Panzeh posted:

The whole truck is a death trap. Even if you wanted to stop and shoot someone up, why would you stay in the truck?

MrYenko posted:

Depending on what state you're in, the class can often be substituted by any NRA-certified course. Since I'd already had NRA basic pistol and rifle, the gun shop I took the course at let me do NRA Defensive Pistol, instead.

At least that afternoon wasn't a TOTAL waste.

justice4trayvawn posted:

You must realize that the people complaining in this thread are only doing it because they want to let you know how intellectually superior they are to the average gun owner.....they don't actually want real advice heh

Casimir Radon posted:

Well obviously you need to modify the giant truck you use to get groceries with armor.

ElMaligno posted:

Its not the first two people im afraid off, its the minority of retarded, spitefull, moronic, racist, selfish and extremely vocal gun owners that im worried about as they are a danger to themselves and others.

suboptimal posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bm3GgDxPOM

iyaayas01 posted:

More worthless than the guy who beat his baby to death?

Zeroisanumber posted:

Had a friend who wanted to upgrade the hell out of his suspension and fill his car doors with cement. That guy was also a die-hard communist who freaked after 9/11, joined the Army, ended up in the 101st, and did a poo poo load of tours in Iraq, preaching communism the entire time.

suboptimal posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bm3GgDxPOM

LA Times posted:

North Korea says U.S. government 'deeply involved' in Sony film

North Korea’s defense department asserted Sunday that the U.S. government was “deeply involved” in the making of the Sony Pictures comedy “The Interview” and threatened to “blow up” the White House, the Pentagon and other U.S. targets if Washington launched an assault to retaliate for the cyberattack on the studio.

The FBI last week said North Korea was behind the hacking of the studio, which led to the release of corporate emails and leaks of full-length films, scripts and other sensitive material. The cyberattack prompted the company to cancel the theatrical release of “The Interview,” which centers on a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

U.S. authorities said the hacking bore strong similarities to a North Korean attack on South Korean banks and other facilities in 2013.

In its statement Sunday, the North Korean National Defense Commission denied having launched cyberattacks on South Korea and again denied culpability for the Sony hacking, saying it was unaware of the hackers’ place of residence.

But the commission praised the Sony hackers’ “righteous deed,” saying the film was an incitement to terrorism and adding that the studio got into “serious trouble and paid a due price.”

President Obama has said the U.S. would respond to the attack, but has not specified how. North Korea on Sunday warned against that, saying the country had already launched a “counteraction.”

“Nothing is more serious miscalculation than guessing that just a single movie production company is the target of this counteraction,” North Korea said. “Our target is all the citadels of the U.S. imperialists who earned the bitterest grudge of all Koreans.”

“The army and people of [North Korea] are fully ready to stand in confrontation with the U.S. in all war spaces, including cyberwarfare space, to blow up those citadels,” the statement added. "Our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the White House, the Pentagon and the whole U.S. mainland, the cesspool of terrorism, by far surpassing the 'symmetric counteraction' declared by Obama."

The bellicose statement from the government in Pyongyang came a day after the North proposed a “joint investigation” with the U.S. into the source of the cyberattack.

Dead Reckoning posted:

Obama should fly a four-ship of B-52s along each coast just outside the 12 mile limit for the world's biggest "come and get some if you think you're hard enough."

FAT SLAMPIG posted:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/21/world/americas/cuban-spy-artificial-insemination/index.html?hpt=hp_t1



Diplomacy is weird.

Dead Reckoning posted:

Obama should fly a four-ship of B-52s along each coast just outside the 12 mile limit for the world's biggest "come and get some if you think you're hard enough."

Godholio posted:

Yeah, that's worked well for us in the past. There's no point taunting if we're not prepared to respond when they do something stupid. And we're not...but they might.

Godholio posted:

Yeah, that's worked well for us in the past. There's no point taunting if we're not prepared to respond when they do something stupid. And we're not...but they might.

iyaayas01 posted:

Well we could always use the show of force in support of Operation Paul Bunyan as a benchmark.

Wikipedia posted:

Several of the special forces men also had Claymore mines strapped to their chests with the firing mechanism in their hands, and were shouting at the North Koreans to cross the bridge.

ManMythLegend posted:

Yeah, I remember the SIPR mailing list that Grover maintained, but I think I only used it once or twice.

I still think it might work if we stuck to the current events discussions and left most of the GiP bro/real talk stuff in the forums. It would be nice since we as a group have a pretty broad knowledge base and finding information outside of your wheelhouse is tough if you don't know where to look on the high side.

JWCS is probably has better tools to facilitate something like that but gently caress if I know at this point since I've been stationed at backwaters for the last few years without access. Also, I think that would severely limit the audience. You might be able to do it with some of the blogging stuff on SIPR intellink, but then it's publicly readable.

Eh just some thoughts. Maybe I'm being too optimistic.

Kazinsal posted:

quote:

A U.S. infantry company in 20 utility helicopters and 7 Cobra attack helicopters circled behind them. Behind these helicopters, B-52 Stratofortresses from Guam escorted by U.S. F-4 Phantom IIs from Kunsan Air Base and South Korean F-5 and F-86 fighters were visible flying across the sky at high altitude. At Taegu Air Base, F-111 bombers of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Mountain Home Air Force Base, were stationed, and F-4 Phantoms C and D from the 18th TFW Kadena Air Base and Clark Air Base were also deployed. The aircraft carrier Midway task force had also been moved to a station just offshore.[6]
In addition, near the edges of the DMZ, many more heavily armed U.S. and South Korean infantry, artillery including the Second Battalion, 71st Air Defense Regiment armed with HAWK missiles, and armor were waiting to back up the special operations team. Bases near the DMZ were prepared for demolition in the case of a military response. The defense condition (DEFCON) was elevated on order of Gen. Stillwell, as recounted in Colonel De LaTeur's research paper later. In addition, 12,000 additional troops were ordered to Korea, including 1,800 Marines from Okinawa.[6] During the operation, nuclear-capable strategic bombers circled over the JSA.[16] According to an intelligence analyst monitoring the North Korea tactical radio net, the accumulation of force "blew their... minds".[17]
Altogether, Task Force Vierra consisted of 813 men: almost all of the men of the United States Army Support Group, of which the Joint Security Force was a part; a South Korean reconnaissance company; a South Korean Special Forces company which had infiltrated the river area by the bridge the night before; and members of a reinforced composite rifle company from the 9th Infantry Regiment. In addition to this force, every UNC force in the rest of South Korea was on battle alert.

Equine Don posted:

That's kind of a dumb example though, on account of North Korea being much closer to us technology wise at that time. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to suggest that we have reconnaissance overflights happening right now. Not sure what China would think of saber rattling right off their borders though.

Godholio posted:

A few points: first, any flights we put off the Korean coast we don't taunt them with, which would be the express purpose of the B-52 flight. That's actively daring them to do something, and if they actually have an interceptor and pilot ready to go I think they would feel like they'd have to respond. China won't be in a position to stop them, nor will they do anything substantial afterwards. China knows the US won't react beyond strongly worded statements even if NK manages to put a BUFF in the water.

There's no reason to try poking that dog through the fence when we can just leave to poo poo all over its own little territory. We have absolutely nothing to gain but a lot to lose.

Waroduce posted:

US delivered 10 Apaches to Egypt. Insh'allah they will not be used against civilians

Zeris posted:

Who gives a poo poo it's not like we hold ourselves to that standard

Bolow posted:

Yeah but we don't use Apache's on our civilians

Bolow posted:

Yeah but we don't use Apache's on our civilians

Mister Sinewave posted:

I wonder if the North Koreans were honestly disappointed that the Sony hack didn't reveal loads of smoking gun secret plan internal documents proving Sony is a front for the CIA or something.

Cole posted:

Or did it...

Spicy Guacamole posted:

Riddle me this, Batman: if Sony is a front for the CIA, how come there are so many weird and creepy Japanese games on their consoles?

Zeroisanumber posted:

Because the CIA is riddled with pederasts anal vore fetishist.

Spicy Guacamole posted:

Riddle me this, Batman: if Sony is a front for the CIA, how come there are so many weird and creepy Japanese games on their consoles?

psydude posted:

no but you don't understand how else are we going to keep our government that possesses drones, stealth bombers, cruise missiles, tanks, and a massive logistics network capable of maintaining that in check if we can't have our guns

bitcoin bastard posted:

tea party conventions are the new weddings