I've got to wonder why he's using a rifle for home defense. It's a poor choice for close range work. Unless he lives in a house like this and is going to stop the guy before he gets too far inside the perimeter. Otherwise, he'd do better to use a shotgun (better than a rifle), a handgun (better...
Being extra nitpicky here, but you didn't deny it, Gordon. You denied saying it, not thinking it.
In this instance, Marvin is correct in saying you didn't deny what he claimed in his post. (Hey, even Marvin can't possibly be wrong all the time.)
Now who's lacking historical perspective, Bo? We and the Russians have decades of experience fighting proxy wars, without letting them blow up into open warfare between us.
The problem with just letting them whack on each other is that it could easily destabilize our friends in the area, such...