Re: Responding to Pre-dawn Unannounced Ninja Raids

Timothy C. May wrote:
>If a black-clad ninja enters my house without warning, I'll have to react
>the only way I know how, by reaching for my gun. I don't have the luxury of
>freezing, exposing my neck (wolf-style), and hoping that the ninjas are
>"just" the police.

Sir, you are not allowing for just how incredibly stupid the cops are. When
they show up at your house, it is all over. They've already decided that you
are scum. You'd have us believe that you lie awake stroking your gun. You
have not had the opportunity to look closely at the business end of a gun.
The hole looks enormous. Come off it grandpa. This is not a fashion show --
'black-clad' indeed. The one 'black-clad' character that comes to mind is
the _Economist_ editor found dead last year on his kitchen table wearing a
tight-fitting latex number who expired having sex with him/itself. Of course
this says nothing about the _Economist's_ readership, except most likely in
your case.

Forget the crocodile pits and the other juvenile stunts. If you have the
slightest bit of incriminating material (queer porn?) on your hard drive,
you'll roll over in no time and give your pals to the cops. These assholes
would rather shoot you than admit to a mistake. One bullet from one of them,
and they'll all execute you on the spot to cover for the idiot. 
-- Llywarch Hen

Worldnet, We're _worse_ than AOL. 

On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Llywarch Hen wrote:
> Timothy C. May wrote:
> >If a black-clad ninja enters my house without warning, I'll have to react
> >the only way I know how, by reaching for my gun. I don't have the luxury of
> >freezing, exposing my neck (wolf-style), and hoping that the ninjas are
> >"just" the police.
> Sir, you are not allowing for just how incredibly stupid the cops are. When
> they show up at your house, it is all over. They've already decided that you
> are scum. You'd have us believe that you lie awake stroking your gun. You

     You are showing your ignorance of training. 

> 'black-clad' indeed. The one 'black-clad' character that comes to mind is

     You never paid much attention to a swat team have you? Entry teams 
routinely wear black, it is more intimidating and doesn't show blood all 
that well. 

> the _Economist_ editor found dead last year on his kitchen table wearing a
> tight-fitting latex number who expired having sex with him/itself. Of course
> this says nothing about the _Economist's_ readership, except most likely in
> your case.

     What a person does in the privacy of their kitchen is no concern of 
anyone else. 


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Llywarch Hen writes:
> You have not had the opportunity to look closely at the business end
> of a gun.  The hole looks enormous.

The opening in the barrel of just about every rifle or pistol I've
looked at seems to be about half an inch or less. Perhaps you have
been looking at the 18" guns on the battleship "New Jersey"?

Perry

On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Llywarch Hen writes:
> > You have not had the opportunity to look closely at the business end
> > of a gun.  The hole looks enormous.
> The opening in the barrel of just about every rifle or pistol I've
> looked at seems to be about half an inch or less. Perhaps you have
> been looking at the 18" guns on the battleship "New Jersey"?

     The towed 155's from the ANG unit I was in during college were 
pretty big, but it is awful hard to hit a single person at less than 300 
yards. 
     A 12 guage looks a lot bigger 3 inches from your nose than 3 feet 
away, but I'd rather have a hostile hold it 3 inches from my nose than 
3 feet away. 

     If you don't understand why, go talk to a _serious_ martial arts
type.

Petro, Christopher C.
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snow@smoke.suba.com

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

   The opening in the barrel of just about every rifle or pistol I've
   looked at seems to be about half an inch or less. Perhaps you have
   been looking at the 18" guns on the battleship "New Jersey"?

   Perry

They'd be 16" guns.  I think only the Japanese had a battleship with 18
inchers.

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Paul Foley <paul@mycroft.actrix.gen.nz> writes:

> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
>
>    The opening in the barrel of just about every rifle or pistol I've
>    looked at seems to be about half an inch or less. Perhaps you have
>    been looking at the 18" guns on the battleship "New Jersey"?
>
>    Perry
>
> They'd be 16" guns.  I think only the Japanese had a battleship with 18
> inchers.

I've seen cruise missiles and they look much more impressive if you
know what's inside.

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