# Deck The Halls With Smith and Wesson

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 30, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327 "2007-11-30T17:12:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327/101 "2007-12-02T19:00:01Z")

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[QUOTE=DanBlather]  
I actually \*did \*know that.  
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Then why say that in your little poem? 😕

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**Author:** ![BF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@BF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BF)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327/102 "2007-12-02T21:36:39Z")

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[QUOTE=E-Sabbath]  
… I’m buying my dad shooting stuff for Christmas. Not sure what to get him, actually. Magnetic side-of-car stand, but…

(Trap shooter, gun of choice, 12ga break action Beretta)  
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Then ya gotta get him one of [these.](http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=90_6641&products_id=101314) My wife got me one for my birthday, and also a Browning t-shirt with padded shoulder. Sweet!

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**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327/103 "2007-12-02T21:49:15Z")

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[QUOTE=begbert2]

Unlike guns; which were certainly developed for the express purpose of killing, and…it would take somebody with more historical knowledge than I to determine if _people_ were what guns were developed to kill.  
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Seems to me that guns were developed to keep people FROM being killed by those who intend to kill them with any other kind of weapon. Also, defense does not automatically = death. The fact that someone HAS a gun, and you know that, is incentive enough in most cases to keep your hands in your pockets and your big mouth shut.

As for the OP. Meh.

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327/104 "2007-12-03T00:52:43Z")

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[QUOTE=BF]  
Then ya gotta get him one of [these.](http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=90_6641&products_id=101314) My wife got me one for my birthday, and also a Browning t-shirt with padded shoulder. Sweet!  
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Beautiful! … he’s left handed. I forgot that part. He’s got a lovely shooting vest, though.

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**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327/105 "2007-12-03T01:00:56Z")

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[QUOTE=JohnnyEnigma]  
holy crap. I spelled http://www.magnumresearch.com/Desert\_Eagle.asp wrong. my bad. :o

edit: how come I can’t type desert eagle and add a link to it? am I doing it wrong? 😕  
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Encapsulate your text with [url=www.webaddress.com](http://url=www.webaddress.com) and /url

Enclose your opening and closing statements with brackets, like these. Put your text in between the opening and closing statements.

Since I’m quoting your post directly, I can see that you put a close bracket around url=http:// and the linked web address.

ETA: you can Reply to your own post to see the coding error directly.

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**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deck-the-halls-with-smith-and-wesson/428327/106 "2007-12-03T01:03:25Z")

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Double post. :smack:

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