Yee Hawww

[MiamieNeSeX]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5854686068870249151

Armando

 

[TyraNSX]

May the good lord take a likin' to ya' and blow you up reaaalll good!

 

[DocL]

Preparing for the revolution Armando??? :biggrin:

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

Preparing for the revolution Armando??? :biggrin:

We are getting some of your "good ole boys" to knock over "The Beard"

Armando:biggrin:

 

[SNDSOUL]

Perfect father/daughter experience! Those pistols are unreal, anyone know what kind they are??

 

[gun_200]

That makes me happy to have the gun laws we have in Australia, that’s just stupid controlled environment or not, I assume that guy packs up his gun takes it home and stored it in his room?? hmm what a wonderful neighbour to have.

 

[matteni]

Holly crap! I am against many of our gun laws and think it is crazy how many people have guns, concealed weapons, military weapons, ... blah blah blah ... but holly crap that looks like a lot of fun!!!



If I join the NRA as a poster child for someone against guns who switched sides do you think they would let me light up some of that hardware! Damn that looks like as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. Also - ammo must be pretty cheap as they are going through thousands of rounds!



I could do a hell of a lot better then that 4 year old girl (at least I think I can). And to think we don't even let our kids (7/5/3) use sharp knives at the table yet!

 

[TyraNSX]

The auto pistols are probably Glock G18

 

[steveny]

The auto pistols are probably Glock G18

I think they are 17's highly modified. Each clip holds 30 rounds. I have a 30 round clip for my 19. The last 5 or so rounds are extremely hard to get in the clip.

 

[NetViper]

Holy crap that hand-gun is lethal! Looks totally inaccurate -- unless you are aiming at everything within 50 ft.

 

[transdzn]

Those tracers are great :biggrin:

I like 'ta pop a few caps while sitt'en on 'ma bowl now and then :wink:

 

[TyraNSX]

18 is full auto version of 17 http://www.glock.com/g18.htm

 

[skyguy]

really sad to see...

Just my.02 cents::frown:

5 children were killed every day in gun related accidents and suicides committed with a firearm, from 1994-1998.
An average of 5 children were killed every day in gun related accidents and suicides committed with a firearm, from 1994-1998.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, National Injury Mortality Statistics, 1994-1998

40% of American households with children have guns.
Peter Hart Research Associates Poll, July 1999

22 million children live in homes with at least one firearm.
34% of children in the United States (representing more than 22 million children in 11 million homes) live in homes with at least one firearm. In 69 percent of homes with firearms and children, more than one firearm is present.
The RAND Corporation, "Guns in the Family: Firearm Storage Patterns in U.S. Homes with Children," March 2001, an analysis of the 1994 National Health Interview Survey and Year 2000 objectives supplement. Also published as Schuster et al., "Firearm Storage Patterns in U.S. Homes with Children," American Journal of Public Health 90(4): 588-594, April 2000

A gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in an unintentional shooting, than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.
A gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in an unintentional shooting, a criminal assault or homicide, or an attempted or completed suicide than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.
Journal of Trauma, 1998

In 1997, gunshot wounds were the second leading cause of injury death for men and women 10-24 years of age.
In 1997, gunshot wounds were the second leading cause of injury death for men and women 10-24 years of age -- second only to motor vehicle crashes -- while the firearm injury death rate among males 15-24 years of age was 42% higher than the motor vehicle traffic injury death rate.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 1999

In the U.S, children under 15 commit suicide with guns at a rate of eleven times the rate of other countries combined.
For children under the age of 15, the rate of suicide in the United States is twice the rate of other counties. For suicides involving firearms, the rate was almost eleven times the rate of other countries combined.
U.S. Department of Justice, March 2000

Guns in the home are the primary source for firearms that teenagers use to kill themselves in the United States.
Studies show that guns in the home are the primary source for firearms that teenagers use to kill themselves.
Injury Prevention, 1999

85% of Americans want mandatory handgun registration.
85% of Americans endorse the mandatory registration of handguns and 72% also want mandatory registration of longguns (rifles and shotguns).
1998 National Gun Policy Survey of the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

85% of Americans want a background check and 5-day waiting period before a handgun is purchased.
85% of Americans want a background check and 5-day waiting period before a handgun is purchased.
1998 National Gun Policy Survey of the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

95% of Americans think that US made handguns should meet the same safety standards as imported guns.
95% of Americans favor having handguns manufactured in the United States meet the same safety and quality standards that imported guns must meet.
1998 National Gun Policy Survey of the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

51% of the guns used in crimes by juveniles and people 18 to 24 were acquired by "straw purchasers," people who buy several guns legally through licensed dealers, then sell them to criminals, violent offenders, and kids.
51% of the guns used in crimes by juveniles and people 18 to 24 were acquired by "straw purchasers," people who buy several guns legally through licensed dealers, then sell them to criminals, violent offenders, and kids.
ATF report, Crime Gun Trace Analysis, February 1999

More Americans were killed by guns than by war in the 20th Century.
More Americans were killed with guns in the 18-year period between 1979 and 1997 (651,697), than were killed in battle in all wars since 1775 (650,858). And while a sharp drop in gun homicides has contributed to a decline in overall gun deaths since 1993, the 90's will likely exceed the death toll of the 1980s (327,173) and end up being the deadliest decade of the century. By the end of the 1990s, an estimated 350,000 Americans will have been killed in non-military-related firearm incidents during the decade.
Handgun Control 12/30/99 (Press release from CDC data)

A classroom is emptied every two days in America by gunfire
In 1998, 3,792 American children and teens (19 and under) died by gunfire in murders, suicides and unintentional shootings. That's more than 10 young people a day.
Unpublished data from the Vital Statistics System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2000.

Toy guns and teddy bears have more federal manufacturing regulations than real guns.
Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 1999. NVSR Volume 49, No. 8. 114 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120.

Every day 79 people are killed by firearms in America.
In 1999 a total of 28,874 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States, down nearly 6 percent from the 30,625 deaths in 1998.

88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns.
88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns.
Johns Hopkins University Center of Gun Policy and Research, 1997/1998

Kids in America are 12 times more likely to be killed by a gun than kids in 25 other industrialized nations combined.
The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children aged less than 15 years was nearly 12 times higher than among children in 25 other industrialized countries combined.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Rates of Homicide, Suicide, and Firearm-Related Death Among Children -- 26 Industrialized Countries," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 46(05): 101-105, February 07, 1997.

Guns stored in the home are used 72% of the time when children are accidentally killed and injured, commit suicide with a firearm.
In 72% of unintentional deaths and injuries, suicide, and suicide attempts with a firearm of 0-19 year-olds, the firearm was stored in the residence of the victim, a relative, or a friend.
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center Study, Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, August 1999

Medical costs from gun injuries and deaths cost $19 billion. The US taxpayer will pay half of that cost.
Direct medical costs for firearm injuries range from $2.3 billion to $4 billion, and additional indirect costs, such as lost potential earnings, are estimated at $19.0 billion.
Miller and Cohen, Textbook of Penetrating Trauma, 1995; American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000; Journal of American Medical Association, June 1995; Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998

 

[Bilulan]

did anyone notice the all the poor aimers when the white car initially started driving?

There were dirt spots kicking up a 100 feet away.

 

[jalnjr]

lead poisoning

doesn't look like a fair firefight.
no incoming rounds...

stupid people, jeez

nice vid armando:smile:

 

[steveny]

18 is full auto version of 17 http://www.glock.com/g18.htm

WOW! I did not even know that gun existed.

 

[NeoNSX]

The real joke is that was the car park. They all had loooong walk home.


Great video Armando!

 

[H-carWizKid]

Re: really sad to see...

Just my.02 cents::frown:

It is great that we live in a country where you are just as free NOT to own, or fire guns isn't it?

I personally enjoy the hobby.

I prefer to rent guns at the shooting club rather than own one of my own. I don't feel the need to protect, I just like to target shoot. I certainly don't see anything wrong with live fire at a range, and actually advocate educating young people about gun safety so that in the event they come across a firearm they will know what NOT to do with it.

Banning guns does nothing to stop gun abuse, education, and awareness are the key.

Off my soapbox now...

Man, I couldn't believe that guy had that Toddler manning that full auto... Examples like that one make gun enthusiasts look like a pack of yahoo idiots.

Pretty disgusting for sure.

I promise you we aren't all red-neck morons. You know- you have to pass a test to drive a car or carry a gun, but they will let any idiot be a parent- seems like you have a case of the later there...

Philip

 

[DonPablow]

Re: really sad to see...

Just my.02 cents::frown:

5 children were killed every day in gun related accidents and suicides committed with a firearm, from 1994-1998.
An average of 5 children were killed every day in gun related accidents and suicides committed with a firearm, from 1994-1998.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, National Injury Mortality Statistics, 1994-1998

40% of American households with children have guns.
Peter Hart Research Associates Poll, July 1999

22 million children live in homes with at least one firearm.
34% of children in the United States (representing more than 22 million children in 11 million homes) live in homes with at least one firearm. In 69 percent of homes with firearms and children, more than one firearm is present.
The RAND Corporation, "Guns in the Family: Firearm Storage Patterns in U.S. Homes with Children," March 2001, an analysis of the 1994 National Health Interview Survey and Year 2000 objectives supplement. Also published as Schuster et al., "Firearm Storage Patterns in U.S. Homes with Children," American Journal of Public Health 90(4): 588-594, April 2000

A gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in an unintentional shooting, than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.
A gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used in an unintentional shooting, a criminal assault or homicide, or an attempted or completed suicide than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.
Journal of Trauma, 1998

In 1997, gunshot wounds were the second leading cause of injury death for men and women 10-24 years of age.
In 1997, gunshot wounds were the second leading cause of injury death for men and women 10-24 years of age -- second only to motor vehicle crashes -- while the firearm injury death rate among males 15-24 years of age was 42% higher than the motor vehicle traffic injury death rate.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 1999

In the U.S, children under 15 commit suicide with guns at a rate of eleven times the rate of other countries combined.
For children under the age of 15, the rate of suicide in the United States is twice the rate of other counties. For suicides involving firearms, the rate was almost eleven times the rate of other countries combined.
U.S. Department of Justice, March 2000

Guns in the home are the primary source for firearms that teenagers use to kill themselves in the United States.
Studies show that guns in the home are the primary source for firearms that teenagers use to kill themselves.
Injury Prevention, 1999

85% of Americans want mandatory handgun registration.
85% of Americans endorse the mandatory registration of handguns and 72% also want mandatory registration of longguns (rifles and shotguns).
1998 National Gun Policy Survey of the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

85% of Americans want a background check and 5-day waiting period before a handgun is purchased.
85% of Americans want a background check and 5-day waiting period before a handgun is purchased.
1998 National Gun Policy Survey of the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

95% of Americans think that US made handguns should meet the same safety standards as imported guns.
95% of Americans favor having handguns manufactured in the United States meet the same safety and quality standards that imported guns must meet.
1998 National Gun Policy Survey of the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

51% of the guns used in crimes by juveniles and people 18 to 24 were acquired by "straw purchasers," people who buy several guns legally through licensed dealers, then sell them to criminals, violent offenders, and kids.
51% of the guns used in crimes by juveniles and people 18 to 24 were acquired by "straw purchasers," people who buy several guns legally through licensed dealers, then sell them to criminals, violent offenders, and kids.
ATF report, Crime Gun Trace Analysis, February 1999

More Americans were killed by guns than by war in the 20th Century.
More Americans were killed with guns in the 18-year period between 1979 and 1997 (651,697), than were killed in battle in all wars since 1775 (650,858). And while a sharp drop in gun homicides has contributed to a decline in overall gun deaths since 1993, the 90's will likely exceed the death toll of the 1980s (327,173) and end up being the deadliest decade of the century. By the end of the 1990s, an estimated 350,000 Americans will have been killed in non-military-related firearm incidents during the decade.
Handgun Control 12/30/99 (Press release from CDC data)

A classroom is emptied every two days in America by gunfire
In 1998, 3,792 American children and teens (19 and under) died by gunfire in murders, suicides and unintentional shootings. That's more than 10 young people a day.
Unpublished data from the Vital Statistics System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2000.

Toy guns and teddy bears have more federal manufacturing regulations than real guns.
Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, Deaths: Final Data for 1999. NVSR Volume 49, No. 8. 114 pp. (PHS) 2001-1120.

Every day 79 people are killed by firearms in America.
In 1999 a total of 28,874 persons died from firearm injuries in the United States, down nearly 6 percent from the 30,625 deaths in 1998.

88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns.
88% of the US population and 80% of US gun owners support childproofing all new handguns.
Johns Hopkins University Center of Gun Policy and Research, 1997/1998

Kids in America are 12 times more likely to be killed by a gun than kids in 25 other industrialized nations combined.
The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children aged less than 15 years was nearly 12 times higher than among children in 25 other industrialized countries combined.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Rates of Homicide, Suicide, and Firearm-Related Death Among Children -- 26 Industrialized Countries," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 46(05): 101-105, February 07, 1997.

Guns stored in the home are used 72% of the time when children are accidentally killed and injured, commit suicide with a firearm.
In 72% of unintentional deaths and injuries, suicide, and suicide attempts with a firearm of 0-19 year-olds, the firearm was stored in the residence of the victim, a relative, or a friend.
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center Study, Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, August 1999

Medical costs from gun injuries and deaths cost $19 billion. The US taxpayer will pay half of that cost.
Direct medical costs for firearm injuries range from $2.3 billion to $4 billion, and additional indirect costs, such as lost potential earnings, are estimated at $19.0 billion.
Miller and Cohen, Textbook of Penetrating Trauma, 1995; American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000; Journal of American Medical Association, June 1995; Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998

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[jalnjr]

go figure, i actually like guns myself....

And what we hear: BLAH!....

i guess you like carnage, donnie-boy
i think you're a lil' too "gun-g ho"

reread what skyguy is saying, only imagine that a few rounds
have been pumped into your chest by a fellow gun-nut...
you might change your shallow opinion

79 people a day killed in the usa is RETARDED.

 

[Ski_Banker]

Re: go figure, i actually like guns myself....

i guess you like carnage, donnie-boy
i think you're a lil' too "gun-g ho"

reread what skyguy is saying, only imagine that a few rounds
have been pumped into your chest by a fellow gun-nut...
you might change your shallow opinion

79 people a day killed in the usa is RETARDED.

Interesting parallel between your pro gun-control stance and your "Welcome to the Machine" signature. Some folks would argue that the first "step" in transitioning a society to fascism is disarming it. Indeed, welcome to the machine.

Not necessarily my viewpoint, but certainly the counterargument to the unfortunate statistics of innocent people being injured by guns.

 

[NsXMas]

That makes me happy to have the gun laws we have in Australia, that’s just stupid controlled environment or not, I assume that guy packs up his gun takes it home and stored it in his room?? hmm what a wonderful neighbour to have.

I must post.

I find your post ridiculous. We have very strict gun laws here in the US. Those people who own automatic weapons have to go through special background checks, that are extremely rigorous and thorough. They also must pay special taxes for this privilege. In addition, they waive the right to privacy, meaning that the government may raid their homes at any time, for no reason, just for their privilege to own the automatic weapons.

You sound like you have no idea what you're talking about. Have you ever shot a gun? Have you ever handled a gun?

It's like a virgin saying "I'm glad I've never had sex, and the laws prohibit sex, cause it's all yucky and stuff. Can you imagine a sexy neighor coming over and getting all horny at your place? What a wonderful neighbor to have."

Guns are not evil. There are evil people who use guns, but guns are just an equalizer. A weak woman with a gun is just as powerful as her 7 feet 300 pound attacker. Without guns that woman is a lamb at the wofl's mercy.

Silly anti-gunners who get all upset over guns without really thinking the issues over are what makes me sad.

More people die from car accidents, smoking, heart attacks than gun accidents / crimes do, every day. Where's the outrage over cars, and the banning of cigarrettes?

Guns are no the problem you think it is. There are harsh penalties for using guns in a crime. Guns are a tool, nothing more, nothing less. To ban it from people means you don't trust people.

If you don't trust neighbor, why aren't you living on Mars?

I know many of my neighbors who have guns. They're some of the finest people I know. I own several guns. Are you scared of me?

Yours is one of the silliest / stupidist posts I have read.

 

[NsXMas]

The doomsday provision

The doomsday provision
By John Stossel

Oct 19, 2005


Guns are dangerous. But myths are dangerous, too. Myths about guns are very dangerous, because they lead to bad laws. And bad laws kill people.

"Don't tell me this bill will not make a difference," said President Clinton, who signed the Brady Bill into law.

Sorry. Even the federal government can't say it has made a difference. The Centers for Disease Control did an extensive review of various types of gun control: waiting periods, registration and licensing, and bans on certain firearms. It found that the idea that gun control laws have reduced violent crime is simply a myth.

I wanted to know why the laws weren't working, so I asked the experts. "I'm not going in the store to buy no gun," said one maximum-security inmate in New Jersey. "So, I could care less if they had a background check or not."

"There's guns everywhere," said another inmate. "If you got money, you can get a gun."

Talking to prisoners about guns emphasizes a few key lessons. First, criminals don't obey the law. (That's why we call them "criminals.") Second, no law can repeal the law of supply and demand. If there's money to be made selling something, someone will sell it.

A study funded by the Department of Justice confirmed what the prisoners said. Criminals buy their guns illegally and easily. The study found that what felons fear most is not the police or the prison system, but their fellow citizens, who might be armed. One inmate told me, "When you gonna rob somebody you don't know, it makes it harder because you don't know what to expect out of them."

What if it were legal in America for adults to carry concealed weapons? I put that question to gun-control advocate Rev. Al Sharpton. His eyes opened wide, and he said, "We'd be living in a state of terror!"

In fact, it was a trick question. Most states now have "right to carry" laws. And their people are not living in a state of terror. Not one of those states reported an upsurge in crime.

Why? Because guns are used more than twice as often defensively as criminally. When armed men broke into Susan Gonzalez' house and shot her, she grabbed her husband's gun and started firing. "I figured if I could shoot one of them, even if we both died, someone would know who had been in my home." She killed one of the intruders. She lived. Studies on defensive use of guns find this kind of thing happens at least 700,000 times a year.

And there's another myth, with a special risk of its own. The myth has it that the Supreme Court, in a case called United States v. Miller, interpreted the Second Amendment -- "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" -- as conferring a special privilege on the National Guard, and not as affirming an individual right. In fact, what the court held is only that the right to bear arms doesn't mean Congress can't prohibit certain kinds of guns that aren't necessary for the common defense. Interestingly, federal law still says every able-bodied American man from 17 to 44 is a member of the United States militia.

What's the special risk? As Alex Kozinski, a federal appeals judge and an immigrant from Eastern Europe, warned in 2003, "the simple truth -- born of experience -- is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people."

"The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime routinely do," Judge Kozinski noted. "But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed -- where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once."


Award-winning news correspondent John Stossel is co-anchor of ABC News "20/20" and author of "Give Me a Break."

 

[NsXMas]

by Will Dougan

The question "why do you choose to carry a firearm?" has haunted me.

I am a fairly normal guy. I love to eat barbecue, I pay taxes, I vote. I'd like to take my wife out more often (to eat barbecue), I attend church and I'm a baseball fan - just like many other men in Memphis.

One thing that makes me different from some of those men is that I carry a gun. I do so because I truly believe that preserving the safety and well-being of my wife, my children and myself is my duty.

Do I think there are villains around every corner waiting to pounce? Certainly not. To quote the Boy Scout motto, my intent is only to "be prepared."

I carry a spare tire in my car, have emergency supplies at home, and always wear my seatbelt, all so that I will be prepared. I have used my spare tire twice, never used the emergency supplies and found my seatbelt's restraints necessary only once. So why do I still maintain all those safeguards? Because I know that when I do need them, I'll need them desperately.

For me, a handgun is much the same - a safeguard. I carry it and train with it just in case I ever need it.

I hope never to need my gun. I avoid places I think might not be safe. I pay close attention to what is going on around me, so that I can stay one step ahead of potential dangers. I do not look for trouble nor go around with a chip on my shoulder.

I love my family more than anything on Earth. I want my children to grow up, go to school, move out and give me grandchildren. I want my wife and me to live and love each other until death do us part - when we are very, very old. The thought of losing them or having them lose me makes my eyes well up and lodges a lump in my throat.

I grew up in rural Madison County, where guns were a part of life, not something to be feared or mistrusted. We all had them, we all used them, and we all respected them.

A gun was and is a tool - nothing more, nothing less. You would never know my gun is there; it is safely tucked away in a manner that renders it harmless unless it is called upon. When you are at my home, there is no sign of a firearm; they are all stored in locked safes.

I take my duty as husband and father seriously. Part of that duty is being willing and able to protect my loved ones - from drugs, economic dangers and physical threats. The words of my father ring in my ears: "With great privilege comes great responsibility." I carry a gun because it is my responsibility alone - not that of the police, nor the government, nor the community - to defend the precious lives that God has entrusted to me.

Although I have great distaste for the possibility of taking a life, I recall the words attributed to St. Augustine: "Though defensive violence will always be a 'sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men."

Fathers are like sheepdogs. We must be persistent, gentle, playful and, at times, ferocious. On occasion, we must become like the wolf that threatens our flock.

For me, that means owning, carrying and undergoing extensive training with a firearm, so that when the wolf appears out of the shadows, I will be prepared to defend what the Master has given me.

 

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The real joke is that was the car park. They all had loooong walk home.


Great video Armando!

Good one!!!!

I couldn't stand up from laughing