Growing Up
July 9th, 2008 by joe
You know the old adage about how when you’re a kid you think the greatest thing in the world is chocolate, and then you become an adult and discover sex which shows how limited your “world” used to be, but then you discover single-malt scotch and the Zeitgeist of it all suddenly becomes clear?
Well a similar thing happened to me recently when Brian Withnell revealed my puerile infatuation with the AK-47 is just that.
Yes, I have discovered what true manliness is all about:
You need to watch through to the end, around 4:36 in, for the really good part. In terms of home perimeter defense, a handgun is nice, but there is something better out there.
Thank you for the life-lesson, Brian.
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July 10th, 2008 at 8:21 am
True manliness!!!
Surely you jest!
July 10th, 2008 at 9:09 am
If firing 120 miniature grenades per minute is not manly, then the word no longer has any meaning.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:25 am
I *WANT* one!
July 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I’ll bet I could fire 120 miniature grenades per minute too, should I so desire. Wanting to do it is “manly”, I suppose.
All little boys like to play with guns and, as with all toys, they get more expensive as the boy physically, but not mentally, turns into a man.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
And girls grow up “playing house.” So while we’re at the range, Lovisa, go clean something.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:32 am
So while you are at the kitchen range,jack, I’ll go get my ramrod and clean my double barrel moose hunting gun. Great division of labor.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:55 am
All the top chefs are men.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am
“I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.” How’s that?
July 10th, 2008 at 11:35 am
I thought that going to the spa and having a pedicure was now the “manly” thing to do. At least that’s what the Wash Post indicated a few weeks ago
Personally I’d rather go to the range with my son and fire off a couple of hundred rounds with his SKS.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Sounds like a cop-out to me.
July 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Lovisa, when a woman desires to fire an AA-12 we don’t call that “manly,” we call that “my kind a’ woman.”
July 10th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
This thing takes the old Street Sweeper to a whole new level.
July 10th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
The aa12 is a thing of beauty. Load up some 20 rounds of #2 buck (15 27cal rounds per shotgun shell) and rock and roll. That’s 300 27cal pellets going down range boys in no time. Home defense made easy. You will need a shovel and a mop afterward, but I am sure the misses will help.
July 10th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
That was awesome. Wonder if the frag grenade can be had with a timed fuse for air burst ?
July 11th, 2008 at 11:41 am
“home defense made easy” Ha! There’d be nothing left of your home!
July 11th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Yeah but it would be godalmighty bracing …
Nice to hear from you, bro, glad to see the Gozer still walks among the living.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
marshmallow,
The mussel velocity on the #2 shot couple with the size of the projectile (27cal) means the shot would not penetrate the walls. Granted the room and the sheet rock would need a major overhaul after the event.
July 11th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Dan,
Take a look at the ditch dug out at 1:18. While the grenade is contact activated, it is extremely effective. Shame they are not available for defense.
Lovisa,
Not that you would think it possible, but if riots ever occurred, or worse, if we ever were attacked, having every citizen in the country armed with full military weapons would probably first stop the thought of riots or attack, but second would probably end the riot or attack quickly. Have you ever wondered why the Swiss were able to stay neutral during WWII? Let me guess, your education was too politically correct to have it taught they were able to stay neutral because they were well armed in every house, the country as a whole was prepared, and they did not take any gruff from anyone.
July 11th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Joe,
I thought you’d like this. The AK is nice and all that. Large round, what you hit with it stays hit. But it really is only good for short range, and no real good for home defense.
My pastor (who you know is in fact very qualified to speak on such matters) thinks about the best home defense weapon is in fact a shotgun. Because he used to be a police chaplain, he has stories about nearly every conceivable issue you could face. He knows one instance where a group of hoodlums were faced by two police officers with pistols, they were continuing to offer resistance until a third officer entered with a tactical shotgun. They instantly threw down their guns and surrendered. When asked why they did, one of them raise his shirt and showed several scars from pistol wounds in his abdomen, and said 9mm doesn’t scare him at all, but a shotgun will tear you to pieces. The pastor recommends a shotgun with a short (legal) barrel. He prefers a pump to an auto, but he is also *very* fast with a pump.
July 11th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Agreed, first in priority is the shotgun, then the pistol, then the AK, and then the grenade-spitting thingee…
July 11th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Brian Whithnell,
Have you ever wondered why the Swedes were able to stay neutral during WWII? Every home was not well-armed. If there were arms, they were strictly for hunting.
As for my education being too PC - that expression didn’t exist when I went to school, I assure you.
Great that you have a pastor who counsels you on what gun to arm yourself with! Did he bless your arms too?
July 11th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Here are a few answers to that question, Lovisa.
July 11th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Thanks, Jack! My question was rhetorical, because I’m well aware of Sweden’s fence sitting during WWII. The Norwegians had a hard time forgiving the Swedes for not coming to their aid, BTW.
The homes being armed, as in Switzerland, had nothing do to with Sweden’s neutrality.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Brian, Yes, I saw that. but I would think an airburst would be more effective at neutralizing personnel, but I could be wrong.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Sweet! Looks like a fine tool for home defense…
July 12th, 2008 at 11:05 am
And yet, Lovisa, everyone’s being armed in Switzerland DID contribute to it’s ability to stay neutral, in BOTH world wars.