deerslayer

Others on this thread are advocating forcing the vaccine on people or not allowing them to participate in life outside their front door. As for the Asian restaurant, I would support their right to require masks if they choose as long as there are no repercussions for people voting with their wallet and choosing not to spend money there. The spray painters should be punished. Probably most who supported the wedding cake baker would feel the same way.

I completely agree, but when will these people (pro vaccine or anti) be held to the same scrutiny that someone who doesn’t like masks is held? Are they not also contributing to the crisis with their lousy health/lifestyle choices by feeding their co-morbidities and being more susceptible to the virus?

because no one knows if there will be long term side effects because the vaccines were created faster than the experts thought possible because the vaccine makers have immunity from being sued because I've had Covid and flu was worse because I'm not 80/obese/diabetic and am low risk if I happen to get it again because I just found out my friend's mother had both shots and is now very sick with Covid because I'll let others be guinea pigs If I were 80/obese/diabetic, I would probably be less concerned about most of what I listed.

We have a friend who had a similar experience--got the shot Friday, sick as a dog Saturday, better but still shaky Sunday, back to work Monday. I don't plan to get the shot any time soon unless a squad of Fauci brownshirts drags me out, but if I did decide to get one, I would get it on a Sunday night.

So how does an infected person pose more of a risk? Everybody’s favorite overpaid government idiot, Anthony Fauci, said the vaccine only keeps you from developing symptoms, nothing more. I guess “Your papers, please” is the way forward.

For a virus discovered barely a year ago and a vaccine that is only a few months old? Nope.

I am all for accepting the consequences of my choices, but an unvaccinated person would be putting no more people at risk than a vaccinated person would. It sounds like you are in favor of more pointless restrictions.

And BLM will be chanting her name in a year.

So if we vaccinate a large percentage of the population and a minority chooses not to get vaccinated, what is the problem?

You may not have said it, but your statement clearly implied it.

And vaccinated carriers don't?

How does a non-vaccinated person put you at risk? The "experts" have said a vaccine only keeps the vaccinated from getting it; they can still carry and spread it. Otherwise, those vaccinated would no longer be required to wear masks. If you believe the science, the only person a non-vaccinated person potentially harms is himself.

Physical fitness is important, but I'm not convinced it mattered here. I am easily 100 pounds lighter than this officer and I can run five or six miles without much too fuss, but I don't assume I would be able to jump right back up after being shot. Mindset/survival instinct certainly plays a role and I don't know the officer's mindset or training, but I think we are jumping the gun assuming that his was lacking.

You can de-escalate all you want, but when people are brainwashed into believing they are going to die if stopped by a police officer, this is what you get—a self-fulfilling prophecy.

PM me a number and I'll text them to you. The victims may not want to be publicly humiliated lol

Most deal with the star by shooting the top plate and then shooting the remaining four as they spin to either 3 or 9 o’clock. The 3/9 plan went out the window with two 18x24 Steel Challenge targets in the way. More than a couple guys I guess you might say “struggled.” I have some pretty comical video.

I once made this same statement to a group of Texans in a hole in the wall restaurant in Abilene and my opinion was not well received. The brisket was damn good, though.

My friends say I’m sadistic. Here is a Texas star I set up at a match last year. Hard cover makes the star more interesting.

Not to sound like a heretic, but if I were dead set on a BBQ place, I would go to Baby Jack’s in Bartlett and get the smoked chicken (with sacrilegious white sauce) or Interstate on S Third and get the smoked turkey. I have no idea how the pork BBQ is at either place

Praying for you and your family. You’ve had a bumpy road lately.

Well, he said point shooting > sight/optic, so does point shooting involve the sights or not? What is often described as “point shooting” does not. Some on here have opined that sights are a waste because a shooter will ignore them in a stressful event, etc. I’ve never accepted this. On the other hand, if “point shooting” does make different use of the sights depending on the difficulty of the shot, we may all be describing the same thing. I don’t think that’s the case, though.

Irons won’t fog up or not work due to a dead battery. The other hypotheticals about irons failing are remotely possible, but unlikely. Enos and Leatham don’t “point shoot” unless a target is really close. They use the sights more for some shots than they do others. Enos talks about “seeing what you need to see” when describing an adequate sight picture. Jeff Cooper mentioned a “flash sight picture.” Sure, hard focus on the front sight when trying to hit a golf ball at 25 yards. For many other less difficult shots, using the front sight to varying degrees or at least being aware of the front sight vs. focusing on it will suffice if speed is required. Some have mastered target focusing with iron sights at farther than you would think distances, but that is different from point shooting. I agree that a well-honed index is important, but to disregard the sights or dot at more than conversation distances when in a hurry is a miss for many shooters.