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75-year-old Vermont homeowner opens fire with muzzleloader after he says 3 armed men tried breaking in
The Blaze ^ | 2/2/24 | DAVE URBANSKI

Posted on 02/02/2024 4:42:44 PM PST by CFW

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To: for-q-clinton

Or a muslim or illegal.


21 posted on 02/02/2024 5:27:07 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: DesertRhino

That’s quite an action scene you just wrote. Quintin Tarantino would insist on directing it.
Won’t even need that much CGI to make it happen.


22 posted on 02/02/2024 5:27:27 PM PST by lee martell
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To: DesertRhino

Subscribed!


23 posted on 02/02/2024 5:27:27 PM PST by MTsumi
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To: Leaning Right

I would want a mailed gauntlet to be wielding that. To easy to recoil to one’s hand and wrist...


24 posted on 02/02/2024 5:28:43 PM PST by marktwain (quq)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

They have ruined Maine/New Hampshire/Massachusetts (where I was raised)/New York/New Jersey/Rhode Island..hell the North east is filthy.


25 posted on 02/02/2024 5:34:06 PM PST by mythenjoseph (Islam has NO place in a Christian society.)
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To: CFW

That’ll teach those rapscallions!


26 posted on 02/02/2024 5:34:23 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: Jim Noble

Probably not too far from the truth.


27 posted on 02/02/2024 5:34:35 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: for-q-clinton

Georgia, Vermont? The town is pretty far north, and has a population of 4,845. They are .25% Black, so there must be 11. I was surprised there are any up there.


28 posted on 02/02/2024 5:36:22 PM PST by proxy_user (W)
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To: CFW
We should modernize our references to time eras. Forget the BC/AD and "Common Era" nonsense.

Events that occurred BTS (Before Taylor Swift) will no longer have significance, and should not be mentioned. Only events that occurred ATS (After Taylor Swift) will be considered to matter.

29 posted on 02/02/2024 5:41:11 PM PST by TChad
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To: DesertRhino

Yeah; a “whiff of grape” would get their attention. Or, you could get really creative and let fly a blast of langrage. Nasty stuff.


30 posted on 02/02/2024 5:42:31 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Inyo-Mono

“My .62 caliber smoothbore flintlock with 110 grains of black powder behind a 342 grain lead ball would do a lot of damage!”

That’s a fact.


31 posted on 02/02/2024 5:44:39 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Inyo-Mono

There you go. Perfect example.

You just about have to go to a hit from a Chebby or a Toyota to get more knockdown power.


32 posted on 02/02/2024 5:44:52 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DesertRhino

LOL!


33 posted on 02/02/2024 5:45:00 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: for-q-clinton

“fundamentally darkening America (for white girls)”


34 posted on 02/02/2024 5:45:18 PM PST by A strike (Words can have gender, humans cannot.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

I have a repro land pattern brown bess with a nominal .75 bore making it basically an 11 gauge. I get surprisingly good patterns with pea gravel.


35 posted on 02/02/2024 5:49:51 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: DesertRhino

https://www.timelessmyths.com/history/triangular-bayonet/

The following are some key points to remember regarding triangle bayonets:

Triangle bayonets, as the name implies, are triangular bayonets that were initially developed in the 17th century in France. They were an improvement over the plug bayonet, which had the drawback of preventing the gun from being fired when it was attached.

The fundamental advantage of the socket and split-socket bayonets with triangular shapes is that they allow the musket to be fired while the bayonet is attached to the gun.

Many believed that the triangular bayonet Geneva Convention of 1949 banned triangle bayonets because the wound they make causes undue pain even after the battle because the broken skin and the wound from triangular bayonets were impossible to stitch; however, only bayonets with serrated edges were confirmed to be banned.

Even though triangular bayonets are hardly used today, they still have value, especially those that are from the previous wars. They can cost as much as a thousand dollars to less than a hundred dollars, depending on the specific type.


Thanks for the interesting topic.


36 posted on 02/02/2024 5:51:47 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: marktwain
That is one gorgeous 1860 Colt Army!!

Want one, want one now...

37 posted on 02/02/2024 5:59:22 PM PST by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: CFW

“75-year-old Vermont homeowner opens fire with muzzleloader”

Dude


38 posted on 02/02/2024 6:00:16 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

One of the Chicago 7 became the head of Vermont’s environmental agency, then reportedly hired a DC red named Webb. Next reds took over local town councils which led to traitor Communist Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Now Vermont is reaping the results of this Red vermin onslaught. Suck on it fools.


39 posted on 02/02/2024 6:00:37 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures a)
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To: mythenjoseph

“..They have ruined Maine/New Hampshire/Massachusetts (where I was raised)/New York/New Jersey/Rhode Island..hell the North east is filthy.....”

They ruin everything the touch....EVERYTHING.
They should be rounded up and forced to live on a desert island....LOL
Think the movie Castaway..... Give em all a Wilson soccer ball to keep em company.


40 posted on 02/02/2024 6:03:52 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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