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- From: rigg@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com (Dana Rigg)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Defense/Combat Questions
- Message-ID: <9211202105.AA01493@spsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:33:13 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- -> #Personally, I would not use a flashlight in my own home. First, it tells
- -> #the bad guy where you are and destroys your peripheral vision. Second, you
- -> #already have the advantage of knowing the layout of your home.
- ->
- -> I'm amazed nobody brought it up already -- turn on the room light.
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- I don't think this is a good idea since a light switch only turns on
- the lights in the room that you are in, thus making a target of yourself.
- Worse, it the bad guy is not in this room, you not only give yourself away
- without spotting him, you wreck your night vision as well.
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- -> [MODERATOR: A related suggestion, passed along at the risk of
- -> giving away too much of our own tactical plans ... we installed
- -> an, hmm, enhanced version of those X10 home control systems.
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- This is the best possible solution, the ability to selective turn on
- any light anywhere in the house from your location. Of course, it would
- be even better if you could flood the entire house with nerve gas
- while all the good guys are wearing their handy-dandy gas masks but
- that might be a little expensive :-).
-
- Dana Rigg
- Chandler, AZ.
- rigg@sdt-tempe.sps.mot.com
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