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Guns are now boring. What weapons you'd like to see more in action?

Shuriken stars should make a comeback

Posted - November 2, 2017

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  • 46117
    Well, since Trump's weapon is his big mouth, and that has managed to harm and aggravate more people on earth than ever before, I think you have your answer.

      November 2, 2017 10:19 AM MDT
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  • 44647
    Did he actually say that? What a moron.
      November 2, 2017 12:30 PM MDT
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  • 34416
    Is there anything incorrect in that statement....love how it leaves out that Hillary gave Russia 20% of our uranium. 
      November 2, 2017 12:38 PM MDT
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  • 44647
    I sounds like something that a fifth-grader who had total lack of knowledge of anything about Uranium would say. "Uranium is nuclear weapons."?? He is totally clueless.
      November 2, 2017 5:30 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    Yes he actually said that.
    In the same speech he talked about Hillary giving Russia 20% of USA's uranium. Do you know a reliable source verifying that claim ;)
    This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at January 8, 2018 1:13 PM MST
      November 2, 2017 10:36 PM MDT
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  • 34416
    Did I say he did not? I only said it is leaving out the fact that Hillary allowed Russia to gain control of 20% of our uranium. 
      November 3, 2017 4:14 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    Considering the initial quote, Trump is obviously not an expert on Uraneum, What does "20% of our uranium" even mean? Does it include Uraneum deposits yet unmined? Or just such uraneum as have been mined and processed so it is ready for use. How about Plutoneum, that isotope is practically non-existent in nature (too short half-life) ?

    I really would like to see the claim confirmed by a reliable source that know enough to give some actual information. This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at January 8, 2018 1:14 PM MST
      November 3, 2017 8:55 AM MDT
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  • 34416
    Doesn't matter....Russia should be in control of any of it. 


      November 3, 2017 9:47 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    Fun cartoon, but hardly analogous.
    I guess '20% of our uraneum' is OK with you because you trust Trump. on the other hand I do not trust him very much, he has been exposed too many times giving misleading or incorrect information. At least the cartoon is useful there :) "was that the 25 tonnes of wet gunpowder we found in that flooded cellar?"
      November 3, 2017 1:14 PM MDT
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  • 34416
    https://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/24/russia.uranium.company/
      November 3, 2017 1:26 PM MDT
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  • 5354
    Thank you.
    So what we are talking about is "20 percent of U.S. uranium extraction capacity", That means no plutonium.
    The article cites several government officials who support the sale, so not a gift from Hillary, but a sale agreed on by not just Hillary but a number of other Governmen officials in addition to a majority of the stockholders in the company.

    Frankly "Hillary gave 20% of US uranium" seems more than a little inappropriate. More like a an attempt of deliberate mis-representation through cherrypicking a few 'facts', and omitting a lot of other more-salient facts.

    Your link is even better than the one I found on FactCheck.org. The Facts on Uranium One This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at November 3, 2017 7:28 PM MDT
      November 3, 2017 6:17 PM MDT
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  • 34416
    She helped approve it...Obama also did not stop it. 
      November 3, 2017 6:48 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    You might want to post a current evaluation of the situation. 

    Your link is from 2010 and does not address all the facts.
      November 11, 2017 1:26 PM MST
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  • 5354
    Right. Let us bring back dueling, bit with chess pieces instead of weapons. 16 duellers on each side and the side that gets checkmated are the loosers.
      November 2, 2017 11:55 AM MDT
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  • 44647
      November 2, 2017 12:33 PM MDT
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  • 682
    Quick and quiet darts.
      November 2, 2017 4:42 PM MDT
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  • 44647
    Used with frog poison of course.
      November 2, 2017 5:25 PM MDT
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  • 23617

    As bad as the results were, I still have sort of always admired Carrie White's use of her telekinetic power as an emotional-breakdown weapon at her high school prom.

    (I still think that Stephen King's "Carrie" is his best book for me.)

    :)


      November 2, 2017 1:31 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    Klingon / Romulan disruptors.
    Death and disposal, at the same time.
      November 2, 2017 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 44647
    Phasers work pretty good too.
      November 2, 2017 5:26 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Doncha love how some people turn absolutely any topic into a rant against Trump?

    "Shuriken" is ANY thrown object. The star was considered a secret weapon among ninjas. It was simply an iron washer with the corners sharpened. Washers were in common use for building houses, so it was not unusual to see some lying around, and it was not obvious that they had been weaponized unless you looked closely.

    The ninja star was not a deadly weapon. It would be thrown at a guard's face to distract him. Since it was night, the guard would not see the strike coming, and he would insist that he was attacked by invisible ninjas.

    I would like to see some action with a hanbo. That is a stick three feet long, often decorated to serve as a cane or walking stick. Even simple techniques are fascinating. For instance, a man with a hanbo can knock a fellow out about as fast as a quick-draw gunslinger can get a shot off. (World record is 0.252 second.) This post was edited by Not Sure at November 3, 2017 4:14 AM MDT
      November 2, 2017 9:45 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    The Boyscouts used to have a martial badge that involved knowing things like how to use a quarterstaff.
    Maybe they should bring it back.
      November 7, 2017 12:20 PM MST
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  • 682
    Iron washers don't come with corners though. They are circular, like all washers.

    It does not have to be deadly to be fun :)
      November 11, 2017 1:10 PM MST
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  • i like the idea of bioweapons 

    or weaponizing diseases like anthrax 

    not that i would ever like to see it used but creating some insane chemical weapon in a lab is pretty cool
      November 3, 2017 1:31 PM MDT
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