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Not when you're 80 - It would be as daft as a brush for anyone to try brandishing a knife at that age, if there was no better alternative, as the intruder would run rings round them and most likely be easily able to grab the knife and use it on them.Originally posted by AtW View PostAlso, I think knives are a good idea. Big, ****-off shiny ones. Ones that look like they could skin a crocodile. Knives are good, because they don't make any noise, and the less noise they make, the more likely we are to use them. tulip 'em right up. Makes it look like we're serious. Guns for show, knives for a pro.
HTH
edit: My father, now 92, was in the Middle East during WW2 (not sure exactly where), and they were forbidden from carrying knifes and bayonets etc for that very reason.
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no they listen to this:Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View PostDo Big boys carry knives?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulrFY3SWfv4
I thought it was just a 10CC lyric.
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Do Big boys carry knives?Originally posted by AtW View PostAlso, I think knives are a good idea. Big, ****-off shiny ones. Ones that look like they could skin a crocodile. Knives are good, because they don't make any noise, and the less noise they make, the more likely we are to use them. tulip 'em right up. Makes it look like we're serious. Guns for show, knives for a pro.
HTH
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Also, I think knives are a good idea. Big, ****-off shiny ones. Ones that look like they could skin a crocodile. Knives are good, because they don't make any noise, and the less noise they make, the more likely we are to use them. tulip 'em right up. Makes it look like we're serious. Guns for show, knives for a pro.
HTH
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What were you in for?Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View PostYup and the rest were all women from Prison, strangely the same thing happened on a canoeing course in North Wales
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You won't need to hit - anybody who gets aimed at with DE would crap their pants and beg for their life...Originally posted by zeitghostYes.
Assuming you can hit what you're shooting at.

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DE has certainly got much better stopping power than puny 9mm ...Originally posted by zeitghostThat probably means it wasn't a Desert Eagle in 50AE.
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His handgun was small caliber so that's probably why he made a few shots.
This would have never happened under Labour.
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Yup and the rest were all women from Prison, strangely the same thing happened on a canoeing course in North WalesOriginally posted by GlenW View PostYou ever been on an Outward Bound course in the Lake District?
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If he murdered someone with an illegal firearm he would probably get some sort of punishment.Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View PostIf it was the uk the old man would be jailed, the theives would each get a free council house and be sent on an outward bound course as punishment
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After they've received counselling and a thorough risk assessment has been carried out of course.Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View PostIf it was the uk the old man would be jailed, the theives would each get a free council house and be sent on an outward bound course as punishment
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