GasBandit
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Hey, it works against those pesky global warming deniers.
At least 14 injured in Texas College Mass Stabbing
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I don't feel like this actually undermines anyone's argument on either side. It's just a ridiculous (and tragic for those involved) scenario that we, at large, choose to process through humor.
That's what you should have said, if you were being honest.
Antelopes are not native to North America, and we shouldn't be comparing our society's knife culture to the knife culture of the African and Eurasian regions of the world. You may well find that stealthy Kenyan runners armed with spear mounted knives could, in fact, feed their family on their hunting skills, but that's largely irrelevant to our society of pudgy pale people.
What we really need for those people is a knife that can be thrown with great speed and accuracy. One which can be easily handled and stored, is light weight and can throw one or more knives with little to no preparation. It would also be handy if these knives penetrated further than their own blade depth. While they could be reusable, it would probably be best if the device could be used multiple times, but the knives were considered disposable.
I don't know what the answer is, but until we can design such a device, I think that knives are here to stay. Hunters really have no other good alternative, and until there is one I don't think it's right to regulate them so tightly that a man can't feed his family of nine without resorting to government supplied venison and buffalo.
I've known guns to misfire, but I've yet to see a knife miscut.
McDonald's dollar menu.
A guest at the hotel once asked me where he could get food late at night. I mentioned a Chinese place not to far. His reply was "Do I look like I want to eat CAT?"
The man smelled like a pot farm, and drove to the hotel in Volkswagon Van covered in war protest stickers.
Stereotypes are fun!
The man smelled like a pot farm, and drove to the hotel in Volkswagon Van covered in war protest stickers.
Stereotypes are fun!
GasBandit
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Happens in kitchens all over america every day. Hell, happened in mine a couple months ago... little woman was chopping vegetables, and suddenly fingertip was on the menu.
When a lot of people say "misfire" what they really mean is the gun fired when they didn't realize they were squeezing the trigger, or, more rarely, the gun did not fire correctly when they were intentionally squeezing the trigger.
So "misfires" are about as common as "miscuts" and for the same reasons - either the tool was being used improperly, or it wasn't maintained properly so that when it was used it didn't work as intended.
Most "misfires" in law enforcement are called "accidental discharge" because the gun did not actually fail in any way.
So "misfires" are about as common as "miscuts" and for the same reasons - either the tool was being used improperly, or it wasn't maintained properly so that when it was used it didn't work as intended.
Most "misfires" in law enforcement are called "accidental discharge" because the gun did not actually fail in any way.
To me the misfire is that the gun no longer works. Either jammed from not ejecting, or the round fails to fire.
How about the ballistic knife! Unfortunately it's illegal to buy. Apparently depending on the state you can still make one yourself as long as you don't intend to sell it.
Kind of funny that there is a federal ban on a device that can really only shoot a knife 15 feet, but guns are just fine.
I think if I owned one of those, I would remove the knife part and use it as a lightsaber hilt.
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Goddamn I'm a dork.
Ballistic lightsaber!
It is illegal to carry a Bowie Knife in Texas. That is just so wrong to me.
GasBandit
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I feel like I might need to put this in my signature, I say it so often... "There's no bureaucrat like a Texas bureaucrat."
If you have ever seen Sam Houston's Bowie Knives you would understand. He called them his "short swords." That and there were hundreds of Bowie Knife duels going on...
I assume bowie knife duels are the official passtime of Texas.
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Well, they should be.
The were from 1830's through the Civil War, if not longer.
You can't have a sword in your car in Louisiana either.
Well so much for my Road Fencing club.
But it does screw with Larpers and Ren Faire participants.
You can carry a 5.5 inch folding knife, but any concealed fixed blade is illegal.
You guys should see the knife I use on my apples...
You guys should see the knife I use on my apples...
In all seriousness, I don't really understand how knives, swords, and any other melee weapon isn't covered under the 2nd Amendment. It doesn't cite guns specifically.
GasBandit
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It's assumed because the British didn't attempt to confiscate melee weapons in colonial America, only firearms and gunpowder.
Most of the amendments in the Bill of Rights were directly addressing some grievance or other the Americans had with something the British had done. For example, the one about not being forced to shelter soldiers in your home. Not quite a big issue any more, but at the time it was just as big a deal.
Obviously, but the law evolves. I'm surprised someone hasn't argued that bladed weapons shouldn't be covered under the same laws, despite the tradition of just addressing gun ownership.
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Well, there's also that even in the late 18th century, you didn't fight tyranny with melee weapons. Remember, the 2nd amendment is not about hunting or home defense, it's about making the government hesitant to oppress an armed populace.
It gets back to what I always say... the intent was to keep the militia (defined as every American of age) as well armed as any standing army. In 1776, that meant muskets, not knives, just as today it means Assault rifles, not shotguns (or swords).
Please, lecture me some more with your patronizing tone, for though I am a history teacher I know nothing of this "Constitution."
GasBandit
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Most don't.Please, lecture me some more with your patronizing tone, for though I am a history teacher I know nothing of this "Constitution."
Apparently people round these parts don't take kindly to you speaking from a position of any authority based on what you do.Please, lecture me some more with your patronizing tone, for though I am a history teacher I know nothing of this "Constitution."
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