[TML] [OT] One for Gun Safty

[Evyn MacDude]

On Oct 11, 2007, at 7:53 AM, Tod Glenn wrote:

>>
>> If I had to get hit with a round, I'd much rather get hit by a
>> pistol round
>> than most rifle rounds.
>
>
> To bring this back to gaming, I am always fascinated by the PCs
> tendency to carry handguns versus long guns, even when going in harms
> way.

Dude, we are all Cowboy's a pistol is all we need.

> It is my experience that the people who pick long guns for
> their primary weapon tend to be prior service.

Ok, I'm former service and I prefer Pistols, SMGs and sawn-off Shotguns
to rifles for most of my characters. Hand grenades are nice also. I  
must say
most of the Traveller I have played my favorite weapon has been a can
of Tranc.

> To me, a handgun is a temporary compromise weapon to be used while
> fighting your way to your rifle.

Depends where and what I'm fighting as a player.

Evyn MacDude
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