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Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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When I worked at Draper Laboratories one of the guards shot themself in the food while sitting at their desk...
I worked at a campground as a summer job while in school. The security guard was a gun nut who claimed that the safest way to carry a gun was locked and loaded. His "safe" gun went off while putting it on a table and missed blowing his son's head off by just a few inches.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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I know that was the theory being explored with all the apple stores and starbux in 2020 :rofl:
A five block section near my house had 27 break-ins in 3 weeks before they hired a guard to drive around in circles all night. All mom and pop shops. Other than a fork truck that crashed through the front of a grocery store and stole an ATM machine nothing of any real value was ever stolen. The big hit to the businesses was forcing to close for a day or two to repair damage and replace necessary equipment to run the business. About the only places that remained unscathed was the book stores. :rofl:
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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Businesses around here have been hiring armed guards. Should end well because giving people who can't get hired as a cop guns should work out well. But you can't run a viable business when it is getting broken into several times a week.
Same here. A few jewelers just up and left, but Nordstroms has armed guards. WTF?
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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Yeah, a .22 or .17HMR is not nearly enough to take down a prairie dog.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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You don't need an AR-15 to shoot prairie dogs, you want an AR-15 to shoot prairie dogs.



Ruger 10/22 is more than enough for the task and has all the mods available that you could ever want.

$0.50/rd for 223 <<< $0.10/rd for 22

But a 10/22 doesn't match my tactical rodent shooting plate carrier.
 

jonKranked

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Nov 10, 2005
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jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
41,266
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Portland, OR
We don't want taxes!
[Cut taxes]
Where are our services?
:Confused Pikachu:
You would think that Josephine county would have been a good example, but apparently nobody makes the connection that taxes also = police/fire/rescue.

Southern Oregon has been Wild West since '10 or so. "unless you are bleeding to death (not just bleeding), don't call 911 because we ain't coming."
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
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You would think that Josephine county would have been a good example, but apparently nobody makes the connection that taxes also = police/fire/rescue.

Southern Oregon has been Wild West since '10 or so. "unless you are bleeding to death (not just bleeding), don't call 911 because we ain't coming."
yea, the venn diagram of the "taxes are theft" and "back the blue" crowds is a single overlapping circle
 

6thElement

Schrodinger's Immigrant
Jul 29, 2008
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I have said several times in this thread that that's exactly what it is. Guns for a significant portion of the American population are the new Golden Calf. It is absolutely a religion.
I was meaning more like:

Explaining Religious Psychosis - you can't.
Gun Control - there isn't any.
 

mykel

closer to Periwinkle
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6thElement

Schrodinger's Immigrant
Jul 29, 2008
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dipshit gun culture has evolved a lot in the last 10 years so I wanted to see a more current version
Just 55% worse, seems reasonable in a free society. Being killed is just the price you have to pay to be free...