On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)

On 6/22/16 11:06 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)



That's the whole point. You carry a spare tire because you need to,
because you've had a couple of flats or blowouts over the years. It
isn't paranoia to carry a spare and a jack.

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?

Keyser Söze Wrote in message:
On 6/22/16 11:06 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)



That's the whole point. You carry a spare tire because you need to,
because you've had a couple of flats or blowouts over the years. It
isn't paranoia to carry a spare and a jack.

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?


Tell us about the times you were sitting down to lunch with your
associates and out of nowhere other mobsters opened fire on them.
We're you packing heat at the time? If not why not? Didn't that
happen on more than one occasion?
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On 6/23/16 8:09 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Söze Wrote in message:
On 6/22/16 11:06 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)



That's the whole point. You carry a spare tire because you need to,
because you've had a couple of flats or blowouts over the years. It
isn't paranoia to carry a spare and a jack.

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?


Tell us about the times you were sitting down to lunch with your
associates and out of nowhere other mobsters opened fire on them.
We're you packing heat at the time? If not why not? Didn't that
happen on more than one occasion?


There were no such times. Once, in Central America, I was with a group
of associates who were pushing for land reform when some members of the
national army opened fire on several of our group who were sitting at an
adjacent table. The attackers weren't mobsters, unless you think
military officers are mobsters.

Keyser Söze wrote:
On 6/23/16 8:09 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Söze Wrote in message:
On 6/22/16 11:06 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)



That's the whole point. You carry a spare tire because you need to,
because you've had a couple of flats or blowouts over the years. It
isn't paranoia to carry a spare and a jack.

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?


Tell us about the times you were sitting down to lunch with your
associates and out of nowhere other mobsters opened fire on them.
We're you packing heat at the time? If not why not? Didn't that
happen on more than one occasion?


There were no such times. Once, in Central America, I was with a group
of associates who were pushing for land reform when some members of
the national army opened fire on several of our group who were sitting
at an adjacent table. The attackers weren't mobsters, unless you think
military officers are mobsters.



Was that with Brian Williams or Hillary Clinton?

On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:29:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/22/16 11:06 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)



That's the whole point. You carry a spare tire because you need to,
because you've had a couple of flats or blowouts over the years. It
isn't paranoia to carry a spare and a jack.

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?

A couple.

On 6/23/16 9:49 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:29:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/22/16 11:06 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)



That's the whole point. You carry a spare tire because you need to,
because you've had a couple of flats or blowouts over the years. It
isn't paranoia to carry a spare and a jack.

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?

A couple.


Oh, well. Go for it.

Keyser Söze Wrote in message:
On 6/23/16 9:49 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:29:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/22/16 11:06 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)



That's the whole point. You carry a spare tire because you need to,
because you've had a couple of flats or blowouts over the years. It
isn't paranoia to carry a spare and a jack.

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?

A couple.


Oh, well. Go for it.

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On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:25:25 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/23/16 9:49 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:29:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?

A couple.


Oh, well. Go for it.

You seem to be fairly well armed and you have made no secret of the
fact that you would use deadly force if it was necessary so you do not
really have a stand here.

BAO trusts the police to respond before anything bad can happen to
him. I hope he is right but they usually just show up in time to take
a report and, maybe, call the coroner. The number of these crimes that
are actually closed is frighteningly small.

On 6/23/16 1:35 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:25:25 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 6/23/16 9:49 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 06:29:33 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

How many times have you *had* to use a firearm to defend yourself over
the same period of time?

A couple.


Oh, well. Go for it.

You seem to be fairly well armed and you have made no secret of the
fact that you would use deadly force if it was necessary so you do not
really have a stand here.

BAO trusts the police to respond before anything bad can happen to
him. I hope he is right but they usually just show up in time to take
a report and, maybe, call the coroner. The number of these crimes that
are actually closed is frighteningly small.


Ahh, but my primary purpose in having a few firearms is to participate
in target shooting. At one point, there were two morons here who
threatened physical violence, so I "gunned up" and got a carry permit,
but those morons -the crazy guy from the Pacific Rim who lived in Canada
and nutball Scotty from Connecticut- seem to have disappeared.

If we had a home invasion here and we somehow weren't warned by the
security system, I probably could get to a sidearm or shotgun in time to
defend us. If thugs trip the property lights at night or the perimeter
alarms, there's no question I'd have time to grab a firearm. I certainly
wouldn't hesitate to fire into the center of body mass of a home
invader. My "trusty" S&W revolver would do the job, and I wouldn't need
more than six rounds.