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Offline GreyGeek

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Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« on: December 30, 2012, 04:07:08 PM »
I started reading more by Larry Carreia and found this interesting article:
http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/carbine-vs-shotgun-vs-pistol-for-home-defense/
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2012, 05:45:45 PM »
That was a good read. Thanks for posting it.
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2013, 03:11:23 PM »
Agree, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2013, 08:24:27 PM »
Thanks for sharing, that's an entertaining writer with some good info.
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2013, 09:19:44 PM »
That guy is creative lol.
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2013, 07:23:56 PM »
I definitely appreciate the posted article. Thanks. I'm not good at board games nor figuring out acronyms.....WTF does "TANSTAAFL" stand for in the article???
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2013, 08:04:48 PM »
search on the web says that tanstaafl means there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2013, 08:08:50 PM »
Quote from: Roper on January 05, 2013, 08:04:48 PM
search on the web says that tanstaafl means there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
Ohhh..... thnx!!  ::)
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Re: Carbine vs Shotgun vs Pistol for Home Defense
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2013, 08:15:45 PM »
The first place I saw TANSTAAFL was in Robert Heinlein's novel, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. It describes the struggle by citizens of a lunar colony, which had become self sufficient, to gain independence from Earth. Like most of Heinlein's work, it is a good read.
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