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No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 33 1/3
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.
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
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.
DXMachina - Mar 04, 2005 11:15:12 am PST #4159 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Wesley used a shotgun.
bon bon - Mar 04, 2005 11:15:58 am PST #4160 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Wes had a shotgun, IIRC.
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.
Which is what I mean with the distinction re: automatic shotguns. Most are semi-auto which means you don't have to reload between shots but you do have to pull the trigger each time. But, IME, most semi-autos only have a five or so shell capacity.
Calli - Mar 04, 2005 11:16:46 am PST #4161 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
You can usually tell a shotgun by the fact that the barrell is much wider and not as long as a rifle.
Oh -- OK, thanks! I think I'd need to see a some side by side a few times if I wanted to be sure. Since I'm in NC, I expect I could find a few. Quite possibly in one or more of the trucks in my office's parking lot.
ETA: I see dissention in the ID of Wesley's projectile weapon of choice. Ooops.