Guns................

[Texasdoc]

This was sent to me from a Freind at the FBI it has a lot of truth to it.


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Guns
The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense.
The sword is more important than the shield,and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental. As John Steinbeck once said:
1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
3. I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.
4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.
5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him "Why do carry a .45?". The Ranger responded, "Because they don't make a .46."
6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.
7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. "Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?" "No Ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle."
8. Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!! To this I will add my comments. I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house, - to which I said I did. She said "well I certainly hope it isn't loaded!" To which I said, "Of course it is loaded, can't work without bullets.." She then asked, "Are you that afraid of some one evil coming into your house?" My reply was, "No not at all. I am not afraid of the house catching afire either, but I have many fire extinguishers around, and they are all loaded too." My addition: An unloaded gun, . . . is just a club!

USMC Rules for Gunfighting:
1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Your life is expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber,stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating,reloading, and running.
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
(9.5 Use a gun that works EVERY TIME.)
10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a ".4".

Navy Rules to Gunfighting:
1. Go to Sea.
2. Send in the Marines.
3. Drink Coffee.

[OverEasy]

Coffee is good!
OE

[Liko81]

12. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a ".4".

My 9mm works just as well as a .40, .44 or .45 for the purpose. Anyone who disagrees is entitled to enter my house at 3:00 AM and receive a free demonstration

[longtooth]

[tboesche]

Navy Rules to Gunfighting:
1. Go to Sea.
2. Send in the Marines.
3. Drink Coffee.[/quote]

Ahem...Scuse me. We generally send in the F/A-18s, but only after the Seals have done all the hard work. Them Hornets are expensive you know. can't have some yahoo with an AK-47 punchin holes in one.

[Skiprr]

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12. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a ".4".

My 9mm works just as well as a .40, .44 or .45 for the purpose. Anyone who disagrees is entitled to enter my house at 3:00 AM and receive a free demonstration.

Well, ya know, that's an old quotation that Clint Smith still repeats. It sounds to me like a Cooperism from the '70s. It was probably first coined before the .41, and certainly before the .40, existed. And it was certainly before the advances in defensive ammo we've seen over the last 20 years.

If you give me a choice between hardball 9mm and hardball .45, I'll take the .45 every time.

I think that's the frame in which the statement was made.

Personally, though, I still prefer the .45...

[KBCraig]

My rules of gunfight:
1. Be somewhere else when it happens.

The end.