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I would rephrase that to say "the chances of me encountering a law abiding citizen carrying one are slim". I suspect, however, that the chances of you encountering a criminal with a gun are greater than they were before the gun ban went into effect. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Would you feel better if the US did take heavy casaulties during one of these operations? Would that make it easier to justify? We would, however, have the moral high-ground if we took casualties, right? When you go home tonight, do me a favor and say hello to Capt. Hook and give Tinker Bell a peck on the cheek, OK? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Those who 'liked' Saddam, are primarily those who were in power along with him. Would you propose that the tribunal be stacked in their favor? With regards to the composition of the tribunal, what would make you happy? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Question for you DB-UK - How did England survive all those years before guns were outlawed, or at least heavily regulated? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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At least they're alive and well enough to be charged. It beats the alternative, right? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Took more time off? Bill, if you're referring to Bush's 'time off', remember, much of it was weekends, much of it was working, and I don't think there's much he can do at the Whitehouse that he can't do from pretty much anywhere else. Thank goodness for modern technology. Kerry, on the other hand, has been absent from his duties as senator for how long now? What's the statistic I've seen? He's missed close to 90% of the votes in the last year? Tell me, who's taken more time off? The rest just kind of falls in line . . . It's difficult to screw up or make a mess of things when you don't show up for work. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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A spilled beer, no reason for a gun. Someone hit my car, no reason for a gun A bar fight, depending on how things turned out there might be a real need for real self defense there. Don't you think? You Brits are always fond of pointing out the rate of violent crime in the US, yet at the same time you suggest that there's no reason I might need to defend myself. Doesn't that seem a bit contradictory? Just a little? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Uh, self defense? Let me know when you find a truely civilized society. On the other hand - if society is truely civilized why does it matter who is or isn't carrying a handgun? Or a rocket launcher, for that matter? Uh huh. Because we all know that crime in Merry Ol' England is at an all-time low, right? Don't kid yourself. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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They should submit to their stalkers, of course. Sheesh, I thought everybody knew that. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Search the forums, this topic has been discussed. There's a thread somewhere where people mentioned what size reserve/main they had. The majority had reserves larger than their mains, I believe. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Finally! Some common ground between Bush and Kerry. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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The national spotlight? Are you kidding me? How many people knew the name John Kerry before 2 years ago? How many people knew the name John Kerry before last year? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Going to ridiculous lengths, absolutely. It's SOP for most departments caught in some sort of public scrutiny. Find a corrupt force in a particular neighborhood - pull the police almost entirely out of the neighborhood. Catch flak for a bad shooting - start using tazers as an alternative - even when it comes at a compromise in safety to those officers and citizens. Fuckin' idiots. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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And I live in Delaware, where Kerry is a lock. I'll be voting my conscience this election - Bush won't miss it and Kerry doesn't need it, not from this state. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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If a particular department has decided to add the Tazer or other such weapon to its arsenol, I would suggst the following in the case you described. Two cops, one with the Tazer, one with his service weapon. One shot with the Tazer, if he doesn't go down, use lethal force. No questions asked. That the police used 4 shots from the Tazer is silly, in my opinion. They put their lives and the lives of the citizens in danger. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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If LETHAL force is warranted...Don't risk the officers life by making him use less than lethal force. Ron, I agree. Completely. I'm not a big fan of less-lethal weapons, not at all. I would (in my perfect little world) tolerate their use in situations where lethal force is authorized, and only if backed up by lethal force. However, this is a decision that should be left up to individual departments, I think. I would never suggest or advocate making this policy on a state or federal level. I guess I should have said that the first time around. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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This is now, and will continue to be, a real problem with the new 'non-lethal' weapons. It is my belief that the Tazer, bean-bag guns, rubber bullets, etc . . . should only be used in situations where lethal force is warranted. I believe that if the use of these new weapons is not held to the same standard as the current use of 'lethal' weapons that the potential for abuse is high. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Bottom Line - is that like Tuna's "PERIOD"? Anyhow - I'm not so sure that he would have. He knew before the first bomb fell that the Coalition didn't have widespread support; had he used them it would have strengthened the resolve of pretty much the rest of the planet and he would have been crushed, absolutely. Ferrying them off to a sympathetic neighbor is, in my opinion, the best thing that he could have done. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Unless of course they had moved it somewhere outside of Iraq. I guess we needed to find the WMDs in Iraq somewhere other than Iraq for you to consider them a threat. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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It's not about jump numbers, not at all, it's not about talent, either - at least not directly. It's about experience. Experience, in my opinion, comes from jump numbers and time in the sport. The point I've been trying to make - and I'll concede that I may have been doing it poorly - is that someone with 50 jumps simply doesn't have the experience to fully understand the dangers of this stunt (or hell, for that matter, this sport). I'll also suggest that someone with 100 jumps has neither the experience or talent to safely repeat this stunt. Do it once, it's luck; do it twice, it's pushing your luck; do it three times, you might be on to something . . . - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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See, I told you you didn't get it. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads featuring team
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Dude, don't be an ass. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. -
Tell me again, how much do they pay you? Fucker. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Found another article on this just a few minutes ago. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3576594.stm - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Why? Adequate separation and heads-up canopy flight should make this whole thing a non-issue. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.