Saw something today that bothered me!

[casselthief]

maybe they were porous

[stevie_d_64]

I see uniformed security wearing $20 holsters more often than the good kind. But when you consider how little they're paid, it's not surprising.

Not so much that, its what they are expected to do...And if they don't have their "game" on while on the clock, it would bother me to see someone in that amount of dissarray and lack of professionalism...

At Jared's of all places...You'd think they'd have a little more going on there that this...

Tells me its more "show" than "go"...And the show is very low-rent...

[stevie_d_64]

'' wept and screamed in terror ''as opposed to make use of cover, call 911 and be prepared to produce your weapon if threatened.

You beat me to it...

Hours later, the mall was bustling with customers again.

Like nothing ever happened...Oblivious...The term "sheeple" just seems to come out for some reason...

Occasionally, a curious bystander stopped and lingered in front of Shawn Mart to stare through the lowered metal security grate where a patch of blood was visible on the gray carpet.

Vulture mentality/society...

I guess what is ironic, is this is the first I heard about this shooting...

I feel so vindicated that my life does not revolve (or get bogged down) by the garbage presented by the alphabet soup networks, both local and national...

I feel better hearing about it here, and seeing better analysis and commentary from y'all than the goobers they interview on TV about these incidents...

[O6nop]

I have one of those Uncle Mike's, I used it when I first started taking classes and entering IDPA matches. I didn't know any better, but it didn't feel as sloppy as described. I used it to hold my Kimber 1911 Pro Carry. Since then, I've been using a Kydex slider.

[KD5NRH]

p.s. this is not a dis on Uncle Mikes holsters or security guards

Why not? I am one, (security guard, not holster) and I rag on some of the chimps-barely-in-uniform that the companies hire more than anybody. It's pretty much the favorite pastime among the rest of us to poke fun at those who went in to security because they were physically or mentally unsuitable for positions like door greeter at WalMart, and at the HR department that hired them. I'm no Charles Atlas by any stretch or sprain of the imagination, I don't spend an hour getting every item of my uniform looking textbook perfect before my shift, and I don't take a microscope to every inch of my foot patrol route, but I've been the fittest, sharpest dressed, and most attentive guard on the roster at more than one site.

OTOH, it does make things easier for us in some ways; people expect us not to care, or even to pay attention, so it doesn't take an award-winning performance to look like we're just filling the chair and going through the motions. It's somewhat amusing how many people assume they can get away with something right in front of one of us.

[Lucky45]

"As officers poured over the abandoned SUV"

I have this mental image of uniformed LEOs in a liquid state sliding onto and then off the car's body. But I suspect the writer ment "pored".

And this in a major newspaper. sigh

I think the newspaper is right. They meant poured. (i.e. spreading out in all area just like water goes in every nook and cranny.) Check your dictionary or english class.


Also ElGato wrote:

'' wept and screamed in terror ''as opposed to make use of cover, call 911 and be prepared to produce your weapon if threatened.

I know first hand that this mall is posted with 30.06 sign, so they only had the first 2 options legally.

[KD5NRH]

"As officers poured over the abandoned SUV"

I think the newspaper is right. They meant poured. (i.e. spreading out in all area just like water goes in every nook and cranny.) Check your dictionary or english class.

Have your English teacher flogged:

pored:
1. to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
2. to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore over a painting.
3. to meditate or ponder intently (usually fol. by over, on, or upon): He pored over the strange events of the preceding evening.

poured:
v. tr.
To make (a liquid or granular solid) stream or flow, as from a container.
To send forth, produce, express, or utter copiously, as if in a stream or flood: poured money into the project; poured out my inner thoughts.
v. intr.
To stream or flow continuously or profusely.
To rain hard or heavily.
To pass or proceed in large numbers or quantity: Students poured into the auditorium.
To serve a beverage, such as tea or coffee, to a gathering: We need someone to pour.

Unless the cops were just stomping over the SUV in droves, (lousy way to preserve evidence) they meant pored.

Don't even think about getting me started on the "there/their/they're," "to/too/two," or the "every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe" abuses of the language. I see those in the papers all the time too.

[Tote 9]

I could excuse the holster but not the retention strap. This, as you said
is dangerous and unexcusable. I think I would walk up to him and say
something like,--" I see you don't have your gun secured. what if I walked
up behind you and took it away from you"?--- I wonder what he would say?


He probably wouldn't say much.

[Lucky45]

KD5NRH wrote:
Have your English teacher flogged:

I knew it would come to this. But on the contrary KD, I think we should flog the American teacher.

Unlike most in here, I learned the Queen's English while you might have learned American. Most don't accept that they are two different languages. But they are many words that are spelled and used differently.

And the next person that say UMBLE without the H, I'm going to kick square between the 2 back pocket. Then I'm leaving Tejas for good.

[KBCraig]

Professor 'iggins, I presume?

[kauboy]

I have to tote a defense for the Uncle Mike's holster.
Until recently, I only had one holster. It is an all Kydex IWB from Blade-Tech. It is great for concealment, but a real pain in the butt. And since I wear it at 4:30 - 5:00, it actually is.
So, I started looking for a high riding OWB that I could wear under an untucked shirt. And guess what I found. An Uncle Mikes OWB for $21.99. It has an optional adjustable retention strap and rides well high enough that it vanishes under a shirt. I can not tell you how much more comfortable it is. The nylon conforms, as opposed to the Kydex and I absolutely love it.

I concede that there are some offerings that are sad excuses for holsters, but the one that I have found is absolutely wonderful.

Here's are pics of it:



This thing is a wonderful fit for a Beretta PX4!!! (although I can't in good conscience recommend wearing a braided belt with it )

[casselthief]

But they are many words that are spelled and used differently.

yes, yes they are.

Here's are pics of it:

you know that's a pic of you! admit it! you love the pink braided leather!!!

I ain't even gonn' git inna English duh-bate he-are.
I speaks tha colloquial Eng-glish.
srsly.

[KD5NRH]

KD5NRH wrote:
Have your English teacher flogged:

Unlike most in here, I learned the Queen's English while you might have learned American. Most don't accept that they are two different languages. But they are many words that are spelled and used differently.

Well, if they'd educate the Queen better, maybe she'd know what word to use, too.

I thought I had a British dictionary around here, but I just looked and all mine include "toothpaste" ao they must not be.