The First Part is to 'Unregistered' whomever you are,
I never said a WORD about not bothering with the .22, liar. If you want to quote me, get it RIGHT, or keep your mouth shut about what I've "said".
Now you call me a liar for having quoted you, and heck I did not even quote you, not about 22s in this threrad anyhow. Hmm, look back and check. Please show me where I
QUOTED you. I thought I asked a question! You see it is hard to figure out what you posted, because you do not post, or at least have not usually posted with a name. Therefor shouldn't all posts bearing unregistered be attributed to you? Your temper seems easily flared up, is that how you would react in your home if something upset you while you were practicing with wax. While so upset you might accidentally place a live mad into the mag well, and then have a disastor.
Now I will quote you:
those who live off of those men's earnings have smarts enough to not give them any static over such minor things
No man is an island - have you heard that before. Virtually all men in some way shape or form live off of other men's earnings. I readily admit I live off of what other men have earned because I am paid by the tax dollar. I do earn my money though, and have busted my ass more often than not over the years to earn it. Others have earned from my work. One of the ways I have earned it is by instructing tactical firearms training. Another way was by protecting people in this country. Now the way I figure it, I am out there protecting your rights as an American or maybe even as an illegal who illegally entered this country, or anything in between (whatever fits). So maybe it is you who should best not give static, or maybe those of us who do this thankless job will tell you to bugger off and we will stop working. Sure not much chance of that, heck the G is so afraid of what would happen if we did that the G forbids us to strike. Now what were you saying (Freedom of Speech, one of the rights of yours that I protect, wouldn't you know.)
I wrote this before seeing the John Davis post. If you are John Davis, then this (the first paragraph that follows) applied before you finally registered; if you are not John Davis then it still applies completely as I see it. My apologies to Mr. Davis if he and 'unregistered' are not one and the same. I think no apology is needed if it is one and the same person.
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Enough of the pecker-wood stuff, get real and register your real name. Stop hiding behind anonymity. When you become man enough (or is it woman enough) to make a post using a registered sign-on name, well at least then I will be able to decisively attribute quotes or other info to you. As it stands now, I will look to every post on this site that bears 'unregistered' as the poster's name, and I will attribute each and every one to you (unless later corrected by the poster to indicate some form of identification other than unregistered). I will do this if for no other reasons than you will not register and, you leave me little choice.
As for your retort about who knows what, again you sputter hollow words from your mouth in my opinion. Are you kidding that I regularly shoot further out than 6 feet, of course I do BUT; I also shoot at distances where I start off at less than 18 inches from target, and from where I am actually touching the target. I shoot while kneeling and sitting. I also shoot prone on my belly, on my back, on my sides. I shoot sitting and shoot from such to the left and right. I shoot two handed and one handed. I even practice one handed unloading/reloading drills, and perform malfunction clearing one handed. I shoot quick draw. I shoot from a sighted in position. I shoot from the hip. I vertically track my shots too. I shoot with a shot timer and without. I shoot while standing still, and while moving. I move laterally, diagonally and forward and backwards while shooting. I shoot strong hand and weak hand. I switch hands as best suited to the situation. I shoot at full shilouette, and also at hostage targets. I shoot at multiple targets. I shoot at shoot/don't shoot type targets. I shoot at reactive steel. I shoot from behind concealment, and from behind cover. I run around and then shoot to get the heart pumped up and to see how well I shoot. I shoot at night under poor lighting conditions. I shoot shotgun, rifle, and pistol. I have shot sub-gun but gave it up so another shooter in a more active group could use the one that was issued to me, this was of my own accord. I sometimes shoot paint but usually, for the much greater part, shoot live ammo, the same stuff I carry on the street. Paint is only shot when we shoot at one another during practice, either at a range or a specially set up shooting house.
I do real close in shooting. You should try it sometimes. It is called Push-Off shooting. It is about as close as you would ever want to be to shoot someone and then get a bit closer. I also practice with OC spray, with hand to hand combat and knife take aways. I practice handcuffing techniques too. I have also instructed other shooters, as to the great majority of shooting types I mentioned above, on a regular basis. I also shoot in other fashions that I will not and cannot go into here for national security reasons.
As to where I shoot, all of my shooting is done at either ranges of some sort, or areas set up for shooting paint. One place I do not shoot is in my home. Unless you have a range in the home, it is not a great idea to shoot your carry firearm in the home. Keep on shooting in your house. Sooner or later you are bound to put a live one in the chamber, but I'll bet you will not be so ready to post about that here. As for wax bullets: Keep on shooting those wax bullets, that will not put the slide into full battery during your tactical shooting; or is it you only fire them from revolvers.
I mentioned most of this in a previous post within this thread, yet you still claim:
Your "tactical" firing is done MUCH more slowly, at silly longer distances, so i'ts YOU who doesn't know the real score.
You do not address the issues as they come up, you just want to make other people look dumb, and make yourself look smart. You have failed, I think, in that regard. Please don't tell me where I or others normally shoot, and where we should shoot, or how close to target we are when we shoot, when you could not possibly have an idea. Better yet, please do not base your argument on baseless claims.
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This next part is for everyone who keeps a loaded gun in the house, but especially for 'unregistered' and/or John Davis,
Now as to keeping loaded guns in the house, that is your choice, but not mine. I do not. I have one near enough and ready to be loaded, so I can at least wake up and have enough of my wits about me to realize I am not shooting one of my kids. That little time taken to load is the best insurance policy against something like that happening. If a bad guy wants to take me out in my house, he has to take out dogs first, and then find me. I live in a creaky old house, lots of noise in those floor boards and loud dogs too. Then the bad guy may have one or two other surprises waiting - but they will remain surprises. In the time it does take a bad guy to break in, get past the dogs, and poast the surprises, then find me - I am betting the time is sufficient for me to load and be ready.
Better still, that time is sufficient for me to collect my wits after being awakened from a heavy sleep. Mr. Davis (?or Andy?) said:
Those of us with some sense just ALWAYS carry.
I realize that those of us, who truly have some sense, do not always carry. Some examples of when not to carry would be: while enjoying sex, while in the pool, in the ocean, on an aircraft (unless you are L/E and have the authorization), while entering a political convention, while visiting the United Nations (egads the thought makes me want to puke), while visiting any location wherein firearms are not permitted, while gambling in most casinos, at some amusement parks (some of which make no exceptions not even for LEOs), while at the gymnasium, while in the shower, when unconscious and having surgery performed, while drinking alcohol at any location - and not in bed anyhow. I would not even recommend the loaded shotgun (or any loaded gun), that Nick suggested, under the bed or within easy reach. Now a pistol or shotgun with a loaded magazine and an empty chamber might be a better idea than a gun with one loaded in the chamber. It gives you that moment to wake up and realize what is happening so you can better avoid accidentally plugging someone like your wife or children. Of course the choice is yours, hopefully you will not live to regret keeping a loaded (one in the chamber, ready to fire) firearm at hand when sleeping.
Sincerely,
Glenn B
