They surged after his first election. Ammo stocking is what is happening now.I was at the gun store the day after the election.
Human beings are physically unable to shoot more than two guns at once. Buying more for self defense is obsessive behavior.
He has been buying styeadily and the appreaciation of his hardware makes stocks and CDs look sick.
Human beings are physically unable to shoot more than two guns at once. Buying more for self defense is obsessive behavior.
Wrong again. I have pistols for concealed carry, and a shotgun for home defense. I also have firearms for hunting and sport shooting that may also be used for home defense.
Ditto, except for the shotgun
Well, actually XO is more right than most in here.
Home protection: Depending on the intentions of the desperado who has entered your home uninvited it might not be good idea to lock and load your shotgun so that he can hear it. Not only have you told him what you're carrying, you gave away your location. If he's a smart desperado you have told him what he wants to know.
Personally I sleep with one of these within reach: http://www.treemanknives.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jqjqmrlmk (http://www.treemanknives.com/tek9.asp?pg=products&specific=jqjqmrlmk)
One hell of a knife. It will kill anything you need to kill.
BSB
Now I see thatthe idiotsirs is threatening me.
Fricken how am I doing that?? :o You don't grasp the image?? I've used it many times before, with not a whiff of some supposed "threat". That was a response to your post, in that the point went way over your head. Capice'??
You know, if folks like myself or Cu4 were to have made similar comments, messers BsB & Xo would be raining all forms of gun-nut verbage down upon the source. Go figure
You know, if folks like myself or Cu4 were to have made similar comments, messers BsB & Xo would be raining all forms of gun-nut verbage down upon the source. Go figure
About my comment? BSB, probly not, and XO, who cares?
But you still need a stainless firearm for taking to the shower.Nothing like a shotgun in the shower!
Actually, not that long ago, I referenced, actually stongly stressed, the importance of gun safety, especially as a CCW holder. Bsb was raking me over the coals as some gun nut, for daring to have one. I've noticed how he, and Xo, have steered clear from doing that with you.
........ since I carried bearer bonds worth several million $ around Boston........................
BSB
Now, as for owning a firearm? I own several. In fact I have a permit to carry. I just choose not to carry for what I think are very good reasons.
Sirs? Clearly he's a fruit-loop and shouldn't be allowed to carry.
BSB
Bear
Move.
BSB
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The fact is that President Obama's reelection is a stupid reason for some gun nut who already owns more guns than he can shoot at once to go out and buy another.
sirs has nothing to protect. He does not have a job where people have much incentive to rob him.
Having loaded weapons laying about the house is a less good idea.
Okay, so you have not even massage table to carry around and defend with firearms. Even less to defend with your numerous firearms. Of course, your gun collection would clearly be worth stealing.
It is pretty hard to hide things where thieves cannot find them,but they are still instantly accessible. There is the Fake Book, the fake clock gun holder, the safe behind the picture on the wall,and under the sofa cushions,and the tricked out ottoman. Am I giving away all the secrets here?
And I am not even a burglar.
Furniture made of guns seems both improbable and uncomfortable. But that might made hiding a gun more effective. You would need a good memory to find a really well-hidden gun.That would be a great skit.
This could end in a competition between a forgetful gun nut and a prospective gun thief (also probably a gun nut), both ransacking the place for a hidden gun.
sirs clearly thinks that he can hide guns in some magical place where they will always be accessible,but where no one could possibly find them. I shall leave it up to those with logical minds to ponder how likely this is to be true.
What's the model, C?
You realize Xo is going to rag all about how know one would be able to see a red dot on their forehead, but I knew what you meant.
a logical reason to believe that if a person is sufficiently threatened to see a laser dot on his forehead more easily that a gun pointed at the aforementioned forehead?Of course!
Unless someone tries to assault you, "Christians", all you will have done is buy a useless toy.That same nutty logic also would apply to home fire insurance.
I am reminded of tombstones with a bell on them so that the occupant of a buried coffin could ringI am reminded of tombstones where people lay because they weren't prepared for the unexpected.
Unless someone tries to assault you, "Christians", all you will have done is buy a useless toy.
That same nutty logic also would apply to home fire insurance.
Unless your house burns down, all you will have done is buy "worthless" insurance.
Tough shit.
Everyone needs health care. My house is unlikely to blow away, but if it does, I can cover it.
Everyone eventually needs health care, because everyone is mortal, and unless everyone has insurance, there is no way that health care can be made affordable. Very few people can afford all the possible health problems that might afflict them.
Romney forced everyone to buy health insurance in Massachusetts, didn't he?
How can it be moral to force people to buy health insurance in one state, but immoral for the entire country?
This was the original suggestion of the right wing Heritage Institute, by the way.
Refresh my memory......are the congress critters and the President still exempt from Obamacare?
look at this crap England's about to do with their Gvt "Healthcare" that is losing billions!
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/360369/End-of-the-Doctor-s-surgery (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/360369/End-of-the-Doctor-s-surgery)
Horrible idea.....and the quality of care just keeps nosediving
Horrible idea.....and the quality of care just keeps nosediving
Horrible idea.....and the quality of care just keeps nosediving
Why is it a horrible idea?
4 out of my last 5 drs appointments did not involve hands on assessment. The one that did involved a stethoscope. I don't see why , in my case, 80% of the visits couldn't be done remotely.
Your status as a patient may be the exception to the rule, if your Dr never really has to actually examine you.
QuoteYour status as a patient may be the exception to the rule, if your Dr never really has to actually examine you.
I doubt it. But to be clear i didn't say my doctors never had to examine me, i said of the last 5 visits, 4 could have been handled remotely. ...How many medical disciplines have to physically assess a patient.
And if the need does arise then a physical appointment is set. Even the British system allows for that.
Most every Doctor, and pretty much every Therapist
Yea, at what level of wait time? How many months just for a routine exam? And not if what I saw being proposed is being set to be implimented. As I said, screw the patient, there are dollars to be saved
QuoteMost every Doctor, and pretty much every Therapist
Is this an assertion that i should take as Gospel?
My guess is you have no real experience with video conferencing and your reaction is based on speculation.
QuoteYea, at what level of wait time? How many months just for a routine exam? And not if what I saw being proposed is being set to be implimented. As I said, screw the patient, there are dollars to be saved
Since the initial consultation has already taken place, triage been done, my guess is the routing to the appropriate specialist would be fast tracked, depending on the nature of the ailment.
You can not provide quality of care over a TV screen.
QuoteYou can not provide quality of care over a TV screen.
Define quality care.
And i doubt a video consult would be on a TV screen. It would be on a computer monitor and preferably recorded.
I don't see any reason why remote medicine could not be as personal, efficient and accurate as in person medicine should be.
The ability to provide quality care, specific to that patient's needs.
.....on a TV-LIKE screen.
I see plenty, as a health care provider, 1st and foremost the severe decline in the quality of care to patients
QuoteThe ability to provide quality care, specific to that patient's needs.
You know i find the most valuable trait in a good doctor.
The ability to listen. To observe. To ask follow up questions.
And if needed order further testing. All of which can be handled remotely.
I certainly don't agree that an attaboy can't be given remotely.
Quote.....on a TV-LIKE screen.
Oh. Why didn't you say so . I think computer monitors are capable of delivering higher resolution images than run of the mill black friday special TeeVee.
QuoteI see plenty, as a health care provider, 1st and foremost the severe decline in the quality of care to patients
Your specialty is physical therapy and is thus limited to those disciplines covered by your certifications. I believe this discussion concerns Medical Doctors. So your say so is not gospel, as it were.
I see the quality of care declining across the spectrum, which inclides Physicians.
The problem is in the process of creating an enviroment that requires less and less physicians to see more and more patients. Making those absolutely necessary personal connections harder and harder to establish and take root. This programs take the impersonal to a whole new level