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2 hours ago, Thakkar said:
All well and good—this time. But when a citizen shoots, there's always the possibility of missing and hitting an innocent bystander, a child even. Is this citizen then charge with manslaughter? What if there were other armed bystanders who might have mistaken the first bystander of being a robber and shot him? Numerous ordinary people walking around with loaded weapons is a recipe for dangerous mayhem.
This is from 2013
Armed Citizens Make Fewer Mistakes Than PoliceDon't think that just because the police are trained in the use of firearms that they are less likely to kill an innocent person. A University of Chicago Study revealed that in 1993 approximately 700,000 police killed 330 innocent individuals, while approximately 250,000,000 private citizens only killed 30 innocent people. Do the math. That's a per capita rate for the police, of almost 4000 times higher than the population in general. OK, that is a little misleading. Let's just include the 80,000,000 gun owning citizens. Now the police are down to only a 1200 times higher accidental shooting rate than the gun-owning population in general.That still sounds high. So let's look at it in a different light. According to a study by Newsweek magazine, only 2% of civilian shootings involve an innocent person being shot (not killed). The error rate for police is 11%. What this means is that you are more than 5 times more likely to be accidentally shot by a policeman than by an armed citizen. But, when you consider that citizens shoot and kill at least twice as many criminals as do police every year, it means that, per capita, you are more than 11 times more likely to be accidentally shot by a policeman than by an armed citizen. That is as low as I can get that number.This is not meant to be an indictment of the police. In fact, because police often live on the edge, they naturally tend to shoot first and ask questions later. Although they are trained to repress this instinct, it does not always work, as evidenced by the number of innocent people killed by police. Also, since they are generally better marksmen, they tend to kill, rather than wound or totally miss their target.The Kleck study shows that police shoot and kill around 600 criminals each year. Yet the University of Chicago study shows that police killed 330 innocent individuals in 1993. That means that for every two criminals killed by police, one innocent citizen is killed by police. Although I have the greatest respect for the police and how they must respond under pressure, I think that I would much rather trust an armed populace. -
2 hours ago, Grouse said:
Oh no! Not the Alamo?
No, not at the Alamo.
But I think you knew that.
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On 1/20/2017 at 4:43 PM, Basil B said:
Could have reduced the 1 hour delay by:
- Stand on the side of the bridge
- Check the river is clear of boats and swimmers
- Hold grenade, squeezing the safety leaver with one hand
- Pull the safety pin out with the other hand
- Throw in to river (remember to let go when throwing)
What about the safety clip? -
On 1/21/2017 at 2:02 AM, Khon Kaen Dave said:
I have collated all the names of the op's that recommend ways of exploding this device.You all seem very well in the know about explosives.
I have this day sent the names to the Thai anti terrorist squad,the DSI,and that other place,'inactive post' I am sure they will be pleased to visit you all.
No need to thank me,gentlemen.
You didn't get me!!
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When I was in Vietnam, I had some incidents happen that were both not my fault or was my fault. I either did not have a weapon or did not have enough ammo or did not have some other type of equipment needed to survive. These were serious, life or death incidents, that I survived.
Almost 50 years later, when I go someplace I need a backpack with things that I might need, for what ever reason I may need them. -
On 1/12/2017 at 5:12 AM, sanukjim said:
In the 1970s it was 5,000 baht a hit.I guess that the so called gangsters are having hard times competing with all the armatures killing for free.
In Udorn Thani, back in 1973, I was told it was only $50.00 (1000B?) for a hit. They guy that told me claimed to have killed 3 men with a hand grenade and a Thompson sub-machine gun. This while showing me the Thompson that had been recently fired.
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On 1/9/2017 at 8:24 AM, sanemax said:
I dont think that he could be, hes 22 years old and Jimi Hendrix died 47 years ago
It has been that long?
I am getting too old!
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On 1/1/2017 at 9:51 PM, gk10002000 said:
Yes, but if you transmit enough power to jam the drone, you may be violating whatever the Thai version of the USA FCC or other RF regulatory agency is. If you can tune to the exact frequency the drone uses, than you would probably be OK. I assume the Drone command links have some sort of low level encryption or command packet ID check so that one drone doesn't interfere with another Drone that uses the same general RF Frequency. I work on the Global Hawk and X47B large UAVs and they in general can't interfere with other vehicles, barring total bandwidth or channel saturation. I don't know much about the small individual personal use drones that are out there
If you have a signal generator that will transmit in the operational frequency band of the quadracopter, you should use a yagi antenna with multiple director elements to give your antenna as much gain as you can get.
Since a yagi is a directional antenna you would point it at the quadracopter, causing interference to the command signals. It may then, land on its own, or crash.
Alternatively, if you have a reciever capable of tuning to the frequency bands of the command signals, you may use the yagi and may be able to locate the remote operator of the quadracopter.
https://www.google.com/search?num=100&safe=off&biw=1093&bih=541&q=build+a+yagi+antenna+for+2.4+ghz.&oq=build+a+yagi+antenna+for+2.4+ghz.&gs_l=serp.3..0i22i30k1.4814.14648.0.14998.18.17.0.0.0.0.255.1721.14j2j1.17.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..1.16.1630...0j0i7i30k1j0i8i7i30k1j0i5i30k1j0i8i30k1j33i160k1.uJydHfn_3Yw -
I have come to a point in my life, that I believe there are some people in this world, whom I could kill and have no remorse for doing so!
Feeling very angry right now over the treatment of this and other children by despicable human beings! -
Not just Pattaya.
There is a wooden telephone pole at the edge of the driveway of my house in Pennsylvania, USA, that is leaning just like that concrete pole. It wasn't hit by a bus. I believe it is rotting at the bottom end.
The pole belongs to the telephone company. A maintenance guy came to look at the pole after I called the company. He told me it could be replaced. That was back about 6 months ago.
A few houses down from mine, a pole in someone else's back yard rotted completely and broke off at ground level. It hung there for months before the telephone company replaced it.
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4 hours ago, Gforcejunkypkt said:
Ha ha, then you'd best watch your own grammar buddy if you're going to police others, as "police" should not be capitalized unless used to refer to a specific police force or unit, such as the Korean Police Force, or Indiana State Police, just saying... :)
But getting back to action cams, I prefer Sony. They're cheaper than GoPros but have a better picture straight out of the camera (need less post-production work), and of special interest to bikers, the stabilization is superior to GP's.
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On 12/29/2016 at 8:49 PM, dundas said:
I can't help but wonder if a lack of proper safety equipment might have been a factor. I've noticed when I've driven rental cars in Thailand that low end mainstream cars (e.g., Honda Jazz) have no airbags. I don't want to be in a crash of any kind, but I feel a lot more vulnerable in a car without airbags.
I have seen the lack of airbags in some vehicles also. I stay in a police apartment when In Bangkok. It is right next to a traffic police station. The police park vehicles that are involved in crashes in their parking lot.
Lots of blood, sometimes body tissue, in vehicles that are over ten years old to current luxury cars. These are vehicles that have been involved in severe crashes. Many of the vehicles, even the Mercedes and BMW's, do not have an airbag deployed.
Many of the vehicles have evidence of prior crashes. Those, almost without exception (from what I have seen), have no airbags. It is my belief that replacement airbags are not installed in the vehicles when they are rebuilt after a prior crash.
The traffic police had a bus one time, earlier this year. Too big for the parking lot, so it was parked at the bus stop turn out on the highway. The bus had hit something hard, then skidded down the road, judging from the damaged front end and side. That gave me something to think about, the next time I have to ride in tour or traveling between cities. That bus too, had evidence of being in a crash (or multiple crashes) judging from all the body putty on it. -
16 hours ago, BlindMagician said:
Invest in a new dictionary. Go on, treat yourself, if you have the stones.
I did, a " 57 year old, 10 pound, dictionary " ..
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3 hours ago, smedly said:
I think some people are confused about the literal meaning of ignorance, many assume it means to be rude - ill mannered etc
here is a sample of the literal meaning- lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated
Some people, in the United States, literally think that "ignorant" means "stupid".
But, what do I know, I use a 57 year old, 10 pound, dictionary to fact check google word definitions! -
On 12/15/2016 at 5:44 AM, Hutch68 said:
But did you drink the full tin?
No, I did that with his can of beer!
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6 minutes ago, No Name1 said:
There is no such thing as the Indian Mafia !
Indian gangsters?
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I was about 200 yards from a 500 pound bomb explosion. It made an impressive amount of noise. Made me happy that it wasn't a 1000 pound bomb a different aircraft was carrying.
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1 minute ago, JLCrab said:
(Posted by me prior to reply above)
Looking at the leader board I think of the (very) old joke of the contest with --
First Prize: One week in Philadelphia
Second Prize: Two weeks in Philadelphia
I lived in Denver - Boulder, Colorado, for 5 years and left after, for 2 weeks, it never day or night went above 0 F or -18 C.
Terrible cold that is!
My wife told me last week, she wants to go to Niagara Falls to see the frozen water. I get cold just thinking about that! -
41 minutes ago, JLCrab said:
Looking at the leader board I think of the (very) old joke of the contest with --
First Prize: One week in Philadelphia
Second Prize: Two weeks in Philadelphia
You do not want to come here to Philadelphia right now, unless you like being cold!
Current temperature is, 19° F / -7.22222° C. And then there is the wind. -
18 hours ago, Hutch68 said:
Its not a joke, he did very well.
Have you tried it?
Yes. My dad was in the Army. I tasted it. I did not like the grittiness or the taste.
I was 4 years old. -
On 12/10/2016 at 9:30 PM, Hutch68 said:
He did well to drink a full tin of braso it's bloody orible!
I think you need to polish your joke up a bit.
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Well. I see the humor in the article.
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On 12/8/2016 at 3:03 AM, honu said:
In this case the actors are repeating the concerns of climatologists, the universal consensus of all of the climate scientists around the world, except for those paid directly by oil companies and other fossil-fuel interests to express lies. In general the point is valid though, and saving the world can become a bit of a comedy, especially when they are more a part of the problem than the average person.
The real scandal is that the average guy on the street that isn't paid to have an opinion or hasn't been reading fake news sites or listening to Rush Limbaugh could possess the briefest awareness of the subject, and the accurate knowledge that of course climate change is occurring.
Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis
It is becoming clear that not only do many scientists dispute the asserted global warming crisis, but these skeptical scientists may indeed form a scientific consensus.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2013/02/13/peer-reviewed-survey-finds-majority-of-scientists-skeptical-of-global-warming-crisis/#40c7670c171b -
Within days of his disappearance, says Buetow, teams monitoring radio chatter and cell phone communications intercepted an alarming message: The American is in Yahya Khel (a village two miles away). He's looking for someone who speaks English so he can talk to the Taliban. "I heard it straight from the interpreter's lips as he heard it over the radio," said Buetow. "There's a lot more to this story than a soldier walking away." ... "For 60 days or more, I remember, just straight, all we did was search for Bergdahl," said Buetow, "essentially chasing a ghost because we never came up with anything." At least six soldiers were killed in subsequent searches for him, according to soldiers involved in those operations...Many soldiers in Bergdahl's platoon said attacks seemed to increase against the United States in Paktika province in the days and weeks following his disappearance. "Following his disappearance, IEDs started going off directly under the trucks. They were getting perfect hits every time. Their ambushes were very calculated, very methodical," said Buetow. It was "very suspicious," says Buetow, noting that Bergdahl knew sensitive information about the movement of U.S. trucks, the weaponry on those trucks, and how soldiers would react to attacks. "We were incredibly worried" that Bergdahl was giving up information, either under torture, or otherwise, says Buetow.
Shootout at Texas mall leaves one dead, seven wounded
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I have met/known people that practice shooting every day. Some also have gone to intensive, stress inducing, combative type firearms training one or two times a year and are civilians. Some of these people shoot between 500-1000 rounds of ammunition a week. These are the extreme end of the shooting community and many were/are competitive shooters. Some are members of various law enforcement agencies.
Many of the local police officers never practice, only shooting for qualification each year. While discussing pistols, one police officer upholstered his pistol for the first time since he completed his yearly qualifications shoot, ejected the magazine, and was unable to pull the slide back to check for a chambered round, before handing the pistol to me. I found out later, the slide and receiver had rusted together!
P.S. I am a retired Federal Agent.