Septics shooting each other again.
Dec 4th 2015, 3:40 pm
#61
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
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.
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.
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.
Dec 4th 2015, 3:58 pm
#62
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
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.
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.
Dec 4th 2015, 4:03 pm
#63
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
People that can shoot side arms like Riggs did in Lethal Weapon simply don't exist.
Dec 4th 2015, 4:26 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
Of course you don't want to be downwind of any of that whether it's accurate or not. I used to shoot 100 rds of 9mm every week at the range and while I'm sure there are naturals out there that can just hit everything they look at it took me all of that practice plus 50 -100 rds of .22 to keep proficient. I've been shooting since I was a kid but in the time I had handguns I found they require more practice
Dec 4th 2015, 4:50 pm
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Dec 4th 2015, 5:42 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
Dec 4th 2015, 5:47 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
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.
Dec 4th 2015, 5:51 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
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.
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.
Dec 4th 2015, 6:07 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
.... 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.
Dec 4th 2015, 6:12 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
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.
I presume the beer cans weren't returning fire.
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.
Dec 4th 2015, 7:50 pm
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Dec 4th 2015, 8:41 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
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.
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.
Dec 4th 2015, 10:41 pm
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
Looks like the main influence in the two who committed this was Female and pledged to Isis on that day. Looks like she was trained then linked up with a US citizen who she convinced to join in. Just good they did not get chance to use the bombs they had made.
Hmm isn't Canada favouring female refugees?
Hmm isn't Canada favouring female refugees?
Dec 4th 2015, 10:57 pm
#75
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Re: Septics shooting each other again.
Times have certainly changed. It's not like pre 9/11 where you could get away with having liberal views about things and assuming swarthy looking people aren't all terrorists. No, we need to be taking home defense seriously. What this means is that we all need to be buying guns and keeping them under our pillows at night or we can kiss our freedom goodbye.