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(10-01-2010, 10:57 AM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3709.msg176313#msg176313 date=1285948001]


Always have this ready in my room. My Dad taught me to use this at a young age, and it's essentially my "non-gun". Seriously, if a robber sees someone with a crossbow, what are they gonna do? I'm a pretty fucking good shot with it too.

It's better than nothing but what if you miss?
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What if you miss with a gun?

(10-01-2010, 10:57 AM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3709.msg176313#msg176313 date=1285948001]


Always have this ready in my room. My Dad taught me to use this at a young age, and it's essentially my "non-gun". Seriously, if a robber sees someone with a crossbow, what are they gonna do? I'm a pretty fucking good shot with it too.

It's better than nothing but what if you miss?
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Then you engage in melee combat! Huttah! Neck Snap!

(10-01-2010, 11:03 AM)Surf314 link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Dtrain323i link=topic=3709.msg176314#msg176314 date=1285948673]
[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3709.msg176313#msg176313 date=1285948001]


Always have this ready in my room. My Dad taught me to use this at a young age, and it's essentially my "non-gun". Seriously, if a robber sees someone with a crossbow, what are they gonna do? I'm a pretty fucking good shot with it too.

It's better than nothing but what if you miss?
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What if you miss with a gun?
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I just pull the trigger again. You'd have to do some reloading with that crossbow. Still like I said, it's better than nothing.

All this chat reminds me of a nightmare i used to have as a children.

Everytime one of ther guards pointed a flashlight to our backyard, i thought it was in like that final scene of Scarface where a mob of drug dealers rushed the mansion.

(10-01-2010, 11:06 AM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Surf314 link=topic=3709.msg176315#msg176315 date=1285949025]
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[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3709.msg176313#msg176313 date=1285948001]
Crossbow

Always have this ready in my room. My Dad taught me to use this at a young age, and it's essentially my "non-gun". Seriously, if a robber sees someone with a crossbow, what are they gonna do? I'm a pretty fucking good shot with it too.

It's better than nothing but what if you miss?
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What if you miss with a gun?
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I just pull the trigger again. You'd have to do some reloading with that crossbow. Still like I said, it's better than nothing.
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If Half Life 2 has taught me anything, is that Crossbow > Any gun

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Then you engage in melee combat! Huttah! Neck Snap!

JUDO CHOP!

(10-01-2010, 10:57 AM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: [ -> ]It's better than nothing but what if you miss?

Pull an arrow from your pack and stab him with it for a taunt kill

I might be alone in this here, but if someone shot me with a crossbow, the next thing I'd do is kill them with my bare hands for shooting me with a crossbow. 

(10-01-2010, 11:19 AM)LT Crow link Wrote: [ -> ]I might be alone in this here, but if someone shot me with a crossbow, the next thing I'd do is kill them with my bare hands for shooting me with a crossbow. 

I'd probably keel over and die because of the trauma, shock, and blood loss caused by having a foot or more of composite arrow pierced through my body cavity.

I actually think a crossbow can cause more tissue damage than many small sidearms on a torso hit.

(10-01-2010, 11:55 AM)Eightball link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=LT Crow link=topic=3709.msg176321#msg176321 date=1285949974]
I might be alone in this here, but if someone shot me with a crossbow, the next thing I'd do is kill them with my bare hands for shooting me with a crossbow. 

I'd probably keel over and die because of the trauma, shock, and blood loss caused by having a foot or more of composite arrow pierced through my body cavity.

I actually think a crossbow can cause more tissue damage than many small sidearms on a torso hit.
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Last I heard (which was Texas Hunters Education from school, yes, in Texas you get hunter's education in school) bow hunting was significantly less traumatic for the animals.  And having the arrow stuck in the wound would be preferable to a through and through.

(10-01-2010, 11:07 AM)Vongore link Wrote: [ -> ]All this chat reminds me of a nightmare i used to have as a children.

Everytime one of ther guards pointed a flashlight to our backyard, i thought it was in like that final scene of Scarface where a mob of drug dealers rushed the mansion.

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[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3709.msg176313#msg176313 date=1285948001]
Crossbow

Always have this ready in my room. My Dad taught me to use this at a young age, and it's essentially my "non-gun". Seriously, if a robber sees someone with a crossbow, what are they gonna do? I'm a pretty fucking good shot with it too.

It's better than nothing but what if you miss?
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What if you miss with a gun?
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I just pull the trigger again. You'd have to do some reloading with that crossbow. Still like I said, it's better than nothing.
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If Half Life 2 has taught me anything, is that Crossbow > Any gun
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.357 magnum is the name of the game. Because men don't need fancy things like "scopes", or "fast reloads", or even "high powered explosives" to get things done.

(10-01-2010, 11:55 AM)Eightball link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=LT Crow link=topic=3709.msg176321#msg176321 date=1285949974]
I might be alone in this here, but if someone shot me with a crossbow, the next thing I'd do is kill them with my bare hands for shooting me with a crossbow. 

I'd probably keel over and die because of the trauma, shock, and blood loss caused by having a foot or more of composite arrow pierced through my body cavity.

I actually think a crossbow can cause more tissue damage than many small sidearms on a torso hit.
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It's all about permanent stretch cavity. (thats what ballistic gel tests show). A bullet creates a larger stretch cavity than an arrow does.

Here's some popular rounds fired through Ballistic Gel



Here's an arrow:

Best pic I could find but you can still see what I'm getting at.




The reason a lot of people bowhunt for deer rather than rifle or shotgun hunt is because the arrow does less damage to the meat.

I'll have to find and post up the website of the guy who killed a deer with canister shot out of an 8(I think) pound howitzer.

I'm pretty sure that I'm not allowed to have the gun from the farm, either. I think I'd need some kind of license or something, I don't know. Also, a .22 rifle beside the bed? No, thanks. I think that's a bit much.


Also if I used it on a guy or even threatened him with it, I think I could actually get sued and would probably lose. Like HeK said... cops look the other way usually but not always. It's a bit strange...


I don't think anyone showed up last night anyway. I checked a few times from the windows in the dark and saw nothing, but I'll have a look now that it's day and see what's what. Probably nothing, it's not likely he'll be back this soon, if at all.

Crossbows are alright and all, but longbows kick the shit out of them.

That's crappy that Canada has gun law(l)s like that. Here in Maine we have so much leeway for home defense it's incredible, and Canada can be just as redneck as us.

California has some strict gun laws too.

I think one of them is that you have to wait at least a week before receiving a gun.

Of course, the gun laws in Australia really sucks.

Gun ownership is Canada is very limited and complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Canada

That aside, there are no legal home defense weapons in Canada. Nothing. We are limited to 'reasonable force'.

Thats why a solid flashlight is good for 'looking around the yard at night'.

(10-01-2010, 01:54 PM)HeK link Wrote: [ -> ]Gun ownership is Canada is very limited and complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Canada

That aside, there are no legal home defense weapons in Canada. Nothing. We are limited to 'reasonable force'.

Thats why a solid flashlight is good for 'looking around the yard at night'.

What about laws on laser pointers, like the ones that can light things on fire?

(10-01-2010, 01:54 PM)HeK link Wrote: [ -> ]Gun ownership is Canada is very limited and complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Canada

That aside, there are no legal home defense weapons in Canada. Nothing. We are limited to 'reasonable force'.

Thats why a solid flashlight is good for 'looking around the yard at night'.

Well if you live near the woods, what if there's a bear when I'm going to "look around my back yard", I better be carrying some bear mace, I don't want to get mauled.

(10-01-2010, 02:20 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=HeK link=topic=3709.msg176370#msg176370 date=1285959289]
Gun ownership is Canada is very limited and complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Canada

That aside, there are no legal home defense weapons in Canada. Nothing. We are limited to 'reasonable force'.

Thats why a solid flashlight is good for 'looking around the yard at night'.

Well if you live near the woods, what if there's a bear when I'm going to "look around my back yard", I better be carrying some bear mace, I don't want to get mauled.
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Thats kinda legit. However there are separate legislation regarding the use of dog/bear mace on humans. In any circumstance you can be charged and fined up to $500,000 or receive up to three years of jail time.

So, someone was in the yard again last night, and upon closer inspection it seems they were looking in the guest bedroom window. The leaves in the flower bed there are all disturbed and it's very close to where the large piece of wood that mysteriously appeared in my yard was dropped. I'm talking lumber from a store, half the length of a broom handle and just a little bit thicker.

Went to the cop shop, they're not doing anything. I didn't see him so they can't do anything, won't even send out a car at night. I just have to "call us if you see him".


Yeah sure, I'll get right the fuck on that guys.



The wood is new because I mowed yesterday and there is literally no way in hell that I could have possibly mowed over that. It's huge, it would have bused the mower, and it's a bright new-ish piece of wood. It would have been too obvious. I know it was after 10:30 because I went out to get something from the store and it wasn't there then (unless I didn't notice it but I was looking for things out of place, so...)

It isn't from the neighbour who's renovating his house because it's literally too small to be of any use, he isn't renovating today, and he hasn't been there for a few days. He doesn't live in the house (his son does) so he packs everything up with him when he leaves, and nothing is left behind. Plus, he's very polite, he would have cleaned it up, like he's done in the past with stuff that falls over the fence (and on top of that, this isn't even near the area where he sets up his work table or where their house is).




So, now what?