Re: The right to bear arms & make salad

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

I was referring to me having the 9mm, versus having to pick up a knife.
The criminals will always have a weapon, and I have a wife and young
children, so running out the door is not an option.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:27 PM
> To: Tomas L. Byrnes
> Cc: Drsolly; Richard M. Smith; funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] The right to bear arms & make salad
>
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:24:06 PDT, "Tomas L. Byrnes" said:
> > More effectively than the one who picks up a meatcleaver in the UK.
>
> If the guy's got a meat cleaver, I can probably hum the first 
> few bars of "Gimme Three Steps" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and have a 
> reasonably good chance if I make it out the door, because I 
> just have to run faster than him at some speed under 10 
> meters a second, and *maybe* dodge one thrown attempt in the 
> 20-30 meters/sec range.
>
> That's a hell of a lot better odds than dodging every round 
> in the clip at the average muzzle velocity of a 9mm.. :)

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