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[Ming]

Again... just shoot him the back... who cares... say it was dark and you just started shooting at anything that moved.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Well maybe if you were Osama bin Laden, you may get a conviction, but even then the jury might let him off .

You have to ask yourself: Which is wrose, Osama Bin Laden or 'Reality TV'?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Frogger


Hey, doc: if a PPD test is going to react, when (how long would it take) would you see the first signs? What does a positive reaction look like (i.e. what is "10 mm induration")?

You could see a reaction within 24 hours, but the test is usually read at 48 to 72 hours. A truly positive reaction produces an area around the ***** which feels raised and hardened to the touch. Induration means raised and hardened. (10mm is a centimeter, but for crying out loud you're a Canadian and you ought to know that!) The area is usually a little reddened also. Bruises don't count, neither do areas that are flat and reddened.

Do yourself a favor and wait the whole 48 hours and let a professional read the test.

[KrazyHorse]

I know that 10 mm is a centimetre. I wanted to know where that 10 mm was measured. Diameter or height?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Do yourself a favor and wait the whole 48 hours and let a professional read the test.

I will, since this is for statutory-type purposes (i.e. I don't think I have TB; I just have to have a doctor attest to the fact that I don't on a form)

I just want a bit of advance warning as to what his decision will be, because I don't want to have to get a chest xray for nothing...

EDIT: It's been 8 hours and so far so good.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat


Once he's out the door, then he's not my problem. Worst case is if you shoot him in the back, then go kick him over and shoot him from the front, too. Good hollowpoints or glasers won't fully penetrate, and without exit wounds, it's pretty hard to tell what came first.

"Gee, in all the confusion I kept firing until he went down. I was just so scared for my little kid's safety. I guess he must have spun around."

*Kman jots down notes*

Im not murderous or anything, but if someone broke into my house, and after confronting them they started to run away, i would have a fear they might return when im less aware, not there, etc and do whatever they intended. Because of this, i would shoot them, even tho they are running away. As far as im concerned, they made a lethal mistake of coming into my home.

[Kramerman]

good thing i live in texas

[KrazyHorse]

Because of this, i would shoot them, even tho they are running away. As far as im concerned, they made a lethal mistake of coming into my home.

Blech.

[Kramerman]

Blech?

[KrazyHorse]

Yes. As in that attitude is repugnant to me.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Having had my home burglarized twice, (once here, once in the US), another attempted burglary about 15 years ago when my daughter was still a baby, and an attempt by six guys to break into my office a few years ago (I happened to stop on the way in from out of town because it was late and I had to take a leak), I have the utmost minimum of sympathy for burglars.

**** 'em. They've made a career choice not to give a **** about anyone and to take by force what you or me had to work our asses off for, and they might even decide to **** you up along the way. If I catch one in the house, he has one and only one chance of going out vertically, and that's if he visibly surrenders, gets those ****ing hands on top of his head, and does exactly what he's told.

[KrazyHorse]

I thought you said he wasn't your problem once he was out the door...

Which is exactly what my attitude is.

Getting chased out of your home with a handgun is probably a pretty strong disincentive to come back...

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Frogger
I thought you said he wasn't your problem once he was out the door...

Which is exactly what my attitude is.

Getting chased out of your home with a handgun is probably a pretty strong disincentive to come back...

you would think, but i will never risk the life and safety of my loved ones on that.... im sry that you find this attitude 'repugnant'

[MichaeltheGreat]

It's the getting out the door part that's the trick.

I'm not going to risk the small chance that I'll miss the ******* outside and hit an innocent party downrange, so if he's out before I get him under control or a sight picture on him, then it's his lucky day.

The burglary attempt when my daughter was a baby was before the weenie liberal semi-auto "assault weapon" ban in the US, so I intercepted him trying to force the double doors from the back patio to the dining room.

He looked up through the glass in the door to see a Colt Commando (the semi-auto civvie version) pointed at the middle of his face, and that was quite the adequate deterrent. Since he was outside (and the piece was unloaded), I felt no need to bother further, other than the summary call to the cops.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Frogger
Getting chased out of your home with a handgun is probably a pretty strong disincentive to come back...

At least in the US, once someone figures there's a gun(s) in the house, they may well try to come back when nobody's around to get that prize. A huge percentage of guns used in crimes are stolen, or have no traceable ownership history.