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Caption This for 04/06/12

Posted April 05, 2012 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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Re: Caption This for 04/06/12

04/05/2012 5:25 PM

In the News tonight:

DeWalt announces the newest weapon in their tool arsenal, a real Nail Gun, capable of shooting 620 16 penny nails per minute.

But first, in a related story...

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04/05/2012 5:25 PM

The weapon of choice when upholsterers go hunting for wild Naugahyde.

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04/05/2012 5:57 PM

Dewalt's new battery powered laser rifle, capable of popping balloons at over 50 yards, is a must have to distract bothersome inspectors...Now at the Depot...

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04/05/2012 6:36 PM

A kinder gentler machine gun hand.

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Re: Caption This for 04/06/12

04/05/2012 8:00 PM

NiteStalker™AR-16Floodlight. aka "Bye Bye Bambi".

Not legal in all states or countries without FFL.

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04/06/2012 1:33 AM

Available now through LynDoor industries via mail order. The perfect present for the doomsday prepper in your life.

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04/05/2012 8:21 PM

Introducing Dewalts new 'Negotiators' line of power tools.

Built just for those though jobs where you really really need to get paid on time.

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04/06/2012 4:19 AM

Upon seeing this i have suddenly become a DIY fanatic!!
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04/06/2012 8:16 AM

DeWalther

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04/06/2012 8:59 AM

For building houses in particularly dangerous neighborhoods, Habitat For Humanity has teamed up with DeWalt to develop the world's first "drive by" framing gun.

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04/06/2012 1:51 PM

Been there, done that!

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04/06/2012 9:33 AM

Are you sure Chineese will buy it? S.M.

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04/06/2012 10:07 AM

Also available with Laser Level Grips and rail mounted Sawzall Bayonet!

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Re: Caption This for 04/06/12

04/06/2012 10:22 AM

Ok...

Let's see how they try to outlaw this one...

Without having to pry it from my cold dead hands.
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04/06/2012 11:09 AM

introducing the pro series high motivation nail gun from Dewall
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04/06/2012 11:24 AM

Introducing the new Saturday Night Live's (SNL) "Killer Bee AR-15 Platform".....

....where one squirt will kill 'em dead!

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04/06/2012 11:28 AM

Looks like the safety-conscientious liberal government wags went a little too far with their Toy Guns regulations....

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04/06/2012 11:29 AM

But, will the NRA "rank and file" buy it?

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Re: Caption This for 04/06/12

04/06/2012 11:33 AM

Ummmmmm, not intended for CQB in an urban setting, unless you want to be seen by the enemy, and end up dead as a doornail.... FAIL!!!!!!!!!

ps: CQB = Close Quarter Battle in Military parlance...

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04/06/2012 11:48 AM

Sorry Ladies, but this is a "Girl's Gun".......

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04/06/2012 11:56 AM

This sorry excuse for a "Black Gun" doesn't even come close to my tricked-out Bushmaster XM-15ES2, an AR-15A3 chambered in 5.56mm x 45mm NATO, shown as follows w/o the Muzzlebrake and cheek rest:

Ya think????????? It's a real "Zombie Killer" if there was ever one.....

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04/06/2012 11:59 AM

Those "Krazie Kids" and their G*ddamn spray paint cans at it again!

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04/06/2012 12:43 PM

Contracting M16 production to DeWalt turned out to be a bad idea.

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04/06/2012 1:01 PM

MI6's M () fired Q ( when customs officials confiscated 007's () harmless power tool gadget 'thingy' at LAX airport.

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04/06/2012 1:55 PM

Is it regulated by the ATF or OSHA?

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04/06/2012 2:08 PM

Yes!
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04/06/2012 7:05 PM

Don't forget the IBEW.

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04/06/2012 1:57 PM

I'm the roughest, toughest, rootinest, shootinest yella gun shooter that ever shooted a yella gun and I'm-a takin' over *your* cordless product line! So get-a goin' a-fore I puncture your hide.

I'm the fastest gun north, south, east, aaaaaaand west of the Dewalt Factory.

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04/06/2012 2:26 PM

So you got to ask yourself "Did I fire six nails into that shingle, or only five."

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04/06/2012 3:55 PM

And it comes in safety yellow for the the kids!!!!!

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04/09/2012 10:13 PM

gives "you got nailed" a whole new meaning!

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04/10/2012 6:15 AM

LRAS
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(BTW some great captions guys, really had me smiling)

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04/10/2012 9:41 AM

A real tack driver.......

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04/10/2012 9:06 PM

what a tackey comment!

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