John Joseph
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I read a few gun forums and it seems to me that handgun owners often suffer an imbalance not unlike other enthusiasts in other endeavors, but it seems more prevalent with handgunners.
Nearly all trap shooters don't obsess over trap shooting when off the range (and there is no shortage of OCD trap shooters!) Most are really decent fellows.
Handgunners, especially CCW holders sound like a very different kettle of fish no doubt because of the close contact with a loaded weapon for a good deal of the day.
Maybe because forums allow discussion of a topic we can't really discuss anywhere else that this seems so.
When I was carrying a duty revolver it was always on my mind that I had a .357 but it was seldom a concern---it was just there in case I needed it.
The less I thought about it, the better I was at doing the other 999 things(such as situational awareness) my job required. There were times for department qualifications, training, practicing on my own dime, and cleaning & maintenance of course, but outside of that my revolver was simply a tool like a hammer or drill.
When I had my first CCW, it was pretty much the same thing.
But have times changed or am I imagining some phantasm?
Too many posters (not here on The High Road, of course) sound excited about getting the chance to be in a gunfight. This mimics what I've noticed, sadly all too often in the LEO community as regards possibly to the current training protocols (OTOH a doper wielding two knives came at five deputies the other evening in a small neighboring town. The deputies would have been within their rights to shoot but they called a K-9 in to take the perp down, undoubtedly sparing the fellow's life as well as a considerable amount of ammunition.
This showed admirable self restraint.
Of course there are times when too much self restrain is suicidal, but (again) a balance does exist.
For a CCW holder this is an even greater issue (no CCW holder I know of has a police dog or carries a taser and mace on the Sam Browne) but all the "what if" scenarios I read on the internet, and the assumptions too many posters take leads me to wonder if a M113 and combat load out is what people think they need to safely go to the supermarket to pick up eggs and milk.
Displays of irrationality can't be good for the 2A.
Freedom of Speech you say? Yeah I hear you but how about not giving the Antis ammo to portray gun owners as closet sociopaths?
I wish there were more shooting forums that take the high road .
I just want to say thank you to the mods and admins who make this forum a true asset to the shooting sports!
Nearly all trap shooters don't obsess over trap shooting when off the range (and there is no shortage of OCD trap shooters!) Most are really decent fellows.
Handgunners, especially CCW holders sound like a very different kettle of fish no doubt because of the close contact with a loaded weapon for a good deal of the day.
Maybe because forums allow discussion of a topic we can't really discuss anywhere else that this seems so.
When I was carrying a duty revolver it was always on my mind that I had a .357 but it was seldom a concern---it was just there in case I needed it.
The less I thought about it, the better I was at doing the other 999 things(such as situational awareness) my job required. There were times for department qualifications, training, practicing on my own dime, and cleaning & maintenance of course, but outside of that my revolver was simply a tool like a hammer or drill.
When I had my first CCW, it was pretty much the same thing.
But have times changed or am I imagining some phantasm?
Too many posters (not here on The High Road, of course) sound excited about getting the chance to be in a gunfight. This mimics what I've noticed, sadly all too often in the LEO community as regards possibly to the current training protocols (OTOH a doper wielding two knives came at five deputies the other evening in a small neighboring town. The deputies would have been within their rights to shoot but they called a K-9 in to take the perp down, undoubtedly sparing the fellow's life as well as a considerable amount of ammunition.
This showed admirable self restraint.
Of course there are times when too much self restrain is suicidal, but (again) a balance does exist.
For a CCW holder this is an even greater issue (no CCW holder I know of has a police dog or carries a taser and mace on the Sam Browne) but all the "what if" scenarios I read on the internet, and the assumptions too many posters take leads me to wonder if a M113 and combat load out is what people think they need to safely go to the supermarket to pick up eggs and milk.
Displays of irrationality can't be good for the 2A.
Freedom of Speech you say? Yeah I hear you but how about not giving the Antis ammo to portray gun owners as closet sociopaths?
I wish there were more shooting forums that take the high road .
I just want to say thank you to the mods and admins who make this forum a true asset to the shooting sports!