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[Nikov]

Yeah, nothing wrong with obstacles, but you have to cover them with fire for them to be effective. Don't you know anything about military engineering? And the gun safe adds a grand total of five seconds to the whole deal as I fall back to that room anyway being the most interior room of the house. If five seconds mattered, forget the police showing up in time. Although I'm a little surprised you'd really nitpick that I don't have a loaded gun in arm's reach of the toilet, recliner and office chair. Then again, had I said that, you or someone else would be telling me it should be in a safe so my 1 year old doesn't miraculously learn how to operate a bolt action.

( And... seriously. You all need a sense of humor. )

[Aqizzar]

( And... seriously. You all need a sense of humor. )

How many times are you going to fall back on "c'mon guys, lighten up, can't you tell when I'm joking?".  Claiming retroactively that it's all in jest after you backed yourself into defending something ridiculous only works so many times before it doesn't mean anything anymore.

I'm also very weirded out that you think you need to apply some half-baked understanding of fields of fire to warding off burglars.

[Strife26]

Warding off burglars? That's easy, all you need is some 'alf-based knowledge on setting up claymores and a sign.

[Nikov]

Primary wire, secondary wire, tertriary wire... hell I bet you don't know the proper way to shoot out of a window.

And yes, much of my humor is based on deadpan hyperbole. I'm sorry you're upset you didn't get the joke, but that's no reason to slander me. If you keep this up, we're dueling again, only this time I pick the weapons.

Mauser vrs Mosin. We can film it for Youtube and finally end that fucking debate.

[Earthquake Damage]

And yes, much of my humor is based on deadpan hyperbole.

Surely you've used the internet long enough to realize that subtlety is indistinguishable from ignorance, fanaticism, idiocy, &c.  Emoticons are your friends.  Use them.

[Strife26]

Me pats his M14 comfortingly.

We don't care about weight, right?

[Jackrabbit]

Primary wire, secondary wire, tertriary wire... hell I bet you don't know the proper way to shoot out of a window.

And yes, much of my humor is based on deadpan hyperbole. I'm sorry you're upset you didn't get the joke, but that's no reason to slander me. If you keep this up, we're dueling again, only this time I pick the weapons.

Mauser vrs Mosin. We can film it for Youtube and finally end that fucking debate.

I'm willing to bet Strife does know, or at least he will before the year is out.

And I'm backing Aqizzar here. Cries "You all need a sense of humor" or "can't you take a joke" sound like excuses to me, because they usually are. And if you actually are joking, deadpan hyperbole? On the internet? That's a stupid way to go about things if you're hoping people won't take you seriously and call you out on it.

[sonerohi]

Guns are awesome home defense, no questions asked. You don't even need a safe if you do what my uncle did (I'm sure he stole the idea from somewhere), which is just a hinged cover for the trigger with a small pad-lock on it. Keep the key with you and you can access your gun in 30 seconds or so.

[Strife26]

Comparing old weapons isn't really the job for an Abrams crewmen. Now, if I was going into the Green Berets, maybe that'd be part of their training (they're supposed to be able to use whatever they find) . . .

[Nikov]

Me pats his M14 comfortingly.

We don't care about weight, right?

Pff, hell no. An M14 would probably fare nicely in Afghanistan's mountain fighting, actually. In a tank you'll have a pissy little M4. And a bitching 120mm Rheinmetall, and a coax 7.62, and a loader's 7.62, and a commander's .50, and whatever CAS is on the horn...

Also, its my real-life sense of humor. I have not framed my personality to better suit contemporary social phenomena.

[Earthquake Damage]

Also, its my real-life sense of humor. I have not framed my personality to better suit contemporary social phenomena.

Failure to adapt is not a virtue.

[Jackrabbit]

Then never expect your humor to be noticed with any degree of regularity, Nikov. It's just going to piss people off.

[Strife26]

To beat the Mosin and the Mauser. My dad's said nice things M4 though.

[tfaal]

One thing that I feel has been left out of this discussion is how killing an invader will affect you, the homeowner, from a psychological point of view. I don't know about you guys, but I'd become a complete fucking wreck if I ever killed a guy, and it'd take a whole lot a therapy to get me back to stability. I think I'd rather just let him take my stuff, rather than risk that.
EDIT: Silly grammar mistake that I didn't notice late at night.

[Strife26]

One thing that I feel has been left out of this discussion is how killing an invader will affect you, the homeowner, from a psychological point of view. I don't know about you guys, but I'd become a complete fucking wreck if I ever killed a guy, and it'd take a whole lot a therapy to get me back to stability. I think I'd rather just let him take make stuff, rather than risk that.

I'm crazy and damned.