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Okay, I figure I would start a little gun thread. Here's the deal you your arsenal consists of the following weapon systems: Bolt action rifle Semi-auto rifle Shotgun Small calibur rifle Semi-auto handgun Revolver handgun Now choose the weapon for each based on the following criteria; usability, affordability (including ammunition) and practicality

Jessica Lynne Carpenter was 14 years old on Aug. 23, 2000, the morning 27-year-old Jonathan David Bruce came calling at the Carpenter house in Merced, Calif. Jessica Lynne knew how to shoot -- her father had taught her. And there were adequate firearms in the house to deal with what happened next. That Wednesday morning, Jessica was home with four of her siblings -- Anna, 13; Vanessa, 11; Ashley, 9; and John William, 7 -- in the San Joaquin Valley farming community, 130 miles southeast of San Francisco. Bruce, an out-of-work telemarketer apparently high on drugs,