Gun Wisdom

CMike

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This is from an email that I received.

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Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not to protect you.



Never let someone or thing that threatens you get inside arm’s length and never say "I’ve got a gun". If you feel you need to use deadly force for heaven’s sake let the "first sound they hear be the safety clicking off", and they shouldn't have time to hear anything after that if you are doing your job.



'The average response time of a 911 call is over 23 minutes… the response time of a .44 magnum is 1400 feet per second.'



Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch, is a drill instructor (Thunder Ranch is a firearms training facility in Oregon ). Here are a few of his observations on tactics, firearms, self-defense and life as we know it in the civilized world.



"The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win and cheat if necessary."



"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.."



"Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. You may get killed with your own gun, but he'll have to beat you to death with it, cause it's going to be empty."



"If you're not shooting', you should be loading'. If you're not loading', you should be moving', if you're not moving', someone's going to cut your head off and put it on a stick."



"When you reload in low light encounters, don't put your flashlight in your back pocket.. If you light yourself up, you'll look like an angel or the tooth fairy... and you're going to be one of 'em pretty soon."



"Do something. It may be wrong, but do something."



"Shoot what's available, as long as it's available, until something else becomes available."



"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid.. That's ridiculous. If you have a gun, what in the hell do you have to be paranoid for?"



"Don't shoot fast, unless you also shoot good."



"You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work, but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language."



"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems.. How long you live depends on how well you do it."



"You cannot save the planet, but you may be able to save yourself and your family."



"Thunder Ranch will be here as long as you'll have us or until someone makes us go away, and either way, it will be exciting."





More Excellent Gun Wisdom…



The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.



1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.



3. I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.



4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.



5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'



6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.



7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. 'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?' 'No ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.'



8. Beware of the woman who only has one gun, because she probably knows how to use it very well.



'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton



A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.



"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson.
 
I do not aim with my hand;
He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand;
He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun;
He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.

Stephen King, The Dark Tower Vol III: The Waste Lands
 
This is from an email that I received.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not to protect you.



Never let someone or thing that threatens you get inside arm’s length and never say "I’ve got a gun". If you feel you need to use deadly force for heaven’s sake let the "first sound they hear be the safety clicking off", and they shouldn't have time to hear anything after that if you are doing your job.



'The average response time of a 911 call is over 23 minutes… the response time of a .44 magnum is 1400 feet per second.'



Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch, is a drill instructor (Thunder Ranch is a firearms training facility in Oregon ). Here are a few of his observations on tactics, firearms, self-defense and life as we know it in the civilized world.



"The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win and cheat if necessary."



"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.."



"Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. You may get killed with your own gun, but he'll have to beat you to death with it, cause it's going to be empty."



"If you're not shooting', you should be loading'. If you're not loading', you should be moving', if you're not moving', someone's going to cut your head off and put it on a stick."



"When you reload in low light encounters, don't put your flashlight in your back pocket.. If you light yourself up, you'll look like an angel or the tooth fairy... and you're going to be one of 'em pretty soon."



"Do something. It may be wrong, but do something."



"Shoot what's available, as long as it's available, until something else becomes available."



"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid.. That's ridiculous. If you have a gun, what in the hell do you have to be paranoid for?"



"Don't shoot fast, unless you also shoot good."



"You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work, but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language."



"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems.. How long you live depends on how well you do it."



"You cannot save the planet, but you may be able to save yourself and your family."



"Thunder Ranch will be here as long as you'll have us or until someone makes us go away, and either way, it will be exciting."





More Excellent Gun Wisdom…



The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.



1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.



3. I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.



4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.



5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'



6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.



7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. 'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?' 'No ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.'



8. Beware of the woman who only has one gun, because she probably knows how to use it very well.



'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton



A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.



"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson.



Bless you son. I can do everything. And glad I can. From percussion to bow I am so glad we are here and not in some euro crazy country.

I'm so thankful that I am here and at the best of days I am cocked, locked and ready to rock.

And there are sons like you out there. Hold steady. I think we have a time ahead of us. But its good to know you are out there.
 
I do not aim with my hand;
He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand;
He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun;
He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.

Stephen King, The Dark Tower Vol III: The Waste Lands

Only to add:

I've got a bead on you.

My personal take on life. :D Hey I lived in a trailer park in Tennessee.I learned some lessons there. Back off baby! Keeeeeeding.
 
ah, america and its love of guns. Aint it just cute!

Actually I'll take a gun over a man anytime. It's the way he pushes against my right shoulder when I aim.

It's the way he smells whether I'm doing powder or reg. I just love the way he smells. And I adore how he feels so heavy when I just want to hold him. And when we can't get a buck he comes home with me and I can still love him.

Yeah, I'll take a gun over a man. On the other hand I love men. Life is just that way.
 
"Holding a gun makes you feel like God must feel like when he holds a gun."

Homer
 
Nice Mike. Here is one a buddy sent me.




PEOPLE ASK WHY?
Why Carry a Gun?

My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and
Usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin.'

I don't carry a gun to kill people.
I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

I don't carry a gun to scare people.
I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.

I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I'm evil.
I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.

I don't carry a gun because I hate the government.
I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government.

I don't carry a gun because I'm angry.
I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.

I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.
I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.

I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy.
I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.

I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man.
I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.

I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.

I don't carry a gun because I love it.
I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.

Police protection is an oxymoron.
Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.

Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)
 
Reasons for Gun Control

1. Banning guns works, which is why New York, DC, & Chicago cops need
guns.
2. Washington DC's low murder rate of 69 per 100,000 is due to strict
gun control, and Indianapolis' high murder rate of 9 per 100,000 is
due to the lack of gun control.
3. Statistics showing high murder rates justify gun control but
statistics showing increasing murder rates after gun control are "just
statistics."
4. The Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, both of which went into
effect in 1994 are responsible for the decrease in violent crime
rates, which have been declining since 1991.
5. We must get rid of guns because a deranged lunatic may go on a
shooting spree at any time and anyone who would own a gun out of fear
of such a lunatic is paranoid.
6. The more helpless you are the safer you are from criminals.
7. An intruder will be incapacitated by tear gas or oven spray, but if
shot with a .357 Magnum will get angry and kill you.
8. A woman raped and strangled is morally superior to a woman with a
smoking gun and a dead rapist at her feet.
9. When confronted by violent criminals, you should "put up no defense
-- give them what they want, or run" (Handgun Control Inc. Chairman
Pete Shields, Guns Don't Die - People Do, 1981, p.125).
10. The New England Journal of Medicine is filled with expert advice
about guns; just like Guns & Ammo has some excellent treatises on
heart surgery.
11. One should consult an automotive engineer for safer seatbelts, a
civil engineer for a better bridge, a surgeon for internal medicine, a
computer programmer for hard drive problems, and Sarah Brady for
firearms expertise.
12. The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard,
which was created 130 years later, in 1917.
13. The National Guard, federally funded, with bases on federal land,
using federally-owned weapons, vehicles, buildings and uniforms,
punishing trespassers under federal law, is a "state" militia.
14. These phrases: "right of the people peaceably to assemble," "right
of the people to be secure in their homes," "enumeration's herein of
certain rights shall not be construed to disparage others retained by
the people," and "The powers not delegated herein are reserved to the
states respectively, and to the people" all refer to individuals, but
"the right of the people to keep and bear arm" refers to the state.
15. "The Constitution is strong and will never change." But we should
ban and seize all guns thereby violating the 2nd, 4th, and 5th
Amendments to that Constitution.
16. Rifles and handguns aren't necessary to national defense! Of
course, the army has hundreds of thousands of them.
17. Private citizens shouldn't have handguns, because they aren't
"military weapons", but private citizens shouldn't have "assault
rifles", because they are military weapons.
18. In spite of waiting periods, background checks, finger printing,
government forms, etc., guns today are too readily available, which is
responsible for recent school shootings. In the 1940's, 1950's
and 1960's, anyone could buy guns at hardware stores, army surplus
stores, gas stations, variety stores, Sears mail order, no waiting, no
background check, no fingerprints, no government forms and there were
no school shootings.
19. The NRA's attempt to run a "don't touch" campaign about kids
handling guns is propaganda, but the anti-gun lobby's attempt to run a
"don't touch" campaign is responsible social activity.
20. Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them
properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.
21. A handgun, with up to 4 controls, is far too complex for the
typical adult to learn to use, as opposed to an automobile that only
has 20.
22. Women are just as intelligent and capable as men but a woman with
a gun is "an accident waiting to happen" and gun makers'
advertisements aimed at women are "preying on their fears."
23. Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering
butchers but revert to normal when the weapon is removed.
24. Guns cause violence, which is why there are so many mass killings
at gun shows.
25. A majority of the population supports gun control, just like a
majority of the population supported owning slaves.
26. Any self-loading small arm can legitimately be considered to be a
"weapon of mass destruction" or an "assault weapon."
27. Most people can't be trusted, so we should have laws against guns,
which most people will abide by because they can be trusted.
28. The right of Internet pornographers to exist cannot be questioned
because it is constitutionally protected by the Bill of Rights, but
the use of handguns for self defense is not really protected by the
Bill of Rights.
29. Free speech entitles one to own newspapers, transmitters,
computers, and typewriters, but self-defense only justifies bare
hands.
30. The ACLU is good because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts
of the Constitution, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other
parts of the Constitution.
31. Charlton Heston, a movie actor as president of the NRA is a cheap
lunatic who should be ignored, but Michael Douglas, a movie actor as a
representative of Handgun Control, Inc. is an ambassador for peace who
is entitled to an audience at the UN arms control summit.
32. Police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need
larger capacity pistol magazines than do "civilians" who must face
criminals alone and therefore need less ammunition.
33. We should ban "Saturday Night Specials" and other inexpensive guns
because it's not fair that poor people have access to guns too.
34. Police officers have some special Jedi-like mastery over hand guns
that private citizens can never hope to obtain.
35. Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the
police are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court says
the police are not responsible for their protection.
36. Citizens don't need to carry a gun for personal protection but
police chiefs, who are desk-bound administrators who work in a
building filled with cops, need a gun.
37. "Assault weapons" have no purpose other than to kill large numbers
of people. The police need assault weapons. You do not.
38. When Microsoft pressures its distributors to give Microsoft
preferential promotion, that's bad; but when the Federal government
pressures cities to buy guns only from Smith & Wesson, that's good.
39. Trigger locks do not interfere with the ability to use a gun for
defensive purposes, which is why you see police officers with one on
their duty weapon.
40. Guns kill people, just like pencils cause misspellings.
41. Handgun Control, Inc. says they want to "keep guns out of the
wrong hands." Guess what? You have the wrong hand
 
I won't ever forget the moment my Hawken arrived. I'd been waiting for it. The balance on it stunned me. The way I could feel it was amazing.

I just remember this feeling of being one. I don't know how else to explain it. Anyone else can jump in if they can verbalize this emotion. For true. I held it in my arms and I felt complete.

Does that make any sense to anyone else? I felt whole.
 
This thread reminds me - I need to do a gun inventory one of these days. I don't even know how many I own. All I know there's one within reach at all times.
 
This thread reminds me - I need to do a gun inventory one of these days. I don't even know how many I own. All I know there's one within reach at all times.

My Grandfather left me about 12 rifles and shotguns. I was in the military at the time and headed to Okinawa. Couldn't take them with me so my brother got them.

I only own 2 rifles. An M1 Gerand and an M1 carbine. have 1100 rounds and about 8 magazines for the carbine. Have over 700 rounds for the Gerand and 25 clips. ( a clip holds 8 rounds)
 
Lived in or near a big city most of my life and never owned or felt the need to own a gun. The only time I ever had a gun put in my face was in the country, because some yokel didn't know the difference between a gunshot and fireworks. My $.02.
 
ah, america and its love of guns. Aint it just cute!

We tried being subjects once. Didn't much care for it.

Now we're citizens.

Can you understand the difference?

Citizens, subjects, whatever. All irrelevant...

Have said more than once am willing to debate your freedoms as a citizen vs mine as a subject....and see how really is free...
 
I won't ever forget the moment my Hawken arrived. I'd been waiting for it. The balance on it stunned me. The way I could feel it was amazing.

I just remember this feeling of being one. I don't know how else to explain it. Anyone else can jump in if they can verbalize this emotion. For true. I held it in my arms and I felt complete.

Does that make any sense to anyone else? I felt whole.

Good God! No, I don't remember feeling that way at all. My Hawken started out as a kit. Had to sand the barrel, stock, and brass. The only thing that was finished was the trigger and lock.

When I fired it, and sighted it in, the accuracy and feel was that of a good tool. Like the many other good tools I own.

Never could understand the love affair with a peice of steel and wood.
 

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