Mail Call on History Channel

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New series on History Channel --- Mail Call ---
Questions on anything military,
about 5 topics per program.

I've seen an OK demonstrations of Katana and Medeival Armor.
Not good enough to satisfy person who knows something
on the topic, but good enough for general public.
Tomorrow night I think includes crossbow.
 
ddean,

I've mixed feeling on this:

While I think that khuks are amazing tools, after the "Primetime" segment, I don't really know if encouraging the media to cover them as weapons is such a great idea.

I'd love to find a way for people to learn what an amazing thing a good khuk is, but this doesn't strike me as the most friendly medium.

The technology of weapons is indeed fascinating, and I am captivated by it, especially when it is derived from working tools, which I find even more interesting.

The fact that Texas has outlawed Bowie knives, which is arguably part of their commonly accepted heritage sadly leads me to believe that my paranoid viewpoint is the proper one.

Just some rants form a "well educated", middle-aged crank predisposed to cynicism who happens to currently reside in the People's Repuklik of Kalifornia.

The fact that I feel this way shows that things s*ck whatever nasty bits you you can imagine.

I hope things get better before I before I am gone.

Here's hoping:)
 
:footinmou

Thumping my head and changing my original post.

One of my favorite posters (still) from my teenage
years included the quote,

"Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you."

Mostly I think it's hilarious,
but that's because of an underlying truth.
 
ddean,



It's a sad world we live in, so many of the good things of the past get warped in the media.

I think the only way is to keep the old things is to pass on person to person.

After I saw a scythe site, I want to get one to mow the lawn... (sigh)... what to do.

I hate hearing lawnmowers and leaf blowers.

'prolly a couple beers to many.
 
Originally posted by firkin ......After I saw a scythe site, I want to get one to mow the lawn
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Friend of mine went to Honduras several years ago
and noted that many lawns there are often mowed by machete.
Man walks and zips the sharp tip back and forth
in front of himself. Apparently surprisingly quickly.
 
Been there, done that.

And the same machete used for cutting grass was occasionally used to remove a foe's body parts...:eek:

Still, every kid gets his first one at 7-8 yrs old.
 
Good stuff and interesting considerations.

In Nepal the khukuri is the most widely used TOOL in the country. It is also used as a weapon. An educated guess: It's used as a tool 99,999 times to one as a weapon -- probably even more.
 
Yeah, that seems pretty weird for a state that still allows Hi-powered rifles for hunting. Indiana only allows shotgun and slug hunting (er, not hunting slugs, but hunting with rifled slugs in shotguns).

Keith
En ferro veritas
 
Bowies in Texas:

I don't think they are an instant felony, like a "big" (blade longer than two inches) auto outside of a locked container or residence is here in California, but they are on the list of "baddies", which I've seen mentioned a few time.

"I offer the following only as reference and suggestion; a person's ability to legally carry any sort of knife varies greatly due location, circumstances, attitude of the individual law officer, etc. Texas Penal Code 46.01 defines "illegal knife" as having a blade over 5.5 inches, hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown, dagger, bowie knife, sword, or spear. Carrying the aforementioned is an offense; be aware that the terms "bowie", "dagger", etc. are not cleary explained in the PC. I suggest obtaining a copy of the Penal Code (university bookstores will have it) and speaking with a lawyer familiar with these sections of the code to get more info.
Hope this helps."

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=153185&highlight=texas+bowie

Why Bowies weren't thought to be included by the 5.5 inches definition, I can't imagine. I can't really comment further, but there must be some circumstances where transport/use of a large blade is legally permitted. It stuck with me because I thought it ironic considering the Alamo and all.
I think there are some forumites who can clarify this.

High powered rifles--How many do you think are good enough stalkers to bag large game with a shotgun in the desert? From a safety standpoint I can understand allowing only shotguns in densely forested areas with dwellings nearby. One of the few cases where small arms laws do make sense.
 
is hardly a model of clarity and rationality. Here is a brief discussion that will introduce you to some of the issues addressed by the courts in interpreting the tangle of statutory prohibitions and exceptions.
Bowie knives have been illegal in Texas since Reconstruction. The carpetbag government didn't want ex-Rebs carrying weapons of any sort. After the end of Reconstruction, the prohibition was retained as part of the Jim Crow laws: most whites could afford some kind of firearm, while knives were considered the weapons of the freedmen and Mexicans.
Bowies were primarily backup weapons of last resort in the era of single-shot percussion pistols; with the advent of cartridge revolvers they were no longer particularly useful in "civilized" self-defense. Analogous to the contemporary ban on "assault rifles", i.e., ugly guns. "Why would anyone need one of those?"
 
What BS--I'm sure glad I live in Idaho where most of the paranoia hasn't hit yet.:) :)



If We let them take away our 2nd amendment first, will We be able to stop them from taking away our first amendment 2nd??
 
At the tail end of Mail Call tonight (maybe 1 minute total)

they show khukuri as the 'legendary ghurka weapon'

A few quick shots of ghorkas holding blades

and mention of beheading.

It is a show devoted primarily to military weapons.
 
If you give an inch you'll lose a mile. Defend your rights. It's still "we, the people" here in the good old US of A and we gotta keep it that way.
 
Originally posted by Bill Martino
If you give an inch you'll lose a mile. Defend your rights. It's still "we, the people" here in the good old US of A and we gotta keep it that way.
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Well said Uncle Bill!;)
 
Ferrous; "Yeah, that seems pretty weird for a state that still allows Hi-powered rifles for hunting. Indiana only allows shotgun and slug hunting (er, not hunting slugs, but hunting with rifled slugs in shotguns). "

Unless something major has occured I'm not aware of, Eastern states limiting to shotguns has to do with proximity to neighbors. Why Indiana would go shotgun I don't know. Too many people too close together probably, just like the neighboring states. But your suggestive word choice, "still allows' implies something. What was your intention? You do understand that if people are hunting it is best to take game as humanely as possible? Of course. That equals, 'high powered rifles' for most.

regards,
munk
 
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