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In reply to the discussion: Why does anybody need more than 7 bullets at a time? [View all]tama
(9,137 posts)107. When I was active on Peak Oil forums
I talked with many survivalists hoarding weapons against hungry "zombie hordes" leaving cities and roaming countryside when the system collapses and food does not grow in supermarkets anymore. I used to tell them that such "survivalism" is rather pointless if you are not building sustainable communities.
And that instead of shooting contest it would be easier and safer to welcome zombie visitors, feed them well with food with special "spices" that any gardener knows, and then recycle the zombies in the compost...
The problem with guns is that they make you focus very narrowly on distant target, so you lose sight and awareness of the whole of the situation and many other available possibilities that creative imagination can offer.
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to shoot nutters? Really, I'd like the nutters to be way LESS armed than the police
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#13
Yeap, and a fast runner can do almost 30 feet in 1.5 seconds from start so that seems about right..
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#14
The correct question is whether an individual's interest in having more than 7 bullets is outweighed
onenote
Jan 2013
#22
So Hugabear's opposition to people having firearms that hold more than 7 rounds is hypocritical
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#106
You might want to ask a cop why his Glock has more than 7 bullets in it at all times. n/t
L0oniX
Jan 2013
#71
I'm a bad shot and so its easier if I can just spray bullets in all directions
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#94