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John Again wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:00:01 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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"H the K" wrote in message
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On 7/23/09 4:00 PM, Calif Bill wrote:
"Yogi of wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:54:42 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:25:11 -0400, H the
wrote:

On 7/22/09 9:11 PM, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:08:54 -0700, wrote:
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Oh for ****'s sake Gene, you're assuming whomever is weidling the
knife is an expert.

Flawed logic.

The guy in this case obviously meant to kill both women but left one
alive. Sound like a knife expert to you? Neither of the women were
armed from what I understand.

Any dweeb with two hands and an arse can put a bullet through
someone's skull at close range. What's the chance of survival?
And I suppose merely being in possession of a gun somehow imbues the
wielder with magical powers of perfect aim......
At 10 feet with a target the size of an adult human and some
considerable experience handling and shooting firearms?

You don't need perfect aim, just "decent" aim.
I suppose you haven't seen those police dash camera pictures where
trained police officers fire lots of ammo without hitting anyone.
What you can do on the range may not translate to what you can do in
bad light, when you are not really prepared and under more than a
little stress.

You can also have the problem with a 9mm or .38 that even a decently
placed shot won't stop a motivated perpetrator before he can get to
you. There are lots of places on the body, even in the head with no
organs that a hole in will cause instant death. It is possible to end
up dead next to your dying attacker.
Just another case of Harry's superior abilities.

The man is truly amazing.
And if he had been in a combat role in SEA instead of a non combatant
role,
he would have ended the war single handedly. There would not be a VC
alive
today.

If I had been in charge, I would have gotten our troops out of there in
1964.

1964, That fine Democrat President LBJ cranked it up. Big Time. When I got
my draft notice signed by LBJ.

Mine was June, 1965.
--

John H

Harry's draft notice was signed by JFK.
That was a duty and an honor that no red blooded American could refuse.