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Teen scares off burglar with sword
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Great link.
Edit: Now it appears.
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Last edited by Dakarʒ; Jun 12, 2007 at 11:42 AM.
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Nice. That criminal could easily imagine himself getting impaled or losing a hand or leg to a crazy sword-wielding home defender. Psychologically, probably more effective than a gun in this case.
Maybe I'll have to add a sword to my home defense portfolio.
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It seems like a dangerous strategy. If the burglar has a gun, you just went from getting robbed to possibly getting killed.
If you're going to pull a weapon, why not make it the most effective weapon possible?
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I think swords are too accessible in America.
Please, someone, take this post seriously.
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Originally Posted by strictlyplaid 
It seems like a dangerous strategy. If the burglar has a gun, you just went from getting robbed to possibly getting killed.
If you're going to pull a weapon, why not make it the most effective weapon possible?
That's probably all he had being a kid. But you're right - I'd whip out a hand cannon on that guy and blow him a new air hole.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
I think swords are too accessible in America.
Please, someone, take this post seriously.
 Seriously though, I've thought about this exact scenario in the past: a sword is going to have a MUCH more effective psychological effect on a baddie than a gun. We see guns all the time on TV, in the news, etc. But swords? Freaky.
Of course, if they have a gun, you're f*cked...
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Personally, I'd like a gatling gun set up behind the breakfast bar of my kitchen. It would kind of give me that Zanzibar defense setup.*
There's your Halo 2 reference, right there!
It's true that a crazed wild-eyed home-owner waving a samurai sword would scare the crap out of anyone, especially if the home-owner is scared themselves, which would make them seem even crazier.
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He might have scared him off by showing him countless YouTube movies.
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I'd just keep a ninja, attached to another another ninja to create a super-ninja.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
I'd just keep a ninja, attached to another another ninja to create a super-ninja.
YES! Now you're finally starting to be cool...
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When police arrived, a K-9 officer located the burglar hiding behind a neighbor's palm tree.
WTF? Do Americans really spell canine like that, or are they using robot dogs now?
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Originally Posted by TheoCryst
a sword is going to have a MUCH more effective psychological effect on a baddie than a gun.
So we need a swordgun. Or a gunsword.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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At least he didn't tie him up and force him to watch the Secret Garden. The kid would have been prosecuted for Cruel and Unusual punishment.
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
WTF? Do Americans really spell canine like that, or are they using robot dogs now?
It's an identifier. Like SWAT or CSI.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
It's an identifier. Like SWAT or CSI.
or MAC
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
WTF? Do Americans really spell canine like that, or are they using robot dogs now?
This is just a wild guess, but I 'spose K-9 is easier to print on cop cars instead of the whole freakin' word.
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[insert pic of Link from NN in here]
I can't find the pic.
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Originally Posted by Tiresias
WTF? Do Americans really spell canine like that, or are they using robot dogs now?
I think its more of "WTF? People in other countries put the whole word on their portal cars?" 
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Originally Posted by TheoCryst
Of course, if they have a gun, you're f*cked...
Originally Posted by CharlesS
I suppose you're only f*cked if they have both a gun, and diarrhea.
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Originally Posted by Mithras
I suppose you're only f*cked if they have both a gun, and diarrhea.
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I would rather have a house full of Samuel L. Jacksons.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
So we need a swordgun. Or a gunsword.
Surely I'm not the only one who thought of this.......?
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Originally Posted by strictlyplaid
It seems like a dangerous strategy. If the burglar has a gun, you just went from getting robbed to possibly getting killed.
If you're going to pull a weapon, why not make it the most effective weapon possible?
Most burglars do not have a gun.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
-- Pic of David Beckham with gunsword. Or Swordgun --
Metro!
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Surely I'm not the only one who thought of this.......?
Yeah, you are. I thought of this:
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My friend linked me to that this morning. So classic. haha
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