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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


bon bon - Mar 04, 2005 10:58:25 am PST #4149 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Awfulplasticsurgery.com has put me off collagen lips FOREVER. They NEVER look good.

Also, DX answered the question, really: shotguns are less effective at killing people, since they're really used for small, moving targets (e.g., birds or clays) and have less range. As opposed to rifles, there aren't that many automatic shotguns out there since they're prone to jamming and have a crazy recoil. And it's just not useful for hunting.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2005 10:59:39 am PST #4150 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Are they actually less regulated, bon?

I'm assuming there are good collagen lips, they just don't make it to that site.

I assume.

Okay, launchcast taunted me with potential availability on the network. Pissers.


bon bon - Mar 04, 2005 11:04:03 am PST #4151 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Are they actually less regulated, bon?

I don't really know, but the answer would probably go something like this: the potentially deadlier the gun, the more heavily regulated it is, and there are more deadly types of rifles than shotguns.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 04, 2005 11:06:50 am PST #4152 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Happy Birthday, Cindy!


DXMachina - Mar 04, 2005 11:08:46 am PST #4153 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Are they actually less regulated, bon?

I don't think there's a difference in obtaining one. There is a difference in hunting regulations, at least on the very densely populated east coast. Hunting seasons tends to be shotgun only out here.


Daisy Jane - Mar 04, 2005 11:10:51 am PST #4154 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I don't know that rifles are more evil than shotguns. Rifles are more precise than shotguns. Once the shot leaves the muzzle of a shot gun it begins to fan out, which makes it more likely that at least part of the load will hit the target. OTOH, shotguns don't have the range of rifles.

If I'm not mistaken, there's also something about thinking about using the gun, loading it, using it, and possible reloading and the time it takes with a shotgun to do all of that.


Calli - Mar 04, 2005 11:12:00 am PST #4155 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I forget, which one did Wesley occasionally use in Angel? A shotgun or a rifle? I can't really tell them apart by looking.


ChiKat - Mar 04, 2005 11:12:55 am PST #4156 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Calli, it looked like a rifle to me.


tommyrot - Mar 04, 2005 11:13:18 am PST #4157 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I can't really tell them apart by looking.

You can usually tell a shotgun by the fact that the barrell is much wider and not as long as a rifle.


Calli - Mar 04, 2005 11:13:40 am PST #4158 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

OK, thanks, ChiKat.