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Gun Control & RKBA

JustABozoOnThisBus

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4. I'd bet that if you were breaking into a house ...

Reply to gejohnston (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 05:10 PM

Apr 2016

... it's your own house, and you locked your keys inside.

The racking sound is you racking your brain thinking of a way in that doesn't break things.

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good idea or bad? [View all] gejohnston Apr 2016 OP

I'll pass tortoise1956 Apr 2016 #1

Is there any evidence that loudly racking a pump shotgun deters intruders? Kaleva Apr 2016 #2

I don't know of any actual studies done, gejohnston Apr 2016 #3

I'd bet that if you were breaking into a house ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2016 #4

I have one anecdote tortoise1956 Apr 2016 #6

Some wag in the late 1950s remarked the slice action of a pump shotgun was the most recognizable... Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #10

It stopped the man who was sexually assaulting my friend S_B_Jackson Apr 2016 #8

Totally bad idea. JonathanRackham Apr 2016 #5

It'd be a great place to store the sex toys. Kaleva Apr 2016 #7

i like the way you think beergood Apr 2016 #9