Ruggbutt

Semper Fi, Devil Dog.

I've been to Pearl several times. So many names on the wall of the dead...................I purchased a flag that was flown over the Arizona, it's in a shadow box on my wall with the certificate. I'll never forget.

17 to 33. Eligible for parole in 9. When he's 70. Since the crime is considered a violent felony, he gets no "good time" to help reduce his sentence. Additionally, it's doubtful he'll get parole the first or second time he tries.

That video rawks! Wish I could have got my turn on that .50. Good job Danes! I love how the pirates are so tough that they hijack ships with unarmed crew, but when the seas swell they get scared and call for help.

That wouldn't fly here as well. Once the threat has ceased you have no rights to use force. For the record, I was a CCW instructor for the state of Arizona for many years.

The laws are different everywhere. If you're in fear of physical harm or death you're allowed to use "up to" deadly force to protect yourself. Especially if the intruder is carrying a weapon. At least thats the case here in the states in most of the states. Some states will crucify you but here in Arizona anyone can carry a pistol openly as long as it's in a holster.

It's a VOIP program that allows you to talk to other people who are joined on the same server.

The fact is that it's legal to own firearms in this country, our founding fathers guaranteed that. Anyone (especially someone from another country) that comments on that just doesn't "get it". People abuse anything they can get their hands on. How about the woman that entered the contest Wee for a Wii and drank too much water and died? Not the water's fault, it was her stupidity. Drivers licenses are incredibly easy to get here and there are 2x+ more deaths in this country related to automobiles than handguns. How about McDonalds? High fat foods contribute to heart disease, everyone knows it. Yet they eat at fast food places 5x a week. A person with a can of gas, some matches and intent is much more dangerous than the idiot gang member in a store with a gun. As for your "untrained" comment Canadair, who decides who is "trained"? I was a CCW instructor in Arizona for years, one of the first in this state and the state requested to use my lesson plan as an example for other CCW instructors. I also shot professionally for many years. In fact, I wrote off 17 grand worth of guns and ammo one year I was so busy making a living with my prowess. Clearly I'm trained but do I have the right to say that someone else who shoots once a month maybe 100 rounds downrange shouldn't have the right to protect themselves or their family? The answer is no. In fact, you should fear me more if I'm driving a car with intent to kill on a crowded street. I can do more damage in the same amount of time than I can with a firearm. I've seen morons do stupid things with guns all my life. In an advanced pistolcraft class I was taking some idiot shot himself in the leg, ignoring at least 3 rules the instructor laid out. Even after that I believe the moron should be allowed to own guns to protect himself. Blame how the people act, not the object. If anyone remembers the ethnic cleansing in Africa between the Hutus and the Tutsis there were millions killed, the majority of them hacked to death with a machete. Should we outlaw those? Or should we punish those that would take a benign implement and use it for bad? One last point I need to make: Out of all the registered full auto weapons owned by civilians in the U.S., there has been exactly one crime committed with a full auto firearm. An ex-cop gone bad did it. Those percentages are akin to the odds you get if you win the lottery, which are low. You only punish those that have done wrong. There is rampant welfare fraud, does that mean that we punish the many because of the actions of the few? To go a bit further if I've been wronged by a person of a different race, is it right to condemn everyone of the same color? I believe in judging the person. We're all individuals and a firearm sitting on a counter top has never injured anyone. It's the individual that pointed the firearm and intentionally pulled the trigger who did the harming. Placing blame anywhere else but on where it truly lies continues the cycle of stupidity. And the people who stampeded that store are responsible for a homicide. Yes, it was an accident but the law allows for that, it's called manslaughter. I'd like to see someone punished for that but I doubt anything will come of it. Hopefully Wal-Mart will institute different procedures or will stop Black Friday sales altogether.

I disagree. When you kill the trigger men they are not able to do so again. If you can capture one alive do so for intel. That way you can capture the masterminds. Unfortunately we've seen that these "types" cannot be reasoned with. Therefore unless it's extremely easy to do a bullet is the only negotiation that you can perform with them. The old adage "Kill 'em all let god sort 'em out" is the right philosophy in this instance.

Don't condemn the whole country because a few idiots acted same. I've been in places where there were huge crowds (concerts, air shows, etc) and never have I seen people act like this. And I'm old enuf to be the guy who saw Led Zeppelin before Bonzo died. So when are you leaving this planet? Never in the history of the earth and in every region there have been people who act like those in that store. I don't wanna live in a world where I can't use a temporary solution such as CS to stop someone from dying. I meant that if the shooting had to happen, it was a good thing it was gang members. As for your "A" comment: There have always been gangs, and always will be. I salute you for striving for better but many times when people post "shoulda/woulda/coulda" comments they completely ignore the reality. Nice! Blame the object. Ignore completely the actions of the two idiots with the guns. If guns were a non-factor, knives would have been. Or baseball bats. Murder rates in countries that have bans on guns see people being killed with other objects as well as guns. Drugs are bad and are illegal in most countries too. So is drunk driving. Blame the person committing the action. It's the people who have acted wholly inappropriately who are at fault. It's not the multinational corporations, it's not the wholesalers' fault or even how their mommy or daddy treated them bad as a child. We all inherently know the difference between good and bad behavior. Focusing on anything else besides that is just feelgood psychobabble that does no one any good. The only way to correct bad actions are to point them out and learn from them. Not to blame anyone or anything else.

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In that shooting it's believed the two that shot each other were rival gang members. If that's the case then it's a good thing............

I'm disgusted by those people.

Happy Thanksgiving all. I text messaged all that are close to me today, didn't wanna interrupt their time with their families. As I logged on to IM one of my squaddies got the text and reminded me that he's "remembering all those guys downrange right now that arent so lucky too." While you're celebrating with your families give a quick thought to all the men and women out there protecting freedom and their respective countries. For me, it doesn't matter if you're American, British, Aussie, Indian or whatever. You're in harms way protecting those that can't. For that I thank you. I hope the rest of you have a great day with your families. Things can change in an instant, cherish the time you spend with them.

You won't see those views if external views are off in the server.

So that they won't crash into each other or clog the runways. It's intentional.

Dad is working on suing someone. That's how people operate nowadays.

Count me as number one............I've had it for almost 9 years.

Good show, India!

I don't really have a man cave, as I'm single and my whole house is my man cave. But here's a shot of my pit:

Post in the correct forum would be the first step.

Just because it "could" have been done by one shooter doesn't mean that it was done by one shooter. As many people as Kennedy had pissed off the odds are that it wasn't one lone gunman.

Pirates don't pirate again once .30 cal pierces their bodies. Learn it, live it, love it.

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You have to change the emblems and marking on the skins themselves.