Refresher course on "Gun wisdom" and ROE if necessary.

[Guest Letereat!]

Got this today from a fellow gunner.

Shooting advice

Never let someone or thing that threatens you get inside arms length and

never say "I got a gun". If you feel you need to use deadly force for

heavens sake let the "first sound they hear is the safety clicking off"

and they shouldn't have time to hear anything after that if you are doing

your job. <O:p></O:p>

'The average response time of a 911 call is over 3 minutes....the response time of a .44 magnum is 1400 feet per second.'

Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch, is a drill instructor (Thunder Ranch is a firearms training facility in Arizona ). Here are a few of his

observation on tactics, firearms, self defense and life as we know it in

the civilized world.

"The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win and cheat if

necessary."

"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.."

"Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. You may get killed

with your own gun, but he'll have to beat you to death with it, cause it's

going to be empty."

"If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not loadin', you

should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna cut your head off and put it on a stick."

"When you reload in low light encounters, don't put your flashlight in your

back pocket.. If you light yourself up, you'll look like an angel or the

tooth fairy... and you're gonna be one of 'em pretty soon."

"Do something. It may be wrong, but do something."

"Shoot what's available, as long as it's available, until something else

becomes available."

"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If

you have a gun, what in the hell do you have to be paranoid for."

"Don't shoot fast, unless you also shoot good.."

"You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work, but

I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language."

"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems.. How long you live

depends on how well you do it."

"You cannot save the planet but you may be able to save yourself and your

family."

"Thunder Ranch will be here as long as you'll have us or until someone makes us go away, and either way, it will be exciting."

More Excellent Gun Wisdom.......

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.

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.

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 you 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 of the woman who only has one gun, because she probably knows how to use it very well.

'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but

because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose

both.

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..."

- Thomas Jefferson

If you believe in the 2nd Amendment, please forward.<O:p></O:p>

[vontar]

Loads of truth there.

[Guest Letereat!]

Loads of truth there.

Agreed, in my favorite form to, terse and to the point....l

[waynesan]

Great collection of wise words.

[safeandsecure]

Good stuff there, letereat ...

I can't take credit for these, but always liked them as well ... ... and they fit with the above.

My favorite rule of gunfighting has always been Rule #1, "Have a gun."

For the big-bore guys I like Corollary #1, "A .22 in your pocket is worth three .45s back at the house." Corollary #2 is "Better tried by 12 than carried by six."

[Chief07]

Words to "live" by

[Guest Octo]

Brother, this is excellent.

[hipower]

If there's not a sig line in that somewhere, you're not paying attention.

[LagerHead]

If there's not a sig line in that somewhere, you're not paying attention.

I notice yours is still empty.

[vontar]

If there's not a sig line in that somewhere, you're not paying attention.

I recommend you use

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..."

- Thomas Jefferson