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AtheistCrusader

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91. It's a Smith And Wesson 500 magnum (.50 caliber pistol)

Wed Sep 25, 2013, 01:36 AM

Sep 2013

The bit on the end is a compensator, keeps barrel rise down by directing gas up, and back a bit. So the pistol doesn't come back over the top of your hands and embed itself in your face.

Useful pistol for boar, maybe bears. Some people like to hunt black bears with pistols for some reason. It really doesn't have any other even remotely likely purpose.

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Man carrying chicken at protest faces $263.50 fine; man carrying AR-15 faces fine of "zero dollars." [View all] Robb Sep 2013 OP

No chicken threads! jmowreader Sep 2013 #1

The PETA people are probably cheering badtoworse Sep 2013 #2

I don't think they'd care, unless he was choking her. nt Buns_of_Fire Sep 2013 #39

I saw what you did there. Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #50

A drop of the obvious in the sea of insanity. Rex Sep 2013 #3

The law needs to be changed. Carrying a chicken should not be illegal. DesMoinesDem Sep 2013 #4

Only LEO and the military should carry chickens. Dr. Strange Sep 2013 #5

If chickens are outlawed, only outlaws will have chickens pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #15

I try, but sometimes I'm not able. Dr. Strange Sep 2013 #18

*thigh* pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #21

Don't egg him on, pinboy. kurtzapril4 Sep 2013 #67

You can have pintobean Sep 2013 #23

Your Charlton impression could use a little work pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #24

Yours is supper pintobean Sep 2013 #26

Touch� pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #45

You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. tclambert Sep 2013 #72

You know the cops are going to stop a guy walking downtown with his pecker in his hands. Thor_MN Sep 2013 #88

Unbelievable. dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #6

Perhaps it was spotted as the vicious Chicken of Bristol. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #7

All fun and games until it pecks your eyes out. rug Sep 2013 #8

OMG ... why I found this hysterically funny , I do not know but ... etherealtruth Sep 2013 #87

Then it's still fun but harder to see. redwitch Sep 2013 #90

While the OCer's may mean well ileus Sep 2013 #9

This is one of the most Fowl things I've ever heard. BlueJazz Sep 2013 #10

OK..one more: How much did the chicken cost to cross the road?: $ 263.50 BlueJazz Sep 2013 #12

Ok..one more. Who is Super-Chickens alter-Ego ?? BlueJazz Sep 2013 #13

Henry Cabot Henhouse III SwankyXomb Sep 2013 #34

also True BlueJazz Sep 2013 #35

Well, we've been cooped up. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #55

lol, and now we have a definitive answer. Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #25

But the fine was for mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #14

AAAARRRGGG! BlueJazz Sep 2013 #16

Yeah, just a little peck of the pocket mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #19

Just wing it pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #22

"pullet out of" BlueJazz Sep 2013 #37

Well, we know how it crossed the road. nt riqster Sep 2013 #11

Got a link that says he was fined? pintobean Sep 2013 #17

Fixed. Glad you got to the meat of the story! Robb Sep 2013 #20

He should've plucked it. johnp3907 Sep 2013 #27

Oh!!!! May the God of Pun Vengeance deal harshly with you!!!!! Demoiselle Sep 2013 #38

Yes! We should be dropping this from DU's rooster of threads. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #54

It was a real turkey. n/t Aerows Sep 2013 #64

"As God is my witness..." pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #68

And in that simple comparison, the insanity of the gun situation in America is illustrated. stevenleser Sep 2013 #28

I thought the fine wouldn't have been more than a cluck fifty. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #29

The irony is that if that chicken were dismembered, deep fried, and put in a red striped bucket Erose999 Sep 2013 #30

Is this why McDonald's doesn't serve fresh chicken? Coyotl Sep 2013 #31

I live in Appleton Greybnk48 Sep 2013 #32

president obama should issue an executive order freeing the chickens. mopinko Sep 2013 #33

Did you know that hens crow as well as roosters? REP Sep 2013 #43

In the absence of a rooster, "some" chickens will crow. NCarolinawoman Sep 2013 #57

Nope. Loud as roosters, and dominant hens crow. REP Sep 2013 #69

I've known people who kept chickens in their backyard, in an urban environment. No apparent issues nomorenomore08 Sep 2013 #75

Me too. I have their chickens now. REP Sep 2013 #78

what caliber is that chicken? pansypoo53219 Sep 2013 #36

was that chicken 'cocked' ? - n/t Locrian Sep 2013 #58

If he is openly carrying a chicken sarisataka Sep 2013 #40

Hasn't he seen the ads??? Roland99 Sep 2013 #41

Were there any chicks with guns there? pintobean Sep 2013 #42

You're doing it wrong. REP Sep 2013 #44

Now I have to say something I don't want to say. pintobean Sep 2013 #46

That's what we all say REP Sep 2013 #47

Lol pintobean Sep 2013 #49

Who is that? And what the hell kind of gun is she holding in the second pic? nomorenomore08 Sep 2013 #79

Don't know pintobean Sep 2013 #80

It's a big frickin' gun, whatever it is... n/t nomorenomore08 Sep 2013 #85

It's a Smith And Wesson 500 magnum (.50 caliber pistol) AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #91

Certainly overkill as a self-defense weapon, yeah. Unless, I suppose, you're defending yourself nomorenomore08 Sep 2013 #92

Yeah, it can't be concealed, you'd have to custom make a holster for it probably, AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #95

And someone has to post this, so I'll do it: johnp3907 Sep 2013 #48

I guess the measure of maturity is to know you have a right but don't have to WCGreen Sep 2013 #51

Awesome because it freaks out the anti-gun zealots. aikoaiko Sep 2013 #52

this is how heaven05 Sep 2013 #53

Same category as suspending a 7 yo from school for using an Air-Soft gun... Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #56

$263.50? SCVDem Sep 2013 #59

A whole chicken at the grocery store is what, maybe 8 or 10 bucks? And a bucket of KFC is about 12. nomorenomore08 Sep 2013 #76

A high-volume magazine can hold 30 poulets. Orrex Sep 2013 #60

Did they impound the chicken? Orrex Sep 2013 #61

Hen grenade! Orrex Sep 2013 #62

Obviously they suspected him of fowl play. Orrex Sep 2013 #63

Glocks Not Clucks! Orrex Sep 2013 #65

Is anyone else worried that his hen might have been half-cocked? Orrex Sep 2013 #66

Applause & Kick otohara Sep 2013 #70

A well-regulated poultry farm being necessary to the food security of a free nation, tclambert Sep 2013 #71

He must be a libertarian, wanting more rights to carry chickens The Straight Story Sep 2013 #73

Where deos it say... thefool_wa Sep 2013 #74

Chickens feed people, Turbineguy Sep 2013 #77

Brilliant idea! tofuandbeer Sep 2013 #81

I smell fowl play! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #82

On a serious note gopiscrap Sep 2013 #83

Police left the whole crowd defenseless Spirochete Sep 2013 #84

WOW blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #86

Walkin' the fine line, yep Maynar Sep 2013 #89

Thank you all for the nuggets of humor. May you all shake a tailfeather... jtuck004 Sep 2013 #93

The chicken was loaded? shenmue Sep 2013 #94

That's a real cluck of a gun CA_Obama2012 Sep 2013 #96

There is not right to bear chickens in the Constitution. morningfog Sep 2013 #97

Very clever protest. Americans are over-regulated at the local level, for the wrong things! Sunlei Sep 2013 #98