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It's a serious question. If some find it humorous, so be it.

I think the AK-47 has wood components. Just saying...

A valid question about fleeing is how is that possible in your own home. The main issue in some states with the requirement to flee is that it's sufficiently nebulous as to allow prosecution of someone who had to defend him or herself. It's always far better to try to avoid such situations to...

There is a declassified OSS psychological profile of Hitler. I don't recall if it estimated his IQ, but it might have it.

The point that seems to be lost is that self-defense is the last resort, not the first.

They wade by faith and not by sight?

Glad some find this humorous.

Title says it all. I know that it greatly depends on shot placement, but is it adequate for black bear and wild hog. It would be for encounter situations, not hunting black bear and hog from something like a stand.

And now we're back at the start. If I do get a 45-70, I'll own a lever action not much different than what some US troops carried in Cuba in the Spanish-American War. And a 12 gauge pump shotgun isn't much different than what US soldiers used in WWI and subsequent wars. I get that some are...

Well...it depends on what, and it comes down to the round. An AR-10 would cover most hunting other than small game and would handle the most dangerous animals I could encounter in the woods: black bear and wild hog. For shear versatility, it's hard to beat a shotgun, but a shotgun is a...

I don't dismiss the self-defense questions out of hand. It's not so much pacifism: Jesus has authority none of us has. But the question is should Christians use force, up to and including deadly force, to protect their lives and the lives of their family? I think there are instances of...

Firedragon's question is more properly framed as "Why would a follower of the Prince of Peace want a weapon?' That's a more honest question than singling out the AR-15. The AR-15 is hardly a "super weapon." The more pertinent question is why would a Christian want any weapon at all, and that's...

Not quite the same thing. FMJ has lower expansion rate than hollow points. Once a bullet expands, it has a larger diameter and that increases resistance and transfer of energy but first it has to hit the target. Both FMJ and hollow point of the same mass and with the same charge is going to have...

Ah, no. There was a study years ago that found climate models had less accuracy than a random walk. In other words, performance was worse than guessing. Note: This was years ago. Model accuracy may or may not have changed. since then. What hasn't changed is what climatologists call...

Oh, about world building: since all this was set in a land that never was but in a certain time in European history, world building was - and is - a matter of studying the culture at that particular time. That's easier than making it all up from scratch. There still needs to be a plausible...

Geology and geography. I set several manuscripts in a fantasy country but wanted it to be realistic. I had a very specific terrain in mind for part of it (based in part on terrain I remembered while traveling) but there had to be a specific geology and natural history for that to happen. That...

At a rural church, the pastor arrived to find a mule had died on the doorsteps. Reluctantly, he called the Chairman of the Deacons, who he didn't get along with. "I hate to bother, you, brother, but there's a dead mule on the church steps," he said. "Well, preacher, if you'll remember our last...

Be that as it may, the discussion included whether or not the .223 is also a hunting round.

Not the same dog, but maybe the same campaign. I remember the jingle word for word and approximately note for note. I wish I could find it online link where others could see it. I could type it, but the thing about lyrics is it's very easy to violate fair use since each verse makes a...

So, you're saying my uncle was wrong in his assessment of the .223 for deer hunting? Remember, he said he preferred it because it didn't tear up the meat as bad as the .30 caliber long arms he and my cousins had used for hunting. And yes, the .223 tumbles, which is the round. Granted that I've...