Posted by Seon
on July 08, 2009
Apparently this is a case where the local police are not paragons of firearms safety.
In a letter to Roanoke City Manager Darlene Burcham, Chambliss wrote that “the continued disregard for safety and resulting burden of liability resting upon the County, do not allow this program to continue.”
He was referring to the voluntary training session, in which officers took turns standing next to a target while another officer, a football field away, took aim and fired. No one was injured.
The instructor, Paul Castle, has defended the practice, saying that the situations a sniper encounters can’t be simulated with a paper target.
Is it really worth the risk of losing a life during a training exercise? To me this is a clear case where the probability of an accident occurring may arguably be low but the resulting cost of losing a life is too high a price to pay. Why risk it?
I am told now and again that the police are experts when it comes to firearms and gun handling. Pfft.
Posted by Seon
on July 07, 2009
Stumbled across this article (thanks Bill!) that attempts to make light-hearted fun of gun enthusiasts in Virginia while also in the process of discrediting anti-crime groups.
Let’s be honest, all these gun laws are pretty much bullshit. I shouldn’t be able to carry around a handgun any more than I should be able to carry around a bottle of cyanide. Guns are for killing, everyone knows that. Protection, my ass.
It takes place at the Blueridge Arsenal, a local gun shop and gun range in Chantilly, VA. Note that the photographer did an amazing job as anyone who has ever been inside the BRA building could tell you.
Although I enjoyed the pictures and some of the funny-making, the original author and his friends should take note that guns really are a serious business. There are safety rules in place and guidance on types of clothing to wear. This is all in the interest of your safety and the safety of others around you when handling firearms.
In the end, I couldn’t help but imagine this article was going to end in a disaster. Gather high heels, a loaded gun, a liberal scattering of empty casings on the floor. Toss in a muzzle flash or two, and a finger on the trigger. Lastly mix it all together with a small misstep while cavorting together for a group picture and voila! A negligent discharge and a wounded person or two.
P.S. I love the zombie targets also.
Posted by Seon
on September 16, 2008
Highlights of this trip in random order:
- My quad 6s over villain’s Aces full at Hard Rock
- AR-15 on full auto (damn that clip went by fast)
- MP-5 on full auto (need more bullets)
- Benelli shotgun on full auto (joking, but I shot and pumped as fast as I could)
- Gambling with the guys at Hard Rock (check out the high limit tables)
- The last RehabRX pool party of the season at Hard Rock (got in free with a trick
- 1/2NLHE with Paris & Benji, Nikki & David at you guessed it… Hard Rock
- Up ~300 after shooting in craps (I rarely shoot)
I know the ladies had alot of fun too, doing their ‘thang’ also. Thanks to everyone who made it out to Vegas for us, it was a fun time.
