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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.

« on: December 04, 2015, 07:55:36 PM »

I prefer pepsi myself

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: December 04, 2015, 07:47:16 PM »

Tippy acknowledges jaakko's presence by punching him in the shoulder, she catches Gus leaving from the corner of her eye.

"Gus, buddy, care to join us or are you retiring for the day?"

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Off Topic / Re: Post real life pictures of yourself.

« on: December 04, 2015, 07:35:17 PM »

Rye ur cute, don't get ugly ok?

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Off Topic / Re: The world needs more guns

« on: December 04, 2015, 07:34:08 PM »

Glad to see we are on the same page i 100% agree. I'm in that group of people who desires to not have to use their carry-gun at all if possible. The sad truth is that the gun enthusiast community is saturated with wannabe-heroes as you've stated. A lot of confused undisciplined youth (My term is punk-teenagers) have become victims to firearms because the person wielding it overreacts to the situation.

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Off Topic / Re: San Bernardino shootings

« on: December 04, 2015, 07:21:51 PM »

This post is more suited for the other thread that's already discussing the matter.

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Off Topic / Re: The world needs more guns

« on: December 04, 2015, 07:08:51 PM »

Quote from: Cappytaino on December 04, 2015, 05:46:00 PM

In a knife fight, the loser dies at the scene and the winner dies in the ambulance. Knives are some scary stuff. I'm legitimately more scared of knives than guns.

Then carry a gun

No more scary knife. Just silly man who brought knife to a gun fight. The only thing about a knife at that point you'd have to worry about is the guy jumping you up close. It's true though, knives inflict massive amounts of pain by comparison to a gun. I've had plenty of experience with knives (stabbed in the throat before) and i've had a distaste for them since then.

Martial arts on the other hand will always turn into a scuffle 99% of the time that ends up on the ground. Even with training i'm not interested in tussling and i believe that whether or not you choose to carry a gun is at the discretion of the person and that "martial arts" is not an argument for more gun control. (But i'm having serious doubts that's what you're getting at at all so correct me if i'm wrong.)

(Also i've achieved black belt in one martial art (karate, i know, haha what a mall-ninja thing to learn) and i'm glad that i know how to use myself to defend myself but i also know what my limit is. I'm more interested however in NOT putting any risks on the table for myself so i don't see firearm carry as a cop-out, thats just downright insulting to some people. IT would be incredibly awesome though if self defense training was kind of a mandatory thing people had to do in the states though.)

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Off Topic / Re: The world needs more guns

« on: December 04, 2015, 04:08:09 PM »

Quote from: Cappytaino on December 04, 2015, 02:28:32 PM

I've got no problem with people owning guns, but the idea of using them for self defense sounds pretty dumb to me unless the dangerous individual is also armed. I think that in most cases of unarmed assault/battery, assuming the assailant has no martial arts training (which they probably dont) most any martial art will probably stop them from doing much harm. Judo, Krav Maga, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, even straight up wrestling or boxing are all good choices. They all involve some form of grappling/clinching for control and one of the first things they teach you is how to counter the strikes and kicks that untrained fighters will throw at you and you should be able to walk away with little to no damage to yourself. It's fascinating to me that the ones most vocal about the rights to bear arms in self defense won't use the perfectly good weapons their body gives them and instead want to resort to deadly force using a firearm to stop something like an unarmed assault. Seriously, Krav Maga and BJJ aren't that difficult to pick up and 9 times out of 10 will stop any meathead dead in their tracks. I just think using a gun for all purpose self defense is a copout and is unnecessarily deadly in most cases.

Honestly if you're being attacked by a lunatic who isn't armed a gun doesn't need to be fired to get the point across. They aren't just for shooting but also making a statement to those who would seek to harm you. I'm not going to waste my time trying to use martial arts on someone dumb enough to go after me. Also martial arts wouldn't do me much good because i'm a small framed woman-thing. I'm just not designed to put out nearly as much power as a male is, even if i'm physically fit. I'm no Rhonda Rousey (Or the woman who kicked her ass likewise)

I obtained my first firearms with target shooting in mind. The idea of defense never occurred to me back then.

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Off Topic / Re: Tay's special interest Thread (Poll has been reset. Yay????)

« on: December 04, 2015, 12:05:30 AM »

Quote from: stufflord on December 04, 2015, 12:02:30 AM

where is roosterring?????

magically there

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: December 03, 2015, 08:59:33 PM »

Tippy lets out an audible huff of disappointment that he didn't keep the dogs in the room and goes back to drinking some coffee

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Games / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Fallout 4

« on: December 03, 2015, 08:55:11 PM »

Quote from: Nonnel on December 03, 2015, 08:32:50 PM

Maybe some bible humping starfishs from the South

Something a filthy godless NON-SOUTHERNER WOULD SAY

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Off Topic / Re: The world needs more guns

« on: December 03, 2015, 07:02:02 PM »

Quote from: Otis Da HousKat on December 03, 2015, 06:50:26 PM

Guess who murdered 14 people yesterday in cold blood?

Harold

Harold killed the people

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Forum Games / Re: ABS FIESTA REDUX

« on: December 03, 2015, 04:05:08 PM »

Quote from: CypherX on December 03, 2015, 02:41:28 AM

im sitting in the mess hall

Looking frustrated with your bagel yes, i don't think anyone has attempted to socialize with you because a man who's dissatisfied with his bagel is not to be trifled with.

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