Why Many Liberals Own Firearms - Sword vs. Pistol

[MineralMan]

Run time: 00:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DzcOCyHDqc   Posted on YouTube: June 07, 2007 By YouTube Member: bejker1497 Views on YouTube: 602628   Posted on DU: August 06, 2011 By DU Member: MineralMan Views on DU: 933

 
And that just about wraps it up.

[booley]

1. Who is arguing this?

I know of very few that would argue that a gun is not much more lethal then a sword. Clearly a gun is far better at killing then a sword.

The only times I have ever heard anything close to the contrary are those arguing against gun control laws on the idea that one can kill with many thinsg that are nto guns. But I think even they understand what a shaky argument that is.

[MineralMan]

2. Many have argued that firearms ownership is unnecessary, and.

that there is no good reason to own a firearm. This clip illustrates one reason I own firearms.

[Hoyt]

5. So, you are concerned someone with a sword is after you?

[MineralMan]

6. Yes, indeed. My thinking is just that narrow...

:shrug:

[Hoyt]

7. Your "thinking" is irrational.

[MineralMan]

9. Thank you for your professional analysis of my

thinking. You've saved me $100 over a visit to the shrink, no doubt...

[KansDem]

3. I once read an article on the shooting of this scene...

Harrison Ford wasn't feeling very well that day (flu?). The decision was made to go ahead and try for a take. They did it and realized Ford's sickly, fatigued status actually added to the scene, giving him that now-famous response.

In fact, if I'm not mistaken, it was the last scene shot...

[TheWraith]

4. There's actually a funny story behind that clip.

Originally, they had planned for that to be a massive action sequence, with Indy getting into a long extended fight with the black-clad swordsman. But when it came time to film it, Harrison Ford was sick as a dog that day--he and many of the other actors and crewers had come down with dysentery. Ford was sick enough that he was only do one take at a time, making the scripted scene impossible. That being the case, Ford suggested to Spielberg that he could do it in one take if he could "just shoot the fucker."

[Badsam]

8. An armed society is a polite society.

Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life