I don't like getting death threats

I'm convinced.

Nothing silly about those threads.  

Let me know how your views that give up the right to defend yourself work out for you when rescuers are kneeling beside you, desperately trying to plug the holes a criminal put into you, a criminal you would have been able to defend yourself against if not for you ridiculous liberal views on armed defense. The armed criminal does not care about your tree hugger views. He wants your money and property and will not hesitate to shoot you with his illegally acquired gun to get it. You are a naive fool if you think the world operates differently than your rainbows and butterflies vision of things.

If not for the United States the people of France would be speaking German. How does that sit with you?

Hey NK, you probably like my pistol then, don't you ?....under the covers I go....sweet ones to my friends....

Do you mean COPPER in our HARBOR? DOH!

I'm not intending to be rude, I am merely speaking common sense, factual information, a language that the anti-gun, anti-right-to-self-defense, "all is harmony in my world" crowd can't seem to comprehend.

I don't denounce all liberals or people from other countries. I denounce NAIVE FOOLS who think their life is a warm, sunny beach with no dangers whatsoever and who denounce MY right to being proactive and DEFENDING MY LIFE with a firearm and dare call me a nutcase. Does that make sense for you? Do I need to break it down into smaller words to help you to understand my point of view about my RIGHTS to stand my ground and REFUSE to be a victim?

<bats eyes adoringly>

Some are silly, but not troll bait.  They are, for the most part, serious.

 LOL, good luck with that Rambo!  Take on a superior force armed with AKs!  Your best chance of survival in that situtation is to run like the wind and stay low.

I am always miffed when people talk about the use of AK-47s.  It is a fully automatic weapon.  In the US fully automatic weapons are highly regulated.  I think there are about 100,000 in private hands; perhaps 150,000 in the hands of law enforcement.  (From memory)

Since the law banning the sale of new automatic weapons was passed in the 1930's, there have been just a very few deaths caused by the criminal use of that type of weapon.

I seriously doubt there are many true AK-47s licenced in the US.  That's not to say the criminal element isn't running them over the porous border.

Highly restrictive gun laws usually end up hurting the law-abiding.

                   Still no word from Kohai yet, but yeah, post returning is a good sign

But the account is closed :-(

                       I'm pretty sure that means he initiated that. Maybe something's going on in his life.   edit;  If he apologized, and negotiated, that might be the reason for post return. Maybe a small ban, 7-10 days ??

                     BTW Normatic Knight;  Abe Krabowski ALSO just became a member 2 hrs ago.  Just a slight resemblance to Al Czervik.  Not too many Polish people go to TOGO to retire.

Who's talking about Rambo??? It's a simple fact: A Sheriff's Office R-44 or better helicopter tries to land on the perimeter of an illegal grow. Sometimes we encounter cartel minions with AK's or pistols and shotguns (in one case, an empty shotgun, and the guy was drilled full of 5.56 rounds and brought out in a body bag, hanging from a helicopter, in the reverse way that we inserted into the site).

YOUR best chance of survival is to educate yourself of the rights every human being possesses to defend yourself and your family, and to learn that the "boogie-man" does exist in various corners of the world, and that being naive matters not one iota to the evil that exists in certain people. They don't care if you don't believe in defending yourself - They believe in using their weapons to defend their money, or to use their weapons to get YOUR money. So which side do you want to be on? The crying victim or the guy (or gal) with the foresight to prepare for a fight and be adequately able and trained to defend not only yourself but possibly your loved ones?

The good guys, on average in most areas, take 15 minutes or even an hour to respond to a home invasion. In a matter of seconds from the criminal smashing open your door he can kill or seriously maim you and go after any family members in your household. How would you speak about armed self defense in your dying breaths, knowing you could have prevented it if you had shown just one bit of initiative and bought a gun, learned how to use it, and learned how to safely store it [if you had children] in the home? I bet you'd feel pretty stupid taking the tree hugger viewpoint on the right to defend you and yours.

I was brought up at a very early age to not only handle firearms but also know NOT to touch them without my parent's direct supervision. Why? Because my parents TAUGHT me. They took the time to instill the important safety lessons regarding a firearm. After I reached a certain age I was able to attend a "hunter's safety" course, and after, was allowed to keep firearms in my own room, because my parents were satisfied that I knew the great responsibility and the dangers of having a firearm. They were proactive, and EDUCATED me on the duties of a responsible firearm owner.

Some have suggested that family members are more likely to die from a firearm than a home intruder. This is untrue and a skewed statistic. RESPONSIBLE firearm owners make sure that either every member of their household is trained in the safe handling of firearms or that their firearms are locked up with ammunition kept seperately (which is the recommended case in households with children).

A more realistic statistic would be to state that you are more likely to die in a home invasion if you have no means of defending yourself. Criminals don't care if you have a perverse adversion to firearms. They want your money and valuables. They have a gun or knife. You do not. Guess what happens next?

Seriously, get real. And my apologies to Babytigrrr if she indeed thought I was thumping my chest and being rude. That was not my intention. I simply know that I live in a world full of bad people, and to ignore their existence or to abandon my own self-defense is foolish, and it quite frankly saddens me that people are willing to ignore their own safety because we gun owners "are evil nutcases".

Next time you are in line at a convenience store, look behind you. What if the person behind you intends to rob the store, hold you hostage if things go wrong? What if you and your family sits down to enjoy a super hero movie at your local theater and a madman bursts in and begins to shoot everyone in sight? Would you lie there, breathing your last breaths, wishing that you had had a gun on you to defend you or your family and regret being so afraid of guns? Or would you stand you ground, pull your legally licensed concealed handgun and defend yourself and your loved ones??? Really, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OR DO???

Ronald, it's Nomadic, not Normatic 

You are correct in doubting that there are many "true" AK-47s in the U.S, if by true you mean fully automatic. However, criminals don't apply for Class III firearm stamps which allow a person to have a fully automatic rifle. No, they are often imported illegally. Also, there's one simple way for a criminal to obtain a normally legal SEMI-AUTOMATIC AK-47 and turn it into an illegal fully automatic: It's called a "sear switch". One little tiny part is all that needs to be switched to convert a normally legal semi-automatic rifle like an AK-47 or AR-15 into an illegal full-auto.

Last time I checked, criminals didn't care to apply for a Class III stamp or obide by the rest of the firearm laws. 

NomadicKnight - my state is so anti-gun it's crazy.  No open carry.  For all purposes, they block almost all concealed carry permits.

It's nuts, and people wonder why schools, malls and theaters become kill zones.

                      My understanding was you had to file down a pin   ??