E4 No More

So how many trainers have shot either themselves or others on accident, or have simply had negligent discharges? Answer: Numerous.

Really? Where is that in the Constitution? I seem to recall lots of pictures/paintings of the period, and not a one of them included a HCP or similar.

Don't be surprised to find those getting forbidden. The healthcare powers that be say that gaiters are ineffective.

Another reason to anonymize everything.

Yes, particularly the cauliflower ones.

I didn't live back then and I taught myself to shoot. My parents had nothing to do with it as they were Democrats living in the safe suburbs north of Kansas City, MO. I've never shot anyone - although I've come close in the performance of my duties. I've known of several cases of "trained" people both in the Marine Corps and on police departments that have "accidentally" shot people - including killing some. While I do not fault trainers for making a living from training people nor those that want to spend their money paying trainers, I don't believe they can train someone to actually be absolutely focused 100% of the time that they handle a gun. That is up to the individual, and it's well-established that people's ability to focus varies greatly no matter their training. What I do think would help is showing anyone wanting to carry a gun is pictures of what a projectile, (rifle, pistol, or shot), does to human flesh, and the unvarnished financial and emotional impact that a moment of inattention can do to their lives using real-life instances. Kind of like the videos we were shown as teenagers when we went through driving school, but taken to the next level with how it effected their lives. When I was trained by the FBI, we went days being shown crime scene and autopsy photos of every manner of death someone can suffer. That was over 29 years ago and I can still picture a lot of them in my mind. It's very sobering.

Then you have cases like in North Carolina that sent out a LOT of false positive reports due to a "glitch" in a computer system. I love how people will blame the computer for their mistakes.

The reference I am making is not making the area a "free-fire" zone. The reference is someone breaking their way into your car. That person can be shot just like if they were breaking into your home. That doesn't mean you can shoot everyone around the car.

I wonder how our forefathers ever got by before firearm trainers came into being? Yes, that was sarcasm.

Yes, in Tennessee the car is like your house.

I will not use my vehicle to run people down to escape. That's pretty hard to defend being no different than accidentally shooting a bystander standing behind a person trying to kill you. As much as it sucks, I have insurance for the vehicle. My vehicles automatically lock the doors when in drive, so if someone busts the window to drag me or mine out then lead will fly as that is carjacking.

Really poor form for a kneeling position being displayed there.

I believe that it is illegal under federal statutes to impeded an Interstate. I base this on the signs that used to be posted on the ramps that prohibited pedestrian traffic. https://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2016/09/is-it-legal-for-protesters-to-block-traffic.html Blame the Mayors for allowing it to happen.

The chances of my wife and I retiring were destroyed in the 2009 crash. We'll have to work until we just can't physically do it anymore.

I have enough ammo to end, discourage, or die during an attack at my country home. At least I'd take-out a few. From the time that I was a cop, my whole mindset was to at least live long enough to kill the SOB that kills me. At age 60, I have no delusions of surviving a running gun battle with a younger foe.

There's good and bad with most things.

That would be a tough one for me. I don't like anything in my ears for very long. I don't really like things over my ears very long either. It's going to suck when I need hearing aids.

So sorry to hear about this. Praying for you and yours.

Welcome.

I don't think that he intends to move here. Just joining the forum for the camaraderie.

Congratulations.

The arteries branch out before that, but their intestines won't be very good.

Increase in population will have an increase in the death rate. I think the point he was making is the percent of growth in the death rate during Oblamo's time versus other time.

Or head shots. 2 inches below the belly button will put them in a wheelchair for the rest of their life. Hard to riot and loot from a wheelchair.

They are killing people and getting body armor. That is not good.