Limb replacement and medical treatment expertise.  All the rest of the stuff was to kill or maim persons and things.  We have sufficiency of that now.

I think that it was just one of those minor inconsistencies that plague movie writers, directors and special effects folks.  As I recall, the only times a light sabre resulted in a bloody wound was in the cantina at Mos Isley when Obi Wan took out the bar toughs and I believe also in the ice cave on Hoth when Luke took...more

Well it depends on the armor.  Overlapping ceramic plate armor over Kevlar is pretty darn good.  It will stop a AK round even if it is a direct hit.  Of course that does not mean the person wearing the armor will not feel the hit...it just won't kill them.   All things considered, I did think that Stormtrooper armor ...more

Yep, right after the BTFA shipped them down to the cartels.  This is all so much bull.  If the U.S. government really wanted to stop drugs and illegals from pouring into this country they could interdict the border with about 10, 000 troops and a couple of dozens drones and 100 or so Bradley's.   You will note it has...more

Now here is a woman that looks like a woman, not some scrawny man with long hair.  I'll take this one over all the Twiggys' any day.

Still another example of knee jerk reaction by the incompetents running our education system.  Worried about a Swiss Army Knife, what are you people?  Think you are the TSA? I don't know what this nation is coming to.  When I was in school, students and teachers would drive their pickups to school with a couple of rif...more

I'm surprised that they continued to audit you.  It is my experience that once you have a "no change" audit or actually get money back due to an audit the IRS pretty much doesn't bother you anymore.  I had a strict item by item audit back in 1987, was at the IRS office most of the day, they didn't find any discrepancy....more

I don't know about a baseball bat...but I will say that a Machete or better yet a  Katana wielded by a determined individual could easily cause as much damage.  As for tackling such a person...who is going to charge into a man swinging a weapon that will take your head off with one stroke??  Not me, but I might go for ...more

Your comment does pose an interesting question, does it not?  MJ use being legal in Washington State does that mean that you can be a all out "stoner" and still legally aquire a firearm??  What about the "drug user" question on the Federal firearms form?