Ryder
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I generally run very light but that varies depending on what situations I may expect to face. My backup preference is toward more lethal weapons, not less.
The fact that I choose a slim and minimalist EDC load does not make me morally superior to anyone else. It just makes me, well, me.
Me too. The major difference is that my definition of minimal is different than others'.I'm all about the minimalist approach myself.
Maybe it's because I know people from work and from my Army unit who a lot of people on THR would call a Mall Ninja or a "gear queer" from the amount of Blackhawk and Magpul stuff they have. On in particular always has the latest addition to his M4 or vest from all the top companies. The thing is, he's one of the best team leaders I've ever met, and is on his departments swat team. He's got the skills to back it up, which I have personally witness multiple times, and not just in training. But I don't doubt many people here would dismiss him as a fraud.
Maybe that's the difference. I'm around people all the time who buy and use a lot of "tacticool" gear and I have chances to see people who know what they're doing use that kind of stuff in real life. I imagine that cannot be said about many posters on THR. Some, but not all. For a lot of people, that stuff probably really is just a bunch of doodads in a Bravo Company catalog. If you have no reason to use that stuff, and don't know anyone who does, I guess that would be a reason to think it's all useless. But keep in mind there are people out there who shoot at stuff other than paper targets, and for whom something like night vision optic or a tactical vest might really be what saves their life.
This "sheepdog" thing is silly, I don't want a poorly trained Star Trek fan with a silly barrel in his Glock "protecting" me. No thanks go play ninja around someone else.
With all due respect to Cooper, the two notions are not mutually exclusive."Your CC firearm isn't supposed to feel comfortable...it's supposed to feel 'comforting.'"
- Jeff Cooper