tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post116378124424327202..comments2024-03-28T01:20:48.843-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Sunny With Mild Paranoia...Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1164068682328469752006-11-20T17:24:00.000-07:002006-11-20T17:24:00.000-07:00I'll definitely have to pick up the new book when ...I'll definitely have to pick up the new book when it comes out. <BR/><BR/>Good point about Japan. I hadn't thought it through far enough to make the connection.aughtSixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342094418033435400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1164042249818186952006-11-20T10:04:00.000-07:002006-11-20T10:04:00.000-07:00I purchased one of these several years ago without...I purchased one of these several years ago without the ballistic shield for concealed carry (I added my own back-panel from a vest for the shield). I have to say, it was one of the crappiest and poorly built and designed "briefcases" I ever owned. The strap-clips are total junk, the internal compartment layout is stupid. I got a free-one (with concealed pouch) that was much better constructed. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1163811614443365592006-11-17T18:00:00.000-07:002006-11-17T18:00:00.000-07:00Thanks for the kind words. I chose to make the Isl...Thanks for the kind words. I chose to make the Islamic republic a place where citizens are denied guns for a few reasons. Rakkim's value as an elite warrior is reduced if everyone is armed, much as the introduction of guns into Imperial Japan destroyed the unique role of the samurai. I also think the Second Amendment is the most important one, insuring all the others, and the first thing a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1163790742317684842006-11-17T12:12:00.000-07:002006-11-17T12:12:00.000-07:00I agree totally on that point...I think it was the...I agree totally on that point...I think it was the only way he could make the plot work.<BR/><BR/>mbMichael Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1163789843989245242006-11-17T11:57:00.000-07:002006-11-17T11:57:00.000-07:00It was an entertaining read, but I kept having tro...It was an entertaining read, but I kept having trouble with suspending disbelief to think a knife would be the most dangerous weapon in society. The gov't says guns are illegal, makes posession a capital crime, and poof! no guns--but cops still have them. But just about everything was a capital crime in Ferigno's world, and there sure was plenty of crime. But no guns.aughtSixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342094418033435400noreply@blogger.com