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On 1/24/17 2:27 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/24/17 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: Jan On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:17:42 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: What'd be impressive is when you hit targets while holding the gun sideways i.e. "Gangstah". The funny thing is I am seeing some defense coaches talking about that sideways hold now, usually using a laser. It is generally when shooting from cover like around a corner so you can establish a sight picture or guide on the laser without exposing any more of your body and head than necessary. It is also supposed to be more stable on an "out to the side" hold. .... I'm sure you're right in theory Greg, but I doubt that applies much to thug life "Defense coaches..." I like firearms and have no objections to reasonable people owning firearms, but I do get a laugh out of all the youtube vids and magazine articles about which weapons are "the best" for going to war or "protecting" oneself in a fire fight. If you are going to war and you are not a soldier of fortune, one assumes "the military" assigns you a firearm and teaches you how to use it. I'd bet that 99.99% of non-sworn civilians in this country who "carry" never have and never will face an armed assailant or gunfire or a grizzly bear or mountain lion. One of our local liquor and gourmet food stores has a uniformed and armed county cop on duty on Saturdays and Sundays, but not during the workweek. Our county mounties are friendly guys and I often talk to them while waiting in the checkout line and as I am leaving the store. This store has *never* had a robbery, but neither have most of the other stores in the area where there is no armed guard standing around. The cops tell me the weekend guard duty is a "great gig," because they don't really have to do anything to earn their off-duty pay and the store gives them a "great gourmet lunch." More power to them. Do not know the latest stats, but 20 years ago, only 5% of police ever pulled their weapon in the line of duty in their whole career. I see some cops at the local ranges who are horrible shots, and some of them joke about it. One would think a certain level of proficiency with firearms would have to be achieved and maintained, but maybe no. Last year when I was messing around at the range with my revolver and shooting pretty decently, one of them asked me how I got "so good." Well, I'm only "decent" with it, certainly not "so good." I told him the same way a musician gets to Carnegie Hall...practice, practice, practice. He got it. |
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