Dnaltrop
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I can't wait for his follow up article " How to clean up an indoor jumbo-size Bear mace discharge" after his dog alerts at the front window and he trips over a footstool.
So this is what your supposed to do, because guns are inappropriate.
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ShamboPyro
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Has anyone else realized that batman gets his ass kicked in EVERY movie before getting the bad guy?
Spdracr39
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I would just as soon shoot them as try to hit them with a bat.
JRH6856
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The guy has some good ideas. I'm going for the moat with crocodiles. 
mljdeckard
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Note my signature line.
mljdeckard
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*in Sheldon voice*
"I'm Batman!!"
"I'm Batman!!"
mokin
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"Gun free zone" stickers.... I like that.
Texan Scott
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If I toss a lit stick of dynamite down the hall, does it count as a ranged weapon?
RetiredUSNChief
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"Buy a home security system"
I have a home security system. It's called door locks, window locks, exterior lights, attentive neighbors, a dog, a phone, and various impliments of destruction including (but not limited to) such things as baseball bats, kitchen cutlery, various hand and power tools, and (of course) my guns.
"Fortify your perimeter"
Done, as part of the above.
"Get a cute dog and an ugly stick"
Done. The dog is a black Pug. A sensitive alarm system and an utterly deadly trip hazard in the dark of night.
I've got three kids. There are planety of sticks and clubs around the house in the form of various sporting goods and...well, sticks and clubs.
Saying edged weapons is a "definate no-no" is absolutely moronic. ANY weapon of opportunity is better than none and I'll not turn down anything in time of need.
"Yes in the face"
No, you moron. I don't do chemical defense like mace and pepper spray in a closed area like a house. That's stupid in my opinion. The last thing I want to do is incapacitate myself at the same time. I suppose it has it's place, but I don't put stock in it under these circumstances.
As a "replacement" for one's guananteed legal right to keep and bear arms and to use them in self-defense, I find this article to be stupid in the extreme.
As a logical, common sense extention of being prepared via a layered system of home defense, which also includes passive defense measures, it's great.
I have a home security system. It's called door locks, window locks, exterior lights, attentive neighbors, a dog, a phone, and various impliments of destruction including (but not limited to) such things as baseball bats, kitchen cutlery, various hand and power tools, and (of course) my guns.
"Fortify your perimeter"
Done, as part of the above.
"Get a cute dog and an ugly stick"
Done. The dog is a black Pug. A sensitive alarm system and an utterly deadly trip hazard in the dark of night.
I've got three kids. There are planety of sticks and clubs around the house in the form of various sporting goods and...well, sticks and clubs.
Saying edged weapons is a "definate no-no" is absolutely moronic. ANY weapon of opportunity is better than none and I'll not turn down anything in time of need.
"Yes in the face"
No, you moron. I don't do chemical defense like mace and pepper spray in a closed area like a house. That's stupid in my opinion. The last thing I want to do is incapacitate myself at the same time. I suppose it has it's place, but I don't put stock in it under these circumstances.
As a "replacement" for one's guananteed legal right to keep and bear arms and to use them in self-defense, I find this article to be stupid in the extreme.
As a logical, common sense extention of being prepared via a layered system of home defense, which also includes passive defense measures, it's great.
pockets
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There have been several over the decades.....'Ace' the Bat-Hound started in the 1950's.
I can't wait for his posthumous follow-up article "How to clean up blood from the carpet after my funeral".
He's welcome to use whatever defensive tool he prefers....and I'll use the tool I prefer.
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Undoubtedly, but what does it mean? I'm not even sure how to interpret the first line: "So, what, you think you're better than Batman?"
Well, the truth is that I'm not nearly as good at ninjutsu and obtaining nonexistent (in real life) high-tech equipment as Batman, which is precisely why I need a gun more than he does (not that he couldn't use one or ten himself). If I thought I were better than him, then maybe I'd (foolishly) avoid using guns, too.Keeping the latter in mind, perhaps the writer of this piece is supposing that readers do think that they're better than Batman, and if so, then we wouldn't need to use firearms.
This interpretation would actually make the article pro-gun, while showing us alternative means by which to defend ourselves (useful because some of these can be layered). While it is obviously intended for humor, I'm suggesting that the first line could actually be calling out those who refuse to use guns.Obviously the author meant this to be more satirical than anything else.
If we could choreograph life like a movie or tv show then there's a lot of things we wouldn't need (or have) besides firearms.
It just epitomizes the kind of fantasy land most antis prescribe to.
If we could choreograph life like a movie or tv show then there's a lot of things we wouldn't need (or have) besides firearms.
It just epitomizes the kind of fantasy land most antis prescribe to.
Fred in Wisc
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Solo- old school cool props for the 1d8 of mace damage!
fastbolt
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I leave the tech-savvy blogs to the younger folks, myself, so I'd never have seen the linked opinion piece.
FWIW, since both of my 30's-something kids are either in the tech field, or married to someone involved in it, I still manage to keep abreast of what they & their friends & co-workers think about various current topics. I enjoy seeing them work out and develop their own opinions and use their own reasoning abilities.
Interestingly enough, it seems the desire to own firearms is as strong among their generation as it was among mine. I'm always getting calls or having someone among their friends ask me for information about some firearm or other that they'd like to buy.
Naturally, not everyone's learning and reasoning curve is without some occasional bumps ...but on the other hand, there are just so many folks of all age groups that really are better off not availing themselves of the opportunity and right to own firearms.
FWIW, since both of my 30's-something kids are either in the tech field, or married to someone involved in it, I still manage to keep abreast of what they & their friends & co-workers think about various current topics. I enjoy seeing them work out and develop their own opinions and use their own reasoning abilities.
Interestingly enough, it seems the desire to own firearms is as strong among their generation as it was among mine. I'm always getting calls or having someone among their friends ask me for information about some firearm or other that they'd like to buy.
Naturally, not everyone's learning and reasoning curve is without some occasional bumps ...but on the other hand, there are just so many folks of all age groups that really are better off not availing themselves of the opportunity and right to own firearms.
GojuBrian
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That's a pretty hard one to dispute....I mean batman can do it for gimmeneys sake........
MTMilitiaman
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That settles it! I've seen the light. Instead of the Mossberg 12 gauge under my bed, my plan is now to confront the intruder in only my underwear and a red cape!
"In the name of justice I command you to withdraw from my abode! Go, and live in peace villan!" *Gives wide-eyed creeper stare and makes sound effects of lasers shooting from my eyes....*
"In the name of justice I command you to withdraw from my abode! Go, and live in peace villan!" *Gives wide-eyed creeper stare and makes sound effects of lasers shooting from my eyes....*
Carl N. Brown
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Holy Batman! Where did I leave my utility belt?
The author of that article apparently doesn't realize that a strong ideological thread in the antigun movement for generations, back to at least 1924, is that guns are immoral because self-defense in any form is immoral by their ideology (a mix-mash of Hobbes and Weber that neither Hobbes nor Weber would recognize)?
At 65, I can reasonably operate a firearm. To think I had the unarmed combat skills of da-da-da-da-da-da Batman! would be seriously deluded.
I have read other articles advocating that women use spraycan oven cleaner on an attacker. Luckily for my sister (and for the home invader who under estimated her) she used a .357 and only had to flash a revolver before his eyes rather than burn his eyes out with oven cleaner.
The author of that article apparently doesn't realize that a strong ideological thread in the antigun movement for generations, back to at least 1924, is that guns are immoral because self-defense in any form is immoral by their ideology (a mix-mash of Hobbes and Weber that neither Hobbes nor Weber would recognize)?
At 65, I can reasonably operate a firearm. To think I had the unarmed combat skills of da-da-da-da-da-da Batman! would be seriously deluded.
I have read other articles advocating that women use spraycan oven cleaner on an attacker. Luckily for my sister (and for the home invader who under estimated her) she used a .357 and only had to flash a revolver before his eyes rather than burn his eyes out with oven cleaner.
Carl N. Brown
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I have thought of rigging my house with some Paranormal Encounters special effects gimmicks. Or at bedtime dress the family up like the Firefly family from Devil's Rejects instead of wearing boring PJs to bed. You know, make a intended burglary into American Horror Story: Home Invasion.
Plus, in some cases, his body armor is bulletproof (except the sonic suit I think, can't remember - it's been a while).
One of my wife's friends told her to keep hornet spray by the bed because it shoots far…great idea for the kids. She chose her Lady Smith instead.
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