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99Forever

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115. I guess you want to play "let's pretend," huh?

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 05:23 PM

Feb 2013

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"Let's pretend that Delicate Flowers walking in public places are in so very much danger that they simply *must* have their *The Precious* at all times close at hand, to fend off the roving bands of hostel attackers ready to pounce on them at any moment."

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The day is coming when a device will be available to explode ammunition remotely in your 30 rd [View all] pkdu Feb 2013 OP

My question, why do you sound like you are salivating for this to become reality. MadHound Feb 2013 #1

Hmmm, salivating , bloodthirsty ,oppose and "more so" . Four strong words/phrases. pkdu Feb 2013 #4

Because I find them to be apt phrases, MadHound Feb 2013 #6

I posted less 100 words. Please tell me which ones evoked those 4 phrases in your mind. Then pkdu Feb 2013 #7

All of them. MadHound Feb 2013 #10

I'll answer you , right after you respond with non- bullshit. pkdu Feb 2013 #14

You asked the question, I answered. It is one way of saying "the whole tenor of your post". MadHound Feb 2013 #15

So I can legally shoot anybody trying to point this device at me? krispos42 Feb 2013 #2

I'm asking you. What's your view of 2a under that circumstance.really shoot all that make u nervous? pkdu Feb 2013 #5

Sounds like an excellent deterrent to me. defacto7 Feb 2013 #3

I am sure the LEO's that have to carry 'said magazine' will thank you for your kelly1mm Feb 2013 #23

Can you imagine the fun on the 4th of July? Xithras Feb 2013 #85

If it would work for 30 round why wouldn't it work for just 1? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #87

Is it Random Disjointed Gun Thought Day and no one told me? Union Scribe Feb 2013 #8

That's every day in the Gungeon ...please proceed Mr Gungeoneer! Nt pkdu Feb 2013 #9

Oh good, now disjointed thoughts about me. Union Scribe Feb 2013 #12

That one's expressed his disdain for DU's progressive values quite often, including this whiny apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #101

I am due beer and travel money Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #11

(and many experiences) nt Union Scribe Feb 2013 #13

Yeah, me too slackmaster Feb 2013 #44

hahahaha Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #100

Random Thought Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #102

I should have read your post immediately after reading the OP. It would have saved time. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #71

My thoughts on "my" Second Amendment are not going to changed by disjointed posts on a message board cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #16

I have never Hookahed , Bonged , piped , smoked , anything but YOU can infer what ever you like . pkdu Feb 2013 #18

You might want to check on that ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #17

You apparently haven't ...try it. pkdu Feb 2013 #19

I have...and it does not look like it will impact small arms in the least ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #33

Apparently it uses EM resonance frequencies. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #21

Hint sarisataka Feb 2013 #24

It's probably similar to the device I built that defacto7 Feb 2013 #26

The magazine is itself a shield. It's a Faraday cage. Electrical field must be isotropically zero... Recursion Feb 2013 #46

You could tell me shadowrider Feb 2013 #55

I swear it's Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #89

I don't have tattoos, but ... oldhippie Feb 2013 #62

I use the D-B-E-H differential version so I don't have all the epsilons and mus Recursion Feb 2013 #66

Aha! You've outed yourself Mr. Jono! napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #120

Well that means there are at least two of us! Recursion Feb 2013 #121

Oh darn. Worth a guess. Cool tat though. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2013 #122

I have the Fermat's original proof of his last theorem jberryhill Feb 2013 #126

And what about magazines made out of plastic? baldguy Feb 2013 #125

He may have gotten mixed up between that and a Doctor Who episode... Coyote_Tan Feb 2013 #37

I hate it when that happens ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #38

I think that'd be wonderful at schools, theaters, and other public places GaYellowDawg Feb 2013 #20

It wreaks with choices and responsibility for all. defacto7 Feb 2013 #27

Not likely pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #22

Sounds like a good way to clear a street of LEO's before one's buddies come up after kelly1mm Feb 2013 #25

Cops won't need guns anymore. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #29

And how would you suggest they respond to a bat/knife/chain wielding perp or, better kelly1mm Feb 2013 #30

I'm guessing the discussion is headed toward DEWs stevenleser Feb 2013 #49

Greater numbers, batons, pepper spray, taser or... Deep13 Feb 2013 #64

Well, to avoid that premature explosion, ... Deep13 Feb 2013 #28

you know, I want guns banned from the street, legal and illegal, using the above example graham4anything Feb 2013 #31

I'm sorry, this thread already has its quota of Union Scribe Feb 2013 #50

sorry the operator just said 40cents more for the next 3 minutes, and I deposited it. graham4anything Feb 2013 #52

A law that "suggests"?!?! Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #90

You apparently don't realize how IED's work NickB79 Feb 2013 #32

Sssssh, don't confuse them with facts and science ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #34

They all work one way? I thought the "I" stood for "Improvised". lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #41

I'm reasonably confident reality doesn't work that way. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #35

The cartridge in the chamber is completely shielded by solid metal. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #36

Not that a pile of gunpowder sitting out in the open could be set off by radio, either. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #39

A laser could conceivably do it; that's a kind of radio transmission Recursion Feb 2013 #47

That's like saying "the IR signal emitted from a lit match could do it." (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #80

Which is also in the least useful sense "true" (nt) Recursion Feb 2013 #82

Poor Mr. Faraday... forgotten again Recursion Feb 2013 #48

Are you familiar with a Faraday cage? Recursion Feb 2013 #40

Guess what a round of ammunition is? jmowreader Feb 2013 #106

That's a good point too Recursion Feb 2013 #107

As an Old Crow kind of guy, and ..... oldhippie Feb 2013 #42

Old Crows Recursion Feb 2013 #45

Yes they are .... oldhippie Feb 2013 #61

I assume this patch would have meaning to you. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #92

Yep, worked with those guys .... oldhippie Feb 2013 #93

I was an R-390 & R-390A repairman. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #94

I was OIC of .... oldhippie Feb 2013 #95

That's a fine authoritarian wet dream you have there slackmaster Feb 2013 #43

Personal injury lawyers are salivating already. SayWut Feb 2013 #51

It's a good thing I don't walk around with a 50 cal magazine in my pants then, eh? nt Incitatus Feb 2013 #53

I only have the metaphorical kind theKed Feb 2013 #75

What is the point of this thread? I am quite serious and would like to hear from pkdu. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #54

He's demonstrating that humanity will never reach Peak Stupid? dairydog91 Feb 2013 #65

IEDs have a detonator Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #56

The more we have to hear from gun nuts, the more I want their world to crash and burn around them... EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #57

Paging Lauren Bacall... slackmaster Feb 2013 #60

Except, being liberal doesn't mean we accept ugly right-wing memes or those who spout them. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #104

This post is wonderfully violent. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #70

Ut oh! 99Forever Feb 2013 #58

Juvenile post of the day? rl6214 Feb 2013 #103

Not even close. 99Forever Feb 2013 #109

There ya go, here's another one. rl6214 Feb 2013 #117

What do you think of the concept as described by the OP? Marengo Feb 2013 #110

Sounds like some very... 99Forever Feb 2013 #112

Justice? For what? Marengo Feb 2013 #114

I guess you want to play "let's pretend," huh? 99Forever Feb 2013 #115

And I am guessing you are incapable of answering a simple question? Marengo Feb 2013 #118

Save the NRA talking points for the Delicate Flowers. 99Forever Feb 2013 #119

What are they "shopping" for? Marengo Feb 2013 #123

Have a nice day. 99Forever Feb 2013 #124

As I expected... Marengo Feb 2013 #128

...and still Hissing and Fitting today...even to the point of getting pizza-ed like jay fox below. pkdu Feb 2013 #111

The Delicate Flower Brigade is coming to... 99Forever Feb 2013 #113

This place is... raidert05 Feb 2013 #59

Yeah. It's called a nuke. dairydog91 Feb 2013 #63

I call bullshit on this. MineralMan Feb 2013 #67

Neutrino wave guide amplification modulators. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #69

Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. MineralMan Feb 2013 #72

Don't thank me. We're here for each other. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #74

Cool hat, bro... MineralMan Feb 2013 #76

Someone will come up with a countermeasure. Left2Tackle Feb 2013 #68

Ahhh yes. 99Forever Feb 2013 #73

My thoughts exactly nick of time Feb 2013 #77

The who doesn't matter. Left2Tackle Feb 2013 #96

The who matters a great deal mokawanis Feb 2013 #99

They'd have to come up with the measure, first; the OP's hypothetical is absurd. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #81

The day will be coming when people will wrap their rifles in tin foil as well as their 2on2u Feb 2013 #78

Ok, so make 32 round magazines and it will be completely flummexed. Fla_Democrat Feb 2013 #79

There are always such new and exciting ways of not understanding how guns work in this forum. JVS Feb 2013 #83

^ That Recursion Feb 2013 #108

Paranoid much?? Initech Feb 2013 #84

I am sure that my phaser made by the same manufacturer Riftaxe Feb 2013 #86

Cool story bro. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #88

In 1967 I read a sci-fi story about such a device. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #91

Message auto-removed jayfox122 Feb 2013 #97

Aren't they able to do this because of the electronics in an IED? rl6214 Feb 2013 #98

Will we finally get light sabers now? Dash87 Feb 2013 #105

Here you go. Start building it. randome Feb 2013 #116

this post is silly......... madrchsod Feb 2013 #127