There are only two ways that a flaregun makes a good defensive weapon:

1. You also have a high-pressure hose connected to your fuel system and
can first douse him/her/it with gas or diesel fuel.

OR

2. You can shove the flaregun down his mouth before popping the cap.

Just make sure if you choose (1) that you don't score an "own goal". :)

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In article ,
Doug Dotson wrote:


And if you don't kill them (him, her, ?) then you might be dead.
If you settle for a knock down, then how fast and how many times
can you reload your flare pistol? You choose.

Doug

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

Cactuses (sp?) have pretty soft flesh and don't wear clothes. Might knock
someone down but not kill them. The other options will actually kill an
attacker.
Not sure how a flare gun is better?

In many cases it might be better to just knock the attacker down, if you
kill him you might be in real deep trouble.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

What happened to GWB's power of veto? Hey, just because 60+% of the
country was against letting the ban expire, who cares, right?!? Cowbow
up!

-- Geoff

"Doug Dotson" wrote in
:

My teenagers are not teenagers anymore. Not aware that they ever
shot anyone at school. Not aware that GWB has authorized any
sales and use of automatic weapons. The assault weapons that were
banned and are now not banned are not now and never were automatic
weapons. The assault weapons ban had absolutely no affect on
crime. That is why no politician was interested in standing behind
its renewal. GWB had no power in any regard. Laws are made
by Congress, not by the President.

Doug
s/v Callista


"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

You seems to like to kill people. I understand why your teenagers
have to start shooting wildly around when they get into school,
perhaps that is the only time they can do it first.

Of course a flare pistol is not a very efficient weapon if killing
the other person is the only option. I understand why GWB has to free
the sales of automatic assault rifles. You really seems to need them.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

And if you don't kill them (him, her, ?) then you might be dead.
If you settle for a knock down, then how fast and how many times
can you reload your flare pistol? You choose.

Doug

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

Cactuses (sp?) have pretty soft flesh and don't wear clothes. Might
knock
someone down but not kill them. The other options will actually
kill an attacker.
Not sure how a flare gun is better?

In many cases it might be better to just knock the attacker down,
if you kill him you might be in real deep trouble.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

GWB can only veto a bill that has been placed before him after
being passed by the House and the Senate. No one in Congress
introduced legislation to renew the ban. I assumed that you are
American and understand how our govenment operates.
Sorry.

Doug

"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in message
7...
What happened to GWB's power of veto? Hey, just because 60+% of the
country was against letting the ban expire, who cares, right?!? Cowbow
up!

-- Geoff

"Doug Dotson" wrote in
:

My teenagers are not teenagers anymore. Not aware that they ever
shot anyone at school. Not aware that GWB has authorized any
sales and use of automatic weapons. The assault weapons that were
banned and are now not banned are not now and never were automatic
weapons. The assault weapons ban had absolutely no affect on
crime. That is why no politician was interested in standing behind
its renewal. GWB had no power in any regard. Laws are made
by Congress, not by the President.

Doug
s/v Callista


"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

You seems to like to kill people. I understand why your teenagers
have to start shooting wildly around when they get into school,
perhaps that is the only time they can do it first.

Of course a flare pistol is not a very efficient weapon if killing
the other person is the only option. I understand why GWB has to free
the sales of automatic assault rifles. You really seems to need them.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

And if you don't kill them (him, her, ?) then you might be dead.
If you settle for a knock down, then how fast and how many times
can you reload your flare pistol? You choose.

Doug

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

Cactuses (sp?) have pretty soft flesh and don't wear clothes. Might
knock
someone down but not kill them. The other options will actually
kill an attacker.
Not sure how a flare gun is better?

In many cases it might be better to just knock the attacker down,
if you kill him you might be in real deep trouble.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

I have a 25mm flaregun and some flares that are about to go
out of date. I'll have some fun and get back to the group.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Parallax" wrote in message
om...
(Lauri Tarkkonen) wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

Cactuses (sp?) have pretty soft flesh and don't wear clothes. Might
knock
someone down but not kill them. The other options will actually kill an
attacker.
Not sure how a flare gun is better?

In many cases it might be better to just knock the attacker down, if you
kill him you might be in real deep trouble.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

I have firedd probably about 24 flares from these things (12 guage)
and there is no way thye coulda put a hole in more than a newspaper.
Maybe this person is using a magnum version (25 mm), dunno.

Doug Dotson wrote:
GWB can only veto a bill that has been placed before him after
being passed by the House and the Senate.

correction:
GWB can only veto a bill that has been placed before him _only_ after
being rewritten into comic book format, and only after one of daddy's
handlers has explained what a "veto" is.

Automatic weapons have been illegal for years, and still are for the general
public. The term "assualt weapon" is poorly defined, and was just made up to
ban a few rifles that "looked bad". GWB didn't do anything... the bill
banning those "assualt weapons" hit it's sunset date, and ended without
congress trying to re-enact it. At least they had some sense.

Your misconceptions are just what the anti-gun lobby wants. Sorry you fell
for it.

--


Keith
__
A 'good' return to your slip is one from which you can walk away. A 'great'
return is one after which they can use the boat again.

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message

Of course a flare pistol is not a very efficient weapon if killing the
other person is the only option. I understand why GWB has to free the
sales of automatic assault rifles. You really seems to need them.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

Doug,
Sorry to say you are wrong here.

Logic and truth have no place in American Politics today, if they ever
did.


"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
...
GWB can only veto a bill that has been placed before him after
being passed by the House and the Senate. No one in Congress
introduced legislation to renew the ban. I assumed that you are
American and understand how our govenment operates.
Sorry.

Doug

"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote in message
7...
What happened to GWB's power of veto? Hey, just because 60+% of the
country was against letting the ban expire, who cares, right?!? Cowbow
up!

-- Geoff

"Doug Dotson" wrote in
:

My teenagers are not teenagers anymore. Not aware that they ever
shot anyone at school. Not aware that GWB has authorized any
sales and use of automatic weapons. The assault weapons that were
banned and are now not banned are not now and never were automatic
weapons. The assault weapons ban had absolutely no affect on
crime. That is why no politician was interested in standing behind
its renewal. GWB had no power in any regard. Laws are made
by Congress, not by the President.

Doug
s/v Callista


"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

You seems to like to kill people. I understand why your teenagers
have to start shooting wildly around when they get into school,
perhaps that is the only time they can do it first.

Of course a flare pistol is not a very efficient weapon if killing
the other person is the only option. I understand why GWB has to free
the sales of automatic assault rifles. You really seems to need them.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

And if you don't kill them (him, her, ?) then you might be dead.
If you settle for a knock down, then how fast and how many times
can you reload your flare pistol? You choose.

Doug

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
...
In "Doug Dotson"
writes:

Cactuses (sp?) have pretty soft flesh and don't wear clothes. Might
knock
someone down but not kill them. The other options will actually
kill an attacker.
Not sure how a flare gun is better?

In many cases it might be better to just knock the attacker down,
if you kill him you might be in real deep trouble.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:25:54 -0400, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

I have a 25mm flaregun and some flares that are about to go
out of date. I'll have some fun and get back to the group.

Doug
s/v Callista
Call your Coast Guard first. They don't like false alarms G

In article ,
"Geoffrey W. Schultz" wrote:

What happened to GWB's power of veto? Hey, just because 60+% of the
country was against letting the ban expire, who cares, right?!? Cowbow
up!

-- Geoff

Nope, not even close. 60+% of those polled by the Brady Bunch were
opposed, and Congress couldn't even get a major minority to support its
reinactment. I got mine before the Ban went into effect, many years
before.......


Me