The Holidays are upon us and what better time is there to review your plans for that inevitable gun battle we will each find ourselves in before we exit this mortal plane.
And like everything else in this life, you MUST remember the 5 P's:
Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance!
And to help you with this task is Mr. Jeffery Denning on Guns.com
Editorial: 20 rules for winning gun fights
Digest that headline for a moment and make the jump.
And no.....this is not from the Onion.
Recommendations 1 and 2 sorta go together and because of fair use I can only excerpt a couple of the best recommendations: you will have to go to the link to study these 'bullets' of wisdom before its too late.
1. Be prepared to use deadly force.
This emotional, mental and psychological decision must be made long before the incident arrives. You may have to shoot a man, a woman, pregnant lady or a teenager. Think about it before the time arrives. Be prepared to stop a co-worker, a neighbor, a teammate, friend or even a relative. You may have to physically hurt or kill someone that you know or someone you’ve talked with or like or someone you think you know well.
2. Have plan to kill everyone you meet.
This old military adage still holds true: if you have prepared for every possibility, you’ll be able to act or react quicker. In gun fights, speed saves.
THIS, my freinds, is the sound of 'responsible gun owners' honestly expressing themselves. THis just has to be THE FANTASY of most people who buy guns. Certainly it is the Gospel of the Ammosexual.
Now, there is one good bit of advise in this travesty of an editorial, though I don't think this personality subtype is capable of noting the irony:
4. Have a positive ID on the threat/target, then shoot.
Be absolutely sure of your target before pulling the trigger. If you’re too quick on the trigger, you might shoot the wrong person at the wrong time.
Yeah, shooting the wrong person at the wrong time could mess up your day. Like a gust of wind destroying your hairdo. Please try to keep this to a minimum, will ya?
18. Be aggressive.
Violence of action is your friend, as long as it is controlled. Be tactically smart, but aggressive in movement and attitude. Call it what you will, but in the end, more violence wins.
Yes. Once you are the proud owner of a powerful handgun, one you blew a wad of cash on, you'll want to remain as aggressive as possible to ensure that you will, eventually, get to shoot the thing.
There are really a lot of simply outrageous things in this 'editorial' but the clear gist of it is that "Once you own that gun, you must plan to kill everybody you meet. Or you're unprepared."
These dimwits truly believe this hogwash. These dimwits are dangerous because these dimwits fall into a Venn diagram that includes Bigfoot hunters, racists, cop-lovers, and more racists.
It is IRRESPONSIBLE.
Go read it and post your reactions here.
And don't smoke pot. That's bad.