MaxHeadSpace
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Seriously, I'm not trolling. Or maybe I am . . .
First words to the class from our CCW instructor:
"The CCW DOES NOT make you some sort of 'Law Enforcement' anything in any sense whatever. Get that notion out of your head, right here, right now."
Realizing that there are in this forum a number of LEO and active military duty types, and that there's an "in group" jargon which is intrinsic to those cultural contingents, I see/read a lot of para-military, Walter Mitty -- esque, "tactical operations" narrative in here. It's over the top.
It's a "firearm." Yeah, yeah, the military taught us not to call it a "gun" and to instead refer to it as a "weapon." That distinction resulted in a lot of push-ups, and laps around the drill-field.
A "weapon" is what you have when YOUR "primary mission" (e.g. you're on the payroll or active duty) is strategic defense of the nation or the protection, service, and preservation of law and order in the community.
The CCW doesn't put you on any of those payrolls or duty rosters.
The "tactical tool belt" . . . what do you carry? C'mon here. I don't need a shelter-half, poncho, mess kit, entrenching tool, and Alice pack to get into the Subaru and run down to the corner grocery for a short-case and chips. We're NOT living in a war zone, and running to the store is NOT a tactical manoeuvre.
I don't sleep with my "weapon" under my pillow. I didn't sleep with my weapon under my pillow when I was on active duty and in a war zone. I did park my weapon outside the showers while I was in the same war zone. It was within arm's reach while sitting on the commode.
But we're not in a war zone now. This is civilization, and you're probably not going to run over an IED while on your way to the grocery in your Subaru to get chips and a brewski.
It's 1:00 PM. It's not 1300 HRS.
It's December 18, 2008, not 18 Dec. '08.
Bug Out Bags are for bugs. Tinfoil hats are for wannabees with bug out bags.
I don't carry a "back-up weapon." Hell, I don't think I've carried a primary CCW in the past six months, despite having permits in two states. Six decades and I've never been mugged, hijacked, robbed, burgled . . . I've never found myself in a situation where I was wanting for "enough gun."
Eight rounds IS enough. If it's not, you're someplace you have no business being. I'm fine with five rounds.
I don't "secure the perimter" or "shut down" before I head off to bed. And it's a "bed" -- not a "rack."
OK, yes . . . When I'm out "in the field" . . . camping, kayaking, hiking or whatever, I carry a defensive firearm. I generally have a long-gun for backup in the car. (And it's a "car" . . . not a "vehicle" or "POV.") If I have a knife, it's designed to cut and carve, not stab and slash.
Bottom line here, LEO and active duty excepted: You're NOT in the military. You're not "on the force." And this ain't no war zone. Stand down for gawd's sake!
First words to the class from our CCW instructor:
"The CCW DOES NOT make you some sort of 'Law Enforcement' anything in any sense whatever. Get that notion out of your head, right here, right now."
Realizing that there are in this forum a number of LEO and active military duty types, and that there's an "in group" jargon which is intrinsic to those cultural contingents, I see/read a lot of para-military, Walter Mitty -- esque, "tactical operations" narrative in here. It's over the top.
It's a "firearm." Yeah, yeah, the military taught us not to call it a "gun" and to instead refer to it as a "weapon." That distinction resulted in a lot of push-ups, and laps around the drill-field.
A "weapon" is what you have when YOUR "primary mission" (e.g. you're on the payroll or active duty) is strategic defense of the nation or the protection, service, and preservation of law and order in the community.
The CCW doesn't put you on any of those payrolls or duty rosters.
The "tactical tool belt" . . . what do you carry? C'mon here. I don't need a shelter-half, poncho, mess kit, entrenching tool, and Alice pack to get into the Subaru and run down to the corner grocery for a short-case and chips. We're NOT living in a war zone, and running to the store is NOT a tactical manoeuvre.
I don't sleep with my "weapon" under my pillow. I didn't sleep with my weapon under my pillow when I was on active duty and in a war zone. I did park my weapon outside the showers while I was in the same war zone. It was within arm's reach while sitting on the commode.
But we're not in a war zone now. This is civilization, and you're probably not going to run over an IED while on your way to the grocery in your Subaru to get chips and a brewski.
It's 1:00 PM. It's not 1300 HRS.
It's December 18, 2008, not 18 Dec. '08.
Bug Out Bags are for bugs. Tinfoil hats are for wannabees with bug out bags.
I don't carry a "back-up weapon." Hell, I don't think I've carried a primary CCW in the past six months, despite having permits in two states. Six decades and I've never been mugged, hijacked, robbed, burgled . . . I've never found myself in a situation where I was wanting for "enough gun."
Eight rounds IS enough. If it's not, you're someplace you have no business being. I'm fine with five rounds.
I don't "secure the perimter" or "shut down" before I head off to bed. And it's a "bed" -- not a "rack."
OK, yes . . . When I'm out "in the field" . . . camping, kayaking, hiking or whatever, I carry a defensive firearm. I generally have a long-gun for backup in the car. (And it's a "car" . . . not a "vehicle" or "POV.") If I have a knife, it's designed to cut and carve, not stab and slash.
Bottom line here, LEO and active duty excepted: You're NOT in the military. You're not "on the force." And this ain't no war zone. Stand down for gawd's sake!
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