American gun control debate.

[Crow]

Pistol whip is a tad harsh; but there's obviously a disconnect when it comes to firearms.

Yet, it doesn't cause division amongst liberals, we're solid when the next election cycle approaches...... It's just one of the few issues we can't reach consensus on. Happens to every party (but doesn't cause a shit circus quite like the Republican party).

[Zimobog]

+10!

[wa3zrm]

[rickcharles606]

This gun-toting anarcho-capitalist agrees that DHS are ammo hording a-holes.

Cant even find a brick of .22 here right now. Ammo shortages down in the lower 48 as well?

Same here dude, I swear to GOD that I'm considering fronting my brother in law the cash to start up a "reloading" business. You have to get licensed as an ammo manufacturer, but it's not that difficult to do. Guaranteed that he and of course I would make money ;-)

[Zimobog]

This gun-toting anarcho-capitalist agrees that DHS are ammo hording a-holes.

Cant even find a brick of .22 here right now. Ammo shortages down in the lower 48 as well?

[rickcharles606]

Curious.. Do gun-toting liberals ever want to pistol whip anti-gun liberals to make them stop trying to gun grab?

not sure about that, but I know this gun-toting conservative wants to pistol whip the DHS for buying up all the freakin' ammo....just sayin'

[Zimobog]

Curious.. Do gun-toting liberals ever want to pistol whip anti-gun liberals to make them stop trying to gun grab?

[Crow]

STOLEN!! That's awesome, two of my favorite things ;-)

You'd be surprised by the number of bumper stickers you would spot on a typical Seattle commute with this very emblem proudly emblazoned on their vehicles... You're apparently not alone in your love of guns and coffee!

Yes, there are gun-loving liberals, and no, this is not the Twilight Zone

[trebli]

I might as well ask right here:

Does anybody have any Remington 9mm pistol ammo at hand? I need to know what is stamped on the casing. I found a photo showing "R-P Luger," but the casing I should describe is from a Beretta 92 and I think that one does not use Luger

Or, in other words, WTF is "the familiar Remington brand mark stamped on the base"?

The R-P stands for Remington-Peters. From Wiki"

"During the Great Depression, Remington was purchased by the DuPont Corporation, which had made its fortune with improvements to gunpowder. A year later, Remington purchased the Peters Cartridge Company; today, many of the Remington headstamps still have R-P on them for Remington-Peters.[3]"

http://tinyurl.com/c6yggco

[rickcharles606]

STOLEN!! That's awesome, two of my favorite things ;-)

[Crow]

[Zimobog]

First one is Backswording ... a sort of english martial art based around trying to hit your opponents brains out with a wooden club.

Second one ... bingo!

Spot the difference?

Backswording looks like fun! I hate to admit it... but I am a bit of a WMA (Western Martial Arts) fan and do a bit meself. I hate to admit it because such things are considered very "uncool" here in the USSA. But to hell with it! I have a great time doing it!

When fighting a round of Single sword, as those two gentlemen are doing, it is quite difficult. Do backsworders generally employ the hanging guard or was that just the mood those two men were in?

So in Morris dancing one is not supposed to hit his partner, I take it? But still, Morris dancing would have been a display of ritualized combat, correct? Or was Morris originally a type of training for swordsmen? If it is ritualized, are they fighting the evil spirits or winter/famine?

I am into traditional methods, myself, Squeezyjohn. We might have that in common, after all!

[squeezyjohn]

First one is Backswording ... a sort of english martial art based around trying to hit your opponents brains out with a wooden club.

Second one ... bingo!

Spot the difference?

[Zimobog]

Meanwhile back in the old country:

Which is not dissimilar to this which is what I do:

What is that? Morris dancing?

[rickcharles606]

Yes, thank you, but I have been thinking about how to translate the sentence "the familiar Remington brand mark stamped on the base" for about a month now and I still only have the preliminary version there. And the book is ending soon
The one I found: [ATTACH=CONFIG]2973[/ATTACH]



The brand mark does not look like a symbol or logo which would the automatic no-brain translation. So is this familiar Remington brand mark actually letters R-P? If you have the cartridge, could you just have a look for me? I think bigger cartridges for rifles bear the whole Remington name, but the one I am concerned with is a small pistol round.

Full context can be read here (It is a teaser to make you buy the book though...): http://www.michaelconnelly.com/novel...ckbox/excerpt/

I'd say it just stands for Remington-Parabellum, which is far too big to put on a 9mm casing ;-)