Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-14-2004, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 816
Re: CONFESSIONS OF A CULTURAL ELITIST
That is obviously a caricature, but I don't think Pat Tilman is a particularly praiseworthy human being. Signing up for foreign adventurism is contemptable.
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-13-2004, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 816
Re: CONFESSIONS OF A CULTURAL ELITIST
Elitism is the natural order of society, the formation of heirarchical, voluntary associations based on people who are especially competent and responsible. It always has been the case in every...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-13-2004, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 816
Re: CONFESSIONS OF A CULTURAL ELITIST
Liberals are significantly more in fancy with the intellectuals, which is not the say they are more intelligent. Because intellectuals will gain prestige by supporting the government (by being given...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-11-2004, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 736
Re: What I beleive
The Bible says a lot of stuff, some of which contradicts what it says in other places. I don't accept quotation as fact. I could 'quote' a million people who say precisely the opposite thing you...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
11-11-2004, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 797
Re: Anybody Like Pythons?
I shot a 6" of my uncles. Good balance, seemed to be good quality and he said he was well pleased with it. Only thing I can think 'wrong' with it is the price tag, like most Colt products.
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-10-2004, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 736
Re: What I beleive
War, murder and theft are caused by poorly understood self-interest. These people pursue what they think is their self-interest but their lack of logical ability leads them to erroneous beliefs and...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-09-2004, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 736
Re: What I beleive
Rational self interest is the foundation of civilization. Properly understood self-interest leads to liberty, a market which helps more people simply by the self-interest of the actors than all the...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-09-2004, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 678
Re: Hopefully GWB Will LISTEN
Well I'm a Libertarian and an anarchist for that matter, but I just wanted to comment on the idea that Reagan had any consistent agenda (aside from that of every self-aggrandizing bureaucrat of more...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-08-2004, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 736
Re: What I beleive
Incorrect. In a private property society, one that will serve the interests of the majority of it's members the best, killing someone is a property rights violation: they own there body, and...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-06-2004, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 736
Re: What I beleive
Personally I think all normative ('moral', 'value', 'preferences') theories are arbitrary. The explanation for two different views of the same thing is that people construct their idealologies...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
11-06-2004, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,024
Re: good 10mm auto?
In my experience the Glock 20 is the most fun to shoot and the best to carry. All in all if you want the prettiest Colt Delta Elites are your best bet.
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-03-2004, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,037
Re: What does the GOP stand for nowadays?
Now is a good time to throw the bums out. Just storm DC and 'unelect' the entire federal government. About the only thing worth doing anymore. Man I hate Democracy.
Of fight another war of...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
11-02-2004, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 633
Re: X round is cut down X - Not it isn't!
I shot a rabbit with a .38 Super once, although I haven't handled them that often. As far as I can tell looking at them they're elongated 9mm shells that try to be .357 magnums.
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Forum: The Pre-Ban Forum
11-02-2004, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 5,522
Re: What do you shoot at?
I shoot live, cheap propane tanks (in the desert, and a good distance away with a scope). Man that looks neat when they explode.
Other than that I like cheap fruit.
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-02-2004, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,037
Re: What does the GOP stand for nowadays?
Actually if you compare Bush's policies (economic and foreign) they come up remarkably similar to the USSR. NeoConservatives who are on his shoulder are a bunch of reformed socialists, so this...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
11-02-2004, 02:11 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 798
Re: True Conservatives Will Vote for Bush
Actually voting itself is a meaningless action. Since votes are decided by majorities whether or not you vote will have no effect on the outcome of the election (as a majority will still vote - or...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-31-2004, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,035
Gun Financing
I was wondering why so many people have to be so selective with buying their firearms. I probably make a good deal less than many people here (although I don't have a house, kids or an expensive...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-31-2004, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 798
Re: True Conservatives Will Vote for Bush
I'm a 'true conservative', in the sense of the Old Right and the Confederate States of America, and I think they can both go to Hell.
Vote Libertarian or don't vote at all.
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-31-2004, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 581
Re: FN Five-seveN
Yes, two twenty-round magazines. Ammunition is about 3-4 times as expensive as 9mm Luger.
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Forum: Large-Bore/Small-Bore Rifle/Shotgun
10-30-2004, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,622
Biggest .22
What is the largest (longest, most bottlenecked, most powerful) .22 round? It doesn't matter to me whether it's rimfire or centerfire, but since this is .22 centerfire go ahead and list both.
I'm...
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Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum
10-30-2004, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,449
Why No Revolver Rifles?
Why didn't we see revolver-style rifles in WW1 or or WW2 (for snipers and poor countries that had bolt actions).
One of the main problems with the bolt action was that you could almost never place a...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-30-2004, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 661
Re: The Law is the Law
Because the united states government has no more valid claim over the territory that it has pretentions upon than La Casa Nostra does on Florida. I don't have to leave, I ignore them and treat them...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-29-2004, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 661
Re: The Law is the Law
So what? That other countries are inferior doesn't change that America is still bad. Being 'less terrible' is not exactly a prize I aim for.
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
10-29-2004, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,549
Re: 10mm is better than .45
At close range in a defensive situation a lot of what 10mm does better is going to be basically irrelevant. The same goes for penetration, a 9mm penetrates better than a .45 any day but from 8' away...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-29-2004, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 581
FN Five-seveN
I have an opportunity to purchase an FN Five-seveN pistol with two magazines for $850. The main reason of this purchase is the sheer novelty of the gun, but as I may have to use it at some point...
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Forum: The 1911 Forum
10-29-2004, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,549
Re: 10mm is better than .45
10mm will put a a god damn grizzly bear down. I like 10mm, and it is ballistically superior. The question is are you a) good enough to make quick followup shots or b) good enough to make the first...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-28-2004, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 661
Re: The Law is the Law
Lysander Spooner was ready to give up on it when it was a Hell of a lot better than it is now.
Government rests on several fallacious and contradictory principles, like using violence and theft...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
10-28-2004, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 633
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-27-2004, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 661
Re: The Law is the Law
I like stores too much. I'm pissed at the government, I'm fairly well oblivious to society.
The government is basically the mafia as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, you may listen to them so you don't...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-27-2004, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,086
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Forum: General Discussion
10-26-2004, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,283
Re: Zero Tolerance gone berserk????
The solution is to stop sending children to Brainwashing Cent...er Reeducation Camps...er 'public schools' where they have propoganda hammered into their little skulls.
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
10-26-2004, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,617
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-26-2004, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 529
Re: Forum Encounter with a Gun Hater
I always find those arguments funny because I think Rainbow Six and gangster rap are the only thing that stop me from killing people. It's always good to drop some tangos to '187'. Lets off a lot...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
10-26-2004, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 736
Re: Why is American 9mm so soft?
My USP is made to handle very heavy loads, it increases gun wear but it will support anything not made absurdly hot (like SMG loads). The Black Talons/TXT (I don't know which they actually are - the...
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Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum
10-26-2004, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,617
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-26-2004, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 661
Re: The Law is the Law
The more time the government spends not working and the more vacations presidents take the less time they're around to ruin society.
Personally I say screw the law. I really don't give a damn...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
10-26-2004, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 736
Re: Why is American 9mm so soft?
I have some hand loaded +P+ with Black Talon bullets, but I am running low on those and I've recently gotten some HydraShok +P+ 124g JHPs.
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Forum: General Discussion
10-26-2004, 04:55 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,158
Re: Anyone Voting For Kerry?
Voting is a joke. To win you have to be in agreement with the majority, but if the majority are in agreement you need not vote. Democracy is a sham.
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-26-2004, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 669
Why I Don't Agree With Anyone (Politically)
Basically my theory is that the market works best without government intervention. In this sense the Republicans (that is, people in the party) are quite a bit more respectful of private property...
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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum
10-26-2004, 03:21 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 529
Forum Encounter with a Gun Hater
I was talking on a forum dedicated to First-Person-Shooter computer games, and it has a subforum for discussing the military and real-life firearms. In there I made a post asking for ammunition...
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Forum: The Ammo & Reloading Forum
10-26-2004, 02:22 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 736
Why is American 9mm so soft?
Why is American 9mm ammo so underloaded? Maybe part of it comes from the .45s inability to be loaded to high pressures in many of the guns it's chambered for (due to the unsupported chamber on 1911s...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-25-2004, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,101
Re: .40cal recommendations?
.40 is a functionally accurate round. 10mm is more accurate, but its also a semi hunting round. 9mm is more accurate, but I don't think I'll ever have to shoot anything far enough away for it to...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-25-2004, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,086
Best Pistol for 9x19 Beyond +P+
Does anyone make an overbuilt 9x19 pistol for taking loads with pressure/recoil beyond +P+, IE the loads used in SMGs like the MP5? My USP seems to handle +P+ loads without a problem but I might...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-25-2004, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,339
Practical .357Mag Revolver
I was thinking of getting a practical open carry/kitchen defense .357 Magnum. Here are my primary wants:
Size: Medium - No hand cannons or snubs. I think around 4" barrel is 'normal' for a...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
10-24-2004, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,990
Re: 1911 or this
I would never buy a pistol (for carry) that was as old as the 1911. I know a lot of people are in love with the thing but, jingoism aside, it's not that wonderful a weapon (like the fact that it has...
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Forum: General Discussion
10-23-2004, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 473
Royal Robbins 5.11 Tactical Pants
I just bought several pairs of Royal Robbins 5.11 tactical pants, and these are the best pants I've ever owned.
They're basically similar to BDU/Cargo pants, with reinforced knees and strong fabric...
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
10-23-2004, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 820
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-23-2004, 12:26 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,101
Re: .40cal recommendations?
The Walther P99 is the most comfortable gun I've ever held. USP .40 has to be good if it's anything like the 9mm.
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Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons
10-21-2004, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 820
Open-Carry tactical holster
I recently recieved a pistol as a gift and I am under 21, so I can only open carry. I already have a 1 1/2" tactical belt, so what sort of holsters would you recommend for a full-sized USP open...
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Forum: Centerfire Pistols & Revolvers
10-19-2004, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 657
My initial impression of my new HK USP9.
I was recently given an HK USP in 9mm. I don't even have any 9mm ammunition at the moment (I own a WASR-10, Mauser K98 and a .22 revolver whos maker I literally do not know) so the only thing I've...
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