Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to December 21, 2024 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine
🔷 Yesterday 1,860 enemy, killed or wounded
Hey Canada, have a look at these losses.
How long will Canada be in a fight with the 33 guns we have?
Or the 82 takes we have?
Should be good for 3 or 4 days eh?
Conservatives now want to blame mass shootings on big pharma. That most shooters are on depression meds etc. I don't know that that's true and if it was, is the argument that society and these people would be overall better off without the drugs? I assume they'd never support banning people on these meds from having access to the guns. 2A etc.
Anyway, it's the guns that make somebody who'd otherwise stab a bunch of people, much more efficient killing machines.
you're ok with regulating guns and the use of them like cars in the US? deal.
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This guy is trying to make guns "normal" part of Civilization. He cannot get it in his fucking skull that people shooting other people are not doing it by following some Laws.
Wars do not break out with full agreement of all parties involved.
Is there a name for what is wrong with this dude?
I love how the people who say we need guns to fight back against a corrupt govt also say nobody needs guns to kill people. they are efficient weapons. we can't stop everybody from wanting to kill people. they will also find other weapons. but do less damage. the whole point of my OP above.
The semi-auto promotes unwarranted confidence, and most shooting ranges forbid rapid-fire like what this idiot did there. I have never seen on these vids or in real life where changing mags made any difference from the first few rounds.
I started shooting with 22 LRs in Hungary, at 14, around 1984. I was incredibly fortunate to have access to fire arms since Hungary was under Soviet occupation at the time - and Socialists do not allow firearms in the hands of the citizenry. But I was a top track and field promise and I had privileges.
The .22 is way under-estimated. Even at the lighter grains when it hits bare skin its devastating, and when it hits bone its pretty much lethal. There is no recoil, so its the perfect training round.
I always loved the .22 rounds.
Illinois where I live is shockingly "liberal" when it comes to gun laws, its only Chicago where everything is banned and those darn gangsters are not OBEYING THE LAW! / sarcasm.
That revolver is tiny.
22 as a round will do alot of damage by bouncing around but not sure about a stopping power on a biger animal. Cute gun! @wjmaggos
Its a double-action and it is supposed to be used at zero distance. You cannot hit anything with this even 5 yards out. I press into the ear of critters and it gets it done. .22 magnum rounds are kinda rare, and in this particular gun they do not have the full benefit, not even the LR has the full benefit as the barrel is not rifled for a range.
At my age I am only and NRA level 2 shooter, and I know it and I deal with it. This is why I carried the stub nose .38, I would never take a shot over 20 yards out, I would just split.
This is also why I like my belly-gun, pressing against even a heavy winter coat still going to leave a mark :D
@FourOh-LLC 20 yard in the city is a long shot. Backstop has to be there when people are around. Most shootings are at point blank anyways. Kids will run up to you and try to get one off. Adults don't mess around with nonsense unless it pays big.
Just recently the Illinois State Police switched to a different system, and those already with valid CCW no longer need to take the training and range qualification to renew the license.
In years back I was able to do well over 25 yards with the .38, but today I am more limited. I am a 57 yo strong 6'1" guy, I still have 20/20 but my confidence level is dropping. As you wrote, most shootings happen in a few feet or closer, so I stopped training for over 20 yards.
I did not need to qualify for the last 3 years at least, so I am not sure if I could still hit the 25 yards, and I am not wasting ammo on that.
@FourOh-LLC It's good news about relaxed regulations. I have a range membership and enjoy shooting, but when I'm short on time or like to test my ability to hit a moving target I use this invention. It paid itself off in the ammo I saved while being able to dry fire and practice magazine changes.
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Do I really have to go out in this and do a run, horrible I tell yee, but if one of us has to suffer, I'll take one for the team.
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L'Allemagne se réveille sous le choc d'un nouvel attentat au marché de Noël de Magdebourg, à l'Est du pays. En France, Bardella s'est empressé de dénoncer un "attentat islamiste". Sauf que l'auteur présumé est un médecin originaire d’Arabie Saoudite, connu au contraire pour son activisme... anti-islam et il a posté des contenus de l'AfD, le parti d'extrême-droite allemand
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Song of the Day December 21 2024
In honor of the birth of Samuel L. Jackson
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Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Whaley and John Travolta - "Big Kahuna Burger" scene from "Pulp Fiction" (1994)
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Presentation of Pi-hole
In this blog post, you will learn about the Pi-hole project, a libre software project to monitor and filter DNS requests on your LAN.
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#emdiplomat of the day: Fabio Chigi (1599-1667)
Home of the clouds, so I called you,
The ornament of Westphalia (without hurting you)
I want to say gently...
This is how Fabio Chigi’s #poem about the rain in the city of #Münster begins where Chigi stayed during the #WestphalianPeaceCongress in which he participated as papal mediator. (1/4)
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Papal #emdiplomacy is very unique. One has to differentiate between legations and permanent nunciatures. Papal #diplomats – legates as well as nuncios – differed from other secular diplomats, as it was their task to represent the Apostolic See on a spiritual and a secular level. But just like other diplomats papal envoys’ main tasks were representing, negotiating and of course reporting. As Alexander Koller discusses in his article, the first ever comprehensive summary on the development of papal diplomacy:
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However, Chigi felt sorry for himself during his stay in #Westphalia and did not hesitate to tell his employer about the hardships he had to endure. These expressions of suffering were not only testimonies of a #emdiplomat’s feelings but also served a communicative purpose. By reporting on and emphasising his own hardships, the #diplomat was able to present himself as a loyal servant of his master who gave everything to fulfil his mission. This in return could strengthen his relationship with his master, advance his career or lead to other favours. To make his reports more vivid, he even enclosed a slice of pumpernickel in one of his letters.
If you want to read more of Chigi's thoughts, you can find his diary from the #WestphalianPeaceCongress within the Acta Pacis Westphalica series:
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