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Old 11-16-2007, 08:27 PM
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This is why some people should let professionals work on their cars.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...13/wgun113.xml

Hey wait, he was afterall working on a FORD. Drastic measures need to be taken.
Old 11-16-2007, 09:07 PM
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Tell me any of you havent gotten very close to that point over a project. The crown molding in my house deserved a few shotgun blasts here and there.
Old 11-16-2007, 09:19 PM
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Funny how the paper in the UK ended the article as this being an example of the stupidity of the ability of Americans to own guns. It was a shotgun though and I think Brits are allowed to own them as well for hunting.

The guy was quite the dipsh*t for trying that.
Old 11-16-2007, 09:32 PM
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I like this quote. Other countries think we're a bunch of cowboys.

The US has the highest rate of private gun ownership of any nation and the "right to bear arms" is enshrined in the constitution.
Old 11-17-2007, 12:33 AM
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the funny part is that they mentioned he wasnt even drunk...
Old 11-17-2007, 01:46 AM
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One my relatives is a first responder and it's actually quite alarming how many people are injured or killed working on their cars and houses every year. One slip cleaning the gutters or forget to chock a wheel and your dead. I always get an eerie feeling when I'm crawling around under one of the cars or on the roof. One of my friends is alive today because he was using a rolling creeper and was able to slide out of the way just in time. If you've ever seen a jack let go, or a car slip off a jackstand it will make you think twice about wrenching yourself.
Old 11-17-2007, 03:02 AM
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How is shooting a frozen wheel nut with a shotgun supposed to loosen it? Am I missing something?
Old 11-17-2007, 04:35 AM
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what do you mean jasper?? They never explained to you when you purchase you very first car that a shotgun is a very functional tool to have with you in a vehicle....one of the main things being able to loosen wheel nuts...come one wake up!!!

1. load shot gun
2. put front of shotgun on wheel nut...front of shotgun ONLY!! this is the part the bullets come out of...it is at least one hollow pipe (mostly 2 for better lugnut loosening!) with one (or two) opening the fartest away from the wooden part (which is the part you put FIRMLY into you shoulder, since you don not want to shoot your tire while loosening the lugnut!)
3.pull trigger
4. voila (this is french for : it is done)
5. remove nut
6. replace wheel..or in case of more unwilling lugnuts repeat 1.
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Think?

http://www.gun-control-network.org/GF01.htm

Originally Posted by ElTorrente
I like this quote. Other countries think we're a bunch of cowboys.

Old 11-17-2007, 11:24 AM
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He should’ve used a hand gun. The single bullet would’ve acted like a hammer drill on that lug nut.
Old 11-17-2007, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MagnusB
Think?
If you want to start a gun control debate, why don't you take it to OT?
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He should have called me, this would have worked better.

I would love to empty all 150 rounds free of charge, I hate those Lincoln cars.


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Originally Posted by Robin 993DX
He should have called me, this would have worked better.

I would love to empty all 150 rounds free of charge, I hate those Lincoln cars.


God bless you
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LOL! Thought someone would get a kick out of that.

This picture was taken years ago when I was living in Georgia as a joke. Not to loose out to all the rednecks with the gunracks in their truck, I thought I put a gun rack in my 993.

HK94 with dummy supressor tube.
Old 11-19-2007, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Robin 993DX
He should have called me, this would have worked better.

I would love to empty all 150 rounds free of charge, I hate those Lincoln cars.



MMMMMM CAR AND GUN ****! Love that pic!



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