Patron Saint Of Handgunners
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Patron Saint Of Handgunners
Maybe some of y'all have heard of this, but it is news to me. Did you know that we have a "patron saint"?
http://www.gunsaint.com/
http://www.gunsaint.com/
God and the soldier we adore,
In times of danger, not before.
The danger gone, the trouble righted,
God's forgotten, the soldier slighted.
In times of danger, not before.
The danger gone, the trouble righted,
God's forgotten, the soldier slighted.
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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
The patron saint of real gunners is St Barbara.RossA wrote:Maybe some of y'all have heard of this, but it is news to me. Did you know that we have a "patron saint"?
http://www.gunsaint.com/
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=166

O. Lee James, III Captain, US Army (Retired 2012), Honorable Order of St. Barbara
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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
I always thought the holy trinity of gunners in general was Stoner, Kalashnikov and Glock. Some might say Browning should be in there, but that was in the old testament. 

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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
oljames3 wrote:The patron saint of real gunners is St Barbara.RossA wrote:Maybe some of y'all have heard of this, but it is news to me. Did you know that we have a "patron saint"?
http://www.gunsaint.com/
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=166
REAL gunners? The real gunners are in the Infantry!
God and the soldier we adore,
In times of danger, not before.
The danger gone, the trouble righted,
God's forgotten, the soldier slighted.
In times of danger, not before.
The danger gone, the trouble righted,
God's forgotten, the soldier slighted.
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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
Blasphemer! You deserve a good stoning! How dare you denigrate John Moses Browning (PBUH)!LSUTiger wrote:I always thought the holy trinity of gunners in general was Stoner, Kalashnikov and Glock. Some might say Browning should be in there, but that was in the old testament.
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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
LSUTiger wrote:I always thought the holy trinity of gunners in general was Stoner, Kalashnikov and Glock. Some might say Browning should be in there, but that was in the old testament.
No such thing as the "old Testament" There is the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. I have HUGE admiration for the Catholic Saint system, and we often contribute to Catholic Charities.
Now let's get serious, clearly we cannot ignore Yisrael Galili (Balashnikov) (1923–March 9, 1995), best known for inventing the Galil assault rifle. He also helped create the Uzi submachine gun. He was known in the military by the nickname 'Father of the Rifle'.

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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
That may be, but JMB was the father of many rifles and shotguns and pistols and machine guns!Bitter Clinger wrote:LSUTiger wrote:I always thought the holy trinity of gunners in general was Stoner, Kalashnikov and Glock. Some might say Browning should be in there, but that was in the old testament.
No such thing as the "old Testament" There is the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. I have HUGE admiration for the Catholic Saint system, and we often contribute to Catholic Charities.
Now let's get serious, clearly we cannot ignore Yisrael Galili (Balashnikov) (1923–March 9, 1995), best known for inventing the Galil assault rifle. He also helped create the Uzi submachine gun. He was known in the military by the nickname 'Father of the Rifle'.

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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
I was kind of under the impression that the patron saint of handgunners was Colonel Jeff Cooper, or maybe Elmer Keith.
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Re: Patron Saint Of Handgunners
I'm a member of the Congregation Of The Enlightened Pistolero. Does that count for anything?



Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. - John Adams