to gun shops for show and tell all the time. They pick up a weapon from the case show it to me, even hand it to me, and tell me all about it. Whenever I get a new weapon, I sit down with my wife and oldest and "show and tell" until they...
Comic books are SO much better than the TV show. I know people always say this kind of thing, but the AMC screenwriters and directors have almost ruined it IMO. Why does everyone on the show have to talk in a melodramatic, semi-whisper voice all the time? And so much wasted air time discussing...
Found an interesting map at http://modernsurvivalblog.com/images/2011/03/united-states-nuclear-reactors-location-map-large.jpg which may be of interest to some. Shows locations of nuclear reactors in teh U.S. and 100 mile zones (assuming for illustration sake that 100 miles is minimum safe...
Bar Scene Too Long
That bar scene with Hershel and Rick was way too long, took up half the show it felt like and the dialog was tired. They tried to be deep and meaningful, but the Walking Dead writers just don't have what it takes. They have been through all the "this is a terrible world"...
That guy cracks me up!
But, he did make a few good points. It does seem like the "stupor" bowl to me, too. People seem to go into a trance, organize their entire lives around it, and just plain suspend all critical thinking. But...this is pretty much how Americans approach the media and...
Wondering if anyone else is bothered by the post-shopping receipt check at Walmart, Sam's Club, etc.
The other day I bought some stuff, paid for it, and was on my way out the door when my wife alerted me to the fact that I had to stop and get my stuffed checked out by the lady at the door...
I was actually thinking about it the opposite way. Everybody always talks about about how limited the .25 round is, but it was used successfully to kill two people. Did he shoot all of the people in the head? I don't think he did, but cant find anything in the paper saying for sure. Supports the...