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Shoulda known you guys were all over it

I think we can all agree that the difference between my thread and yours is that mine is 20/20 retrospect and yours is not as nearly defined. For what its worth, now that I know you have had to make many calls in the face of medical emergencies I would believe that all those variables would be taken into account (by you) and your decision would be made accordingly. The fact is the hypothetical has infinite variables, but what you see in the moment does not. You can only explain that afterwards to be justified. before hand it is fantasy. And that is the key; before it happens it is fantasy, while it happens is urgency, after the fact is history.

here is a slight change of topic. I had heard but not read about Russian frieghters being chartered to guys that wanted to be pirate hunters. Basically a hunting expedition. A bunch of guys hiding as they limped through the area waiting to be attacked so as to pop the ultimate surprise. Has anyone heard of this? A few people I work with mentiuoned it but I haven't come across the news story.

Thats the way I see it too. FID is in the safe. I don't do reflex purchases for anything other than music. I can always come back with the FID if needed. God forbid get mugged. Theat thumbprint isn't going to help the guy at Dick's determine if he shoud sell the thief some ammo or a shotty.

holy crap that is a fucked up story

The interesting thing about the somali pirate situation is how many in the shipping industry almost unanimously agree that they do not want weapons on board. You never hear what the sailors think. The idea of, or rather the more widespread use of safe room in the ships, I believe is new. If this is the case I beieve there will be more SF ops onto hijacked ships.

Lol! Why yes I guess it does! That was before I got all finger grease on the lens. Now all the pictures I take look like cheasy softcore porn, even without the nudity.

It's for the same reason that the first 3 planes on 9/11 met no internal resistance. We've been conditioned to not intercede and to wait for authority. In Iraq, you're aware that no authority going to drive up lights and sirens blaring and if something needs done now, you have to do it. What the crowd was doing was reinforcing that conditioning. Sometimes you just have to make a decision and do what needs done even if it means breaking the "rules". Recently we had the NYFD conduct a fire drill in the building. Among other things he explained a term called "milling,' which I took to mean that sometimes people look for too many clues before they believe they are in danger. He said it was no more apparent then on 9/11 inside the WTC. But back to the other thread's point, cleaning a rifle and and wondering if I could take a shot a someone shooting at the police officer. 3 months ago that would seems an unlikely scenario. With some recent news from California you know that there are some that just want to shoot the PD. My training and experience from Iraq would instantly mark the shooter as "PID," Positive Identification. That was as weapons free as you can get in the 'box. Sure it might be argued in court in regards to NJ not being a war zone, but if I would feel just as comfortable saving a life in that way, despite the possibility of prison. I thank all for the raise, but as I said it is a great story to use as a measure of "what would you do?" I would also like to add I feel more confident in my ability to make a difference in this world with some sort of emergency medical training than I do with my ability with a firearm.

Hey now that's high praise!

I had never heard that before, but just by hearing the phrase I can concur, that's what happens. I have had so many occasions to see screwed up stuff where I swear I always feel like if I don't do something, no one will. Usually I am correct.

and MINIMAL training at that.

The original thread got me thinking about many things. One of which is this story that I have used to train my own soldiers. It is a true story and was written the day after it happened. This has nothing to do with firearms, but with aing the right decision. I think it is a good starting point to discuss snap decision making, despite the fact that it is about me and I think I wrote it quite well ------ I was walking from the subway station in Queens to a class I am taking and as I was crossing the street I see in front of me an old guy lying in the street, face down, with his foot

In deference to your point, I have to agree. It does make a lot of sense when you have no children, but I would like to add that there are many more instances within the military of negligent discharges. The M9 pistol being the worst offender. Most discussions I have had with police and military (mostly cops that I was deployed with) is that cops are not required to rack and clear their weapons as often as the military does. In other words, load it and don't f*ck with it and you are good to go.

Enter the case of Elanor Bumpers, killed with a shotgun because police had no less than lethal devices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Bumpurs

This is one of the most lasting things I got from the Zone diet: Each meal should have enough protein to keep you sated for 5 hours. You create meals and through tweaking the amounts and monitoring when you feel hungry again you can tell if you have the right amount. If a meal leaves you hungry after 3 hours you note it and make an adjustment. Plus, if you end up with hunger after three hours you need to have the proper food on hand to bring you the next 2 hours, not just whatever food is nearby. Now again, I am fully on the eat right and exercise bandwagon and I agree with those that say diet is a bad word. BUT, I still heartily reccomend checking out the Zone Diet book from a library just to get the lowdown on how a diet works and why everything you think you know about food is wrong, especially if you follow the govt. guidlines. Once you get the jist of why a low carb diet works ( and they do, they just take out too many nutrients to be called healthy) you can adjust what you eat at a glance, without all the calorie counting.

I agree. Even with my limited exposure to real combat I can tell you that if you had to load an unloaded magazine and then pistol or rifle the ordeal would be over before you could do anything preventive. In which case I carry the equivalent to an Army medic pack. The kind ordinary soldiers carry, not the medics. Actually there is a fairly interesting story there, which I wrote into a story, if anyone is interested.

To save a life? Take the shot. "why did you go to prison?" "I shot a man trying to shoot a cop" Notice I didn't say "I shot a man running away after shooting a cop". I would draw the line there. I have long ago come to terms with the fact that saving my life or someone else' s through the use of my firearms might put me in jail. My conscience would be clear and my life would probably be worse off due to lawyers, but that is why I take the time to know what is right and what is legal.

Low 40's

Started with the zone diet and moved to South Beach because the recipes were tastier. The best thing about the Zone diet was the concept behind the low carb diet rather than the specific regimen, which has been under fire for lack of vitamins and other essentials. Now I eat "zone like." Diet AND exercise is key. Recent studies have found that exercise without changing your diet habits has little effect. I did many many things to get back in shape and eventually get to within 1 point of the Army Physical Fitness Badge. 1. Cook my own food with an eye on reduced portion size. 2. Read the Zone Diet for basic good concepts. Seriously, it will change the way you think of food for the better, however most people say that it is impossible to stick to it as a strict regimen. 3. CARDIO CARDIO CARDIO!! The best thing about starting with cardio is that after a while it gives you more energy to work out. 4. weight training. Weight training is thought to continue burning calories after you stop lifting. There is some doubt, but it is still mostly thought to be true. 5. GET A TRAINER. You might think you are exercising enough, only an impartial eye will keep you from cheating yourself. lastly, the most important thing to rememnber is that losing weight is a change in lifesyle that should last your entire life. All the quick fixes are easily undone. One thing that I told my overweight soldiers is that if you lost 2 pounds a month for a year that would be 24 pounds. Imagine if you lost a pound a week. Think in terms of a year and your weight loss will be healthy and ultimately more maintainable throughout your life.

It about time. There must be tens of thousands doing the same thing and have been since even the first WTC attack. I had a friend of mine that came from Lebanon that absolutely hated the way things were going in the Middle east to the point where he took a contracting job with the FBI as a translator. Unfortunatley his first name was Jihad. Poor guy would get rocks thrown through his windows every now and then, among other things and his home phone was rendered useless due to death threats and the like. Jihad doesn't mean death to infidels, it losely means change for the better. I hope he is okay.

It could happen too. However, imagine the amount of succes that guy would have had if he had used a simple highway flare.

I agree. I believe I can tell the difference as well. Black powder probably smells the closest. Interesting that the veteran/vendor claims he could tell it was fireworks too. As far as fall out... even though this guy had the Kel-Tek with the folding stock, I worry more what the fireworks biz in PA will look like come July. Last time I bought Class C they took a copy of my driver's license and made me sign a waiver. Talk about easy to track. The Kel-Tek seems more like an after thought.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/nyreg ... html?fta=y I have to say this part gets me thinking; "He told and retold his story to tourists, reporters and customers: how he heard the

The rather brutal response to the Protests over the last election surprised a LOT of people. Simple fact is that the IRGC IS a lot more influential, but there is still a HUGE amount of the population that wants Achmedouchebag, and the Mullah's out. I wont go so fat as to say "Pro-America" although there are more than you would think, but eventually, there are going to be too many for the IRGC to supress...and then it's gonna get ugly. You'll see Republican gaurds hanging from streetlights, and heads on Pikes. This is SO on point. As I have posted in the past in regards to some lawyer claiming all muslims want to kill us, we really need to get our asses in gear and start to realize that there are a great many Muslims that want what we want. Many of them are dying right now in their own struggle against fanaticism.

Agreed. I don't really care what topics are brought up, I would just prefer to know why a particular news story piqued the collective "your" interest. IF there is nothing it just seems like, as you said, SPAM.