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I'm curious as to their usefulness, particularly at close range home defense, and you were talking about how basic self defense courses are going to train you to look down the sights. Are they really necessary, or is it a cash cow market? And is someone that has taken a basic self defense course typically someone that has the mental fortitude to aim their pistol properly with these? Assuming a shoulder width of 2 feet, with the maximum distance of 10 feet (since you specified most encounters will occur at less than 10 feet away), you'll have roughly a 12 degree horizontal range to still hit your target. If someone has taken a self defense course (which would provide the training for the use of night sights) and trained in the use of a pistol, would they still suffer a 6 degree shift in accuracy? If the light is so bad that you need the night sights in order to prevent a 6 degree shift in horizontal accuracy, wouldn't you have problems identifying the intruder period? I was thinking about one thing, as you commented that there are zero cons to night sights. Wouldn't they also provide an opportunity for the intruder to spot you before you spotted them? I can't imagine it's a safe assumption that you'll always spot them before they spot you. EDIT: Changed "questioning" to "curious" in the first statement.

How expensive are night sights?

This guy MUST be an alt

I'm asking questions for a reason (the reason of course, being that I don't have any experience aiming pistols with armed intruders). And trained firefighters will still kick down a door without checking it for heat if it's their children on the other side of that door. Training is a nice thing, but you'll never know how you'll react unless you're actually put into the situation. Then why aren't they standard on all guns? But hey, if you wish to assume I'm a nutcase and move on, have a nice life.

With the larger amount of time you'd have, coupled with the fact that the distance is less than 10 feet, would you still need night sights?

David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) is a freaking giant!

If the distance is less than 10 feet, would one really have enough time to use the sights anyways?

I'm looking for evidence, not your statements unfortunately. I would not have posed the question if I had considered myself part of the "we" when you say "That we know is true." This isn't some sleight against you. I'm looking for the evidence for my own personal interest.

I have often heard this statement, and with some introspection it makes sense, but I've never seen much in the way for significant studies. You did mention that crime rates went down after gun laws were made lax in Florida (which is good), but I'm curious if there are other confounding variables that I'm unaware of. After finding out how ineffective the death penalty seems to be at reducing murder rates, I'm curious if our commonsense is leading us to a false conclusion with this as well.

I think they are an option under 'Train' IIRC EDIT: I realize now you may be talking about something completely different.

Yes.

To the auction house!

How is the tongue thing alarming? I believe the tongue was chosen because it was particularly sensitive, and not prone to desensitization. Check this out

yup... if sombody was resposnisble for putting you in a "kill that poor sap or I'll kill you" situation. the other person can be charged with Murder I watch wayyyy too much Law And Order. Provocation.

Working out itself I believe is an aphrodisiac. Or maybe it's just all the sweaty men?

Yes, the solid, bacteria infested sweat is the suck. I don't really think I stink immediately after playing a sport. But if I go to bed without showering, the aroma is less than pleasing.

I have not heard that one in about 15 years

Sid the Kid seems to be a pretty darn good player.

I have heard bad things about the Steam version, but if you can find something that doesn't include the expansion, I'd still pick it up.

I'd imagine the "repulsive" part of sweat has much more to do with the fact that it's a haven for bacteria, and if you don't do anything about it, they're going to be explusing waste by products on your unclean body which creates a not so pleasant smell.

You could make an argument that there have been some US Presidents that don't meet your criteria. What exactly is a "realistic" president?

While I'll admit I laughed at it, I can see how someone may have felt that the end game was a bit too extreme. I think the problem there may be that they personified the robot a bit too much. I was laughing long before the end of the commercial, so I wonder how necessary it was to it. With what they said about quality control afterwards, you could read in that we're so obsessed with quality control, that we commit suicide if there's a mistake. It reminded me of the old IKEA Lamp commercial. The punchline of that one though, it that of course the lamp doesn't have feelings.