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They get more free ammo than I do.Just understand that most LEOs get maybe 50 or 100 rds/yr to "practice" just before qualification, thats it! Due to budget issues and the brass thinking it's not real important as long as the "scorecard" gets filled in for CYA.
Therefore most LEOs don't practice sufficient to build/keep their shooting skills up.
"We discourage self help!" - AG Marsha Croakley
I dislike Coakley as much as the next gun owner, but 'self help' is a legal term with a specific meaning. I was pissed when she said that until I talked to a lawyer friend. Self help in the legal sense means taking the law in your own hands rather than getting the courts involved. There are cases where this is accepted, like repossessing cars for non payment of loans they secure, and cases where it isn't, like vigilantism.
I dislike Coakley as much as the next gun owner, but 'self help' is a legal term with a specific meaning. I was pissed when she said that until I talked to a lawyer friend. Self help in the legal sense means taking the law in your own hands rather than getting the courts involved. There are cases where this is accepted, like repossessing cars for non payment of loans they secure, and cases where it isn't, like vigilantism.
They get more free ammo than I do.
What's the next excuse?
Laziness! Most (that don't take it seriously) will NOT practice unless:
- they are paid overtime,
- given free ammo,
- given free range time,
- and someone else will clean their gun.
"Ladies don't carry guns." (Ladies also do not cross their legs, chew with their mouths open, drink beer, shout, climb trees, and punch boys. Ladies are very boring.)
Ladies do in fact punch boys. Don't ask how I know.
Which boy did you punch?
"Guns attract violence" I almost laughed when I heard that. The woman who said it to me had a very serious look on her face. As if defending myself from some lunatic would be an act of violence rather than an act of self defense.
Yeah, like sun block attracts melanoma.
There is a small grain of truth to that one, but it would be "Fools with guns attract violence."
I have heard interviews with a couple of folks who said something like "After I started carrying, I'd walk down streets I used to avoid." Massad Ayoob has written about the fallacy of thinking "I'm carrying, so I don't have to take crap from anybody."
I'd argue that carrying a gun for self-defense bears the responsibility of doing your best to avoid situations where you might have to use it.
If carrying makes you LESS careful than you would be if you were not carrying, then you are setting yourself up for trouble. If you think you can go looking for trouble and then rely on your gun to save you, you're a fool.
But it's not the gun that's the problem -- it's the owner.
Cops are like school teachers? Very distressing. They have almost nothing else in common .... except The Union.
Are you f***ing kidding me?
I guess my wife doing 10hrs per week of work at home, spending 2 weeks (unpaid) setting up her classroom in the summer, and dishing out $700/yr of our hard earned money because the district can't provide enough supplies is JUST like a lazy cop who won't go to the range.
never argue with the husband of a teacher about whether or not they have a real job. it's like competing in the special olympics. even if you win, you're still retarded.
People in the private sector often work late, get called on weekends, etc. - with no additional compensation. It's goes with the territory of having an exempt position.I'm not saying my wife is some hero for getting paid diddly squat, using her own compensation to make up for the inadequacies of the town budget, taking home work
never argue with the husband of a teacher about whether or not they have a real job. it's like competing in the special olympics. even if you win, you're still retarded.
+1 Or in my case never argue with a teacher about their over paid low hour job.
Are you f***ing kidding me?
People in the private sector often work late, get called on weekends, etc. - with no additional compensation. It's goes with the territory of having an exempt position.
I would gladly cough up $700/year for supplies for my job if I got a defined benefit pension; lifetime medical; I was protected from layoff except on a FIFO basis after 3 years on the job; and my employer would have to show specific cause rather than simply declare "your services are no longer required" to terminate me. Yeah, some of the details you cite suck - but there are many benefits to the public sector that are virtually unheard of in private sector employment.
but there are many benefits to the public sector that are virtually unheard of in private sector employment.
Sarcasm meter set on 'low' today?
You get one guess as to what theGringo does for a living. I'll give you a hint - he's not a cop.
I'm not saying my wife is some hero for getting paid diddly squat, using her own compensation to make up for the inadequacies of the town budget, taking home work, dealing with morons that spit out obnoxious kids, and being charged with performing more parenting than her students get at home.
She loves teaching and both of us wish that she didn't. So of course she could go and do something else and any of her "sacrifices" are self inflicted due to the desire to perform well doing something she loves.
I'm saying don't call every teacher lazy because you THINK he/she shows up at 9 and leaves at 2 and that's it.
Just like you can't roll up every cop into the donut stuffing, fat ass, lazy, revenue generator stereotype.
All you need is a one size fits all holster.
All you need is a one size fits all holster.