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Urbane Guerrilla · 11-03-2006, 08:57 PM

There is also the fact that in-home self defense with pistol shots fired will cave your ears in much less than trying the same shots with a rifle -- rifle cartridges, anyway. It's a similar story with using shotgun loads, especially light loads as is recommended: basically skeet loads of powder and large shot. All you need is to damage the invader satisfactorily; there's no need to bring down the ceiling plaster.

It's a good idea not to cut loose with too powerful an arm, so as to contain or reduce problems with overpenetration. Do not shoot a Barrett Light Fifty in your living room. A .380 is a better bet.

A gun intended for fighting humans is hardly an unprecedented piece of equipment: consider the sword. A sword is not, properly speaking, a knife; even its fighting technique is completely different from that of a knife.

For me, it's the intent behind the fighting that saves or condemns. It is not sensible to concentrate exclusively on the hardware, for the reasons of effective opposition that I gave earlier. It is entirely in that part of the combat that contains the volition -- and the arm is emphatically not that.

11-03-2006, 08:57 PM	#50
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	There is also the fact that in-home self defense with pistol shots fired will cave your ears in much less than trying the same shots with a rifle -- rifle cartridges, anyway. It's a similar story with using shotgun loads, especially light loads as is recommended: basically skeet loads of powder and large shot. All you need is to damage the invader satisfactorily; there's no need to bring down the ceiling plaster. It's a good idea not to cut loose with too powerful an arm, so as to contain or reduce problems with overpenetration. Do not shoot a Barrett Light Fifty in your living room. A .380 is a better bet. A gun intended for fighting humans is hardly an unprecedented piece of equipment: consider the sword. A sword is not, properly speaking, a knife; even its fighting technique is completely different from that of a knife. For me, it's the intent behind the fighting that saves or condemns. It is not sensible to concentrate exclusively on the hardware, for the reasons of effective opposition that I gave earlier. It is entirely in that part of the combat that contains the volition -- and the arm is emphatically not that. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 11-03-2006 at 09:02 PM.