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Jcrowley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 03:46 PM
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If You Don't Think Guns Should Be Banned You Haven't Seen This


Pent up in a Catholic school all day may lead to some aggressive tendencies.
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 03:48 PM
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1. Yeah, that picture really gives me optimism about the future of mankind
NOT!
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 03:50 PM
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2. "You can make people do anything if they're afraid." - Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
:shrug:
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 03:53 PM
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3. You're missing out if your school hasn't replaced pom-poms with miniguns
It's the newest thing in school rivalry. And it leads to profitable career paths!
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 03:53 PM
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4. That's not a 'gun'
That's a war weapon.

And please can we not fall into the 'guns,gawd,gay'trap and win the wh in 2008? Puhleeze?
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Jcrowley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 03:58 PM
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5. To let ya' know
I'm not an advocate of total gun control though I've never owned a gun or fired one or care to be around them.. I understand the issue and have mixed feelings on this. And to let you know I think it essential to retain one's sense of humor in light of all we face. Probably a survival technique.



Ear to ear smiles from a first time 50 cal shooter... We don't blame her.
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harlinchi Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:12 PM
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7. Is that a .50 cal? I thought it was some sort of multiple-barrel minigun...
Edited on Tue Dec-05-06 04:13 PM by harlinchi
...like those 6000 round per minute anti-air (Vulcan?) weapons I always wanted to fire (at inanimate targets!), but never did. Far from the bit-dit-dit of an M-16A2 or the DUT-DUT-DUT of the M-60, those multi-barrel guns had a humming or zipping sound, the rounds were being discharged so fast! Fun stuff, in training, even just watching. I'd imagine that it's somewhat less fun if someone is shooting back! I was only in the (old) reserves, thankfully, so I never saw or felt what it is to be shot at.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:43 PM
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14. That is a Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun (single barrel)
The OP photo is some sort of variation of a Vulcan or a modern Gatling gun. I'm not hip to all the new toys our military has these days. :shrug:
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:46 PM
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17. That OP photo isn't real- it's a photoshopped composite image.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:50 PM
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21. I believe the weapon is a real beast in the US arsonal...
yet I have no idea what is is. :shrug:
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 05:55 PM
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27. Minigun.
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Kelly Rupert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:00 PM
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6. I am now completely against handguns,
and completely in favor of Vulcan cannons being bolted to the backs of pickup trucks. For self-defense when hunting helicopters, of course.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:22 PM
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8. "Go ahead, give me another failing grade next term, you miserable witch"
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:23 PM
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9. Exactly! Pass legislation the requires rifle and small arms training
in all public schools. Must defend against crazed and armed Catholic school students.

Don't even talk to me about the terraists.
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otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:24 PM
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10. And now I've seen it.
Waiting... :shrug:
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Billy Ruffian Donating Member (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:38 PM
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11. source?
Where did the picture come from? The girl is wearing no hearing protection, no eye protection. I would not be a bit surprised to find this was a modified photo.

Weapons such as these are very, very expensive to purchase, very, very expensive to operate, and are very, very tightly regulated.

We sure have to worry about all the crimes committed with Vulcan mini-guns, now, don't we.

BTW, I think there was a question about this weapon compared to the one in the other photo in this thread. The OP picture is NOT a .50 BMG. From the casings in the air, this looks like a 7.62mm NATO weapon.
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:41 PM
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13. I believe one of the Photoshop wizards at Worth1000 or Fark created that one
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:38 PM
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12. I realize there's a number of sarcastic responses here...
but, for the record... that pic is a Photoshop.

Still... I can easily understand the joyful expression on her face.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:48 PM
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20. Until you realize how much $$$ is going downrange
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 05:05 PM
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23. If one can afford to own a mini-gun...
Edited on Tue Dec-05-06 05:16 PM by D__S
the cost of ammo isn't much of a concern.

The few civilian transferable minis that are out there run around $250,000 - $300,000.






B-)
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:44 PM
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15. That looks like something out of photoshop, you want some
ear protection when shooting those.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:45 PM
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16. Thank goodness I saw that- I've completely changed my mind now!
Thank you, Fake PhotoShopped Photo-poster!
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:47 PM
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18. Somebody get her a sandwich.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:48 PM
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19. Girl has one arm? This is a fake I tell you...
a big old fake....
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 04:50 PM
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22. It looks pretty fun to me.
:shrug:
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 05:13 PM
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24. What's better than one mini-gun?
3 mini-guns!...



:smoke:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 05:48 PM
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25. Precisely.
:thumbsup:
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 05:52 PM
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26. Its not even a good photoshop job
She's missing an arm. Her hand is not on the trigger. The shadows are all wrong. Sloppy sloppy sloppy.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 05:55 PM
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28. Aww, she just needs a boy to play with.
:)
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 05:55 PM
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29. Banned?
You trust the government that much? Wow.

And firing auto weapons is fun. I don't own guns at present, but I have, and I want the right to own them to be ensured. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns.
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Jcrowley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-05-06 08:38 PM
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30. Happiness is a warm gun?


Don't worry my distrust of the government knows no bounds. They've earned it. And also for those who are in need of levity please retain your sense of humor>>>>>>

IN>>>

THESE>>>>

TIMES>>>>>

Of course it's photoshopped folks!?!
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