I've been in the presence of a shotgun being cocked countless times and never once lost control of my bodily functions or found my feet moving of their own volition. If you live in a really bad neighborhood... If you are old/infirm/extremely responsible... If you don't have kids running around... If you must use a shotgun... Then this isn't a terrible idea. But that commercial is goddamned silly.ratliff wrote:According to one school of thought, you WANT the intruder to hear you cocking the gun, because that will cause them to flee without anyone getting hurt.
Cock sound!
I'm buying two!
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Doesn't Kurosawa have a movie where a kung-fu dude dodges bullets as he moves forward and takes on a gunman?majcher wrote:I've actually taken gun-fu classes from a ninja guy in San Francisco, and he's not fucking around. You better be a deadeye at a fair distance, or that dude will take your piece away from you and shove it right up your ass before you can blink.DollarBill wrote: I shot a ninja and he just kept comin'. Killed me. That's why I practice ninja stuff now.
And then, you'd better not blink.
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If Wes stabbed all his swords into his bed, he'd have nowhere to sleep.
I do gots me a lot of swords.
In fact, there are blades just about within arms reach in every room at all times. I feel pretty confident no one would make it far if they tried to get in.
(And to make sure, I also have shotguns, rifles, a pistol, and a fully working SKS which makes a hell of a cocking noise itself).
I am a Texan from a military family, and my dad made me keep a shotgun under my bed for several years. . . He thought that just the noise of the shot gun cocking would scare off any intruders.
I had a friend who's parents were pretty pacifist but wanted home protection. They got the biggest, loudest cocking shot gun they could find. Never once bought slugs for it. They thought the sound alone would scare someone off, and if that didn't the size would.
Even a wussy 20 gauge can do a hell of a lot of damage in an enclosed, close range environment. And down a 10 yard hallway, with a little scatter, they don't tend to miss. Most criminals probably would run if they knew their prey was armed with a shotgun. Cock sound!
I do gots me a lot of swords.
In fact, there are blades just about within arms reach in every room at all times. I feel pretty confident no one would make it far if they tried to get in.
(And to make sure, I also have shotguns, rifles, a pistol, and a fully working SKS which makes a hell of a cocking noise itself).
I am a Texan from a military family, and my dad made me keep a shotgun under my bed for several years. . . He thought that just the noise of the shot gun cocking would scare off any intruders.
I had a friend who's parents were pretty pacifist but wanted home protection. They got the biggest, loudest cocking shot gun they could find. Never once bought slugs for it. They thought the sound alone would scare someone off, and if that didn't the size would.
Even a wussy 20 gauge can do a hell of a lot of damage in an enclosed, close range environment. And down a 10 yard hallway, with a little scatter, they don't tend to miss. Most criminals probably would run if they knew their prey was armed with a shotgun. Cock sound!
Preface: I am not crazy, and am a very safe and happy man.
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My favorite part is this:apiaryist wrote:Preface: I am not crazy, and am a very safe and happy man.
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot3.htm
It sounds like he's very disappointed in this spread, and would like to hear what you have to say for yourself.theboxoftruth.com wrote:Notice that there is an approximate 3 1/2 inch spread.
We will discuss this later.
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Yes, but is your remote control accessible from the lying position in bed, though?mpbrockman wrote:This way you can sleep with the remote for your home stereo next to your bed rather than a weapon of personal destruction.
Who ever heard of a remote control rack? Now THAT'S ridiculous!
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