Originally Posted by Rete (Post 11807883)

Ironic but I married a Canadian, who now has US Citizenship, who entered the US on a K-1 with his long guns. Registered them with the authorities and now has purchased a gun and sleeps with it under his pillow at night. Before marrying him, I had never seen a gun up close and now have to live with long guns and a gun in my home. So it ain't just native born Americans with a fetish for guns that live in the US.

PS he nags me to learn to shoot but I refuse to have anything to do with a gun, pistol, rifle, long gun and will only hold and shoot a water pistol.

Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 11807930)

On the assumption that it is a side arm that he sleeps with, you should ask him to demonstrate to you at a local shooting range how good a shot he is with it. Unless that he goes there regularly I doubt very much that he would be able to hit something 6 inches square from a distance of more than 8 feet.

Just look at all of the videos of cops shooting people. Rarely do they fire a single round. Normally they shoot lots with minimal success.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11807941)

Agreed. A former colleague of mine who was a member of an Army (British) marksman/sniper unit, told me that in a high-stress/ combat situation that it was unlikely that a pistol could be used to shoot someone at 30ft.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11807941)

Agreed. A former colleague of mine who was a member of an Army (British) marksman/sniper unit, told me that in a high-stress/ combat situation that it was unlikely that a pistol could be used to shoot someone at 30ft.

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 11807580)

Ordinary muslims:-

"Please don't be muslims.. Please don't be muslims..."

"Goddamn it!!"

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 11807952)

Of course you don't want to be downwind of any of that whether it's accurate or not. ......

Originally Posted by JonboyE (Post 11807963)

Chez paw339:-

"Please let it be muslims.. Please let it be muslims..."

"YESSSSSSS!!"

Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 11807930)

Just look at all of the videos of cops shooting people. Rarely do they fire a single round. Normally they shoot lots with minimal success.

Originally Posted by MarkG (Post 11807998)

American cops are notoriously bad shots. Particularly when shooting under stress in a real hazardous environment, rather than on a range.

I remember visiting a friend in Florida in the mid 90s when I hadn't shot a pistol in the best part of ten years, and I could still hit beer cans at thirty feet with his .38 revolver. Not every time, but at least once before I had to reload it.

Originally Posted by MarkG (Post 11807998)

American cops are notoriously bad shots. Particularly when shooting under stress in a real hazardous environment, rather than on a range. ....

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11808011)

See #62 above.

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 11807952)

... 100 rounds...............

Originally Posted by MarkG (Post 11808015)

Irrelevant to the comment I was replying to.

Irrelevant to the comment I was replying to.

I haven't shot a pistol since the 90s, and I'm very sure that I could still hit a six inch target from eight feet on a shooting range, which is what they comment claimed people couldn't do.