On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:03:42 -0500, Boater wrote:

Don White wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:29:13 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Nov 30, 6:04 pm, JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:34:44 -0500, Boater
wrote:
...is a safe gun.
I hope no one believes that.
--
John H

*Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!*
evidently somebody did. he shot himself by accident.

I did verify on Yahoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/...ce_chief_gun_1
Harry said, "A dirty gun... (in the header) ...is a safe gun. (in the
body).

I hope no one believes that a dirty gun is a safe gun. --
John H

*Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!*

Gosh...the point was that there are so many accidental shootings related
to gun cleaning, that it seemed that leaving the gun dirty was "safer." It
was meant as a joke, especially since a chief of police apparently shot
himself while cleaning a supposedly empty gun. You'd think cops would know
better, but...no, they don't.


~~ Snerk ~~
Just wondering, do officers from the rank of Major up get firearms training
in the US Army?




From what I've seen at the range, real training seems to stop after
"qualification" unless more training is pursued by the individual.

There are plenty of active and ex-military shooters at the indoor range
I frequent. It's a handgun or .22LR rifle range only, and is mostly
frequented by the boys in blue (cops), but it's right near a base and
there are frequently military guys in there shooting with their
non-military buddies.

There are very few good shooters among the uniformed guys, cops or
military. I'm not saying there are none. There are some who are real
marksmen with sidearms. But most I see don't shoot well. The cops are by
far the worst, even at relatively short distances, like, oh, 21 feet.

Now, I would assume the military guys are more adept with rifles. But I
never see them shoot them, so I don't know for sure.

Another range, one in Virginia where I took a six week small arms
course, has an entirely different clientele, very few military, very few
police, but an awfully high number of really good shooters.

The real good military shooters don't waste time at civilian ranges. Most
decent sized military installations have Rod and Gun Clubs with ranges on
the installation. The ones you see in the civilian ranges are probably just
too embarrassed to join the local Rod and Gun Club.
--
John H

*Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!*