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A good time to be armed
Star Telegram (Dallas) ^
| 6 May 2002
| Allan Saxe
Posted on 05/07/2002 9:53:16 AM PDT by 45Auto
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To: .45MAN
I always try to be prepared for the unforseen.
Kimber Pro CDP bump.
To: dax zenos
The model of 1911 in .45 ACP is my all-time favorite firearm. I consider it the "Harley-Davidson" of pistols; it was invented around the same time as the Harley, and its just as lean and mean today as it was when John Browning built the prototype. That said, I own several Glocks and find them to be utterly reliable. If I could get a CCW in Cal (no one can unless you're a state or federal senator) I would choose the Glock Model 30 in the same caliber. For all other work, the 1911 is just dandy.
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posted on
05/07/2002 10:44:09 AM PDT
by
45Auto
To: 45Auto
I agree that fire arms ownership carries a responsibility that should call for harsh prison time if not met. Most people with guns are law abiding, responsible, and non-violent.
When Charles Whitman began his killing spree from that tower in Texas, it was armed citizens that kept him penned down until he could be delt with. At that time citizens were better armed than the local police and gave the police much needed aid in bringing the massacre to an end.
If one person had been armed in Luby's when that nut drove his pickup truck through the wall and began shooting, that tragedy would have ended very quickly with a minimum loss of life.
If pilots had been armed the Towers would still stand in NYC, the Pentagon would be damage free in DC and thousands of people would be going about their daily routines instead of laying in their graves, their families denied their presence and comfort.
If the government wants gun control, make crimes committed involving guns a term deserving life in prison. As for me I will not obey any law that infringes on the rights afforded me by the constitution. I am not the one that has stepped away from the law of the land, those that oppose the law, gun grabbers, and the politicans that support them have.
To: 45Auto
35 ¶ And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, Mt. 10.9, 10 · Mk. 6.8, 9 · Lk. 9.3 ; 10.4 lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
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posted on
05/07/2002 10:55:04 AM PDT
by
99tango
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To: alley cat
"Allan Saxe is a UT-Arlington associate professor.
See? Not all academics are liberal pinheads."Oh, fear not! Mr. Saxe is still a liberal pinhead - he just happens to be right on this issue.
Shoot, even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then!
And if he thinks "...a gunfight on a high-altitude plane is frightening..." how would he describe being on one as it flies into an office building?
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posted on
05/07/2002 11:07:52 AM PDT
by
Redbob
To: 45Auto
Bump.
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posted on
05/07/2002 11:08:26 AM PDT
by
scripter
To: 45Auto
Just last night when I was in bed, I heard a noise that I was sure to be my imagination. But it didn't stop me from reaching for my gun that I keep in my bedstand drawer, just in case.
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posted on
05/07/2002 11:14:31 AM PDT
by
shekkian
To: Redbob
a gunfight on a high-altitude plane is frighteningHe didn't bring up the "explosive decompression" myth, but I'll bet that what he was thinking.
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posted on
05/07/2002 11:16:59 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
To: dax zenos
The one major advantage that the 1911 has over the Glock is that the former is fully "tunable". There is an un-ending supply of aftermarket parts for the 1911. A person of ordinary skill with simple tools can completely build his/her own custom 1911; one can go from mild custom carry pieces to wild, all-out race guns built on the 1911 frame. Custom barrels like Bar-Sto can be neatly hand fitted with a minimum of trouble and vastly improve the accuracy. A little smoothing up here and there and feeding reliability can be superb. Trigger tune can be adjusted incrementally to achieve any desired pull. By contrast, although infinitely reliable, even master gunsmiths tend not to want to modify the Glock pistol in any way, beyond the installation of a custom barrel. That's because the trigger system/safety system are intimately intertwined. Changes in spring weight might compromise safety and that's a big no-no. I leave mine stock.
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posted on
05/07/2002 11:18:49 AM PDT
by
45Auto
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To: 45Auto
I dislike hunting intensely and believe all firearms to be symbols of a violent society. I'll pass on the obvious comment about meat originating in styrofoam plastic-wrapped supermarket containers... Here we have a truly classic problem. The author thinks of firearms in terms of symbology - they are not "symbols," but objects. What an object symbolizes is entirely up to the individual's point of view, and many liberals think this a complete description of reality. It isn't. There isn't a more perfect example of hard, cold reality than a .45 pointed your direction. You can close your eyes and pretend it'll go away or think of it in terms of fuzzy bunnies or any other symbology you want to put onto it, and it remains a .45 pointed your direction. I think the author is beginning, but only beginning, to realize this.
To: 45Auto
John Browning is my Hero. The man has more firearm patents than anyone else in history.
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posted on
05/07/2002 11:30:18 AM PDT
by
gilor
To: Billthedrill
A little aside here; I heard a joke the other day that goes,
"If God hadn't intended for man to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat."
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posted on
05/07/2002 11:45:02 AM PDT
by
45Auto
To: 45Auto;bang_list
bang !
Comment #36 Removed by Moderator
To: 45Auto
"The model of 1911 in .45 ACP is my all-time favorite firearm. I consider it the "Harley-Davidson" of pistols;"A big bore AMEN to that!
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posted on
05/07/2002 12:09:29 PM PDT
by
elbucko
To: 45Auto
Big Bump
For things that go "bump" in the night!In my (admittedly limited) experience, most, if not all out-of-the-box 1911A1 pistols need tuning to some degree. Had a local expert "smith" tune my Springfield Armory V-10 Ultra Compact while I watched. Amazing what a skilled man with a file and years of experience can accomplish.
Slightly off topic, but true tale. The CCW class I attended had a lady Sheriffs Deputy instructing. When she ask what weapons I planned to carry, I replied either Kel-Tec P32 or compact 1911A1. She replied "Kel-tec for your light days, 1911A1 for when you need extra protection, right?".LMAO!
To: Khepera
"And we don't have to have no stinkin' training to qualify either."Respectfully, I must disagree. I have had the occasion to use my firearm in defense of myself at my place of business. I did not shoot. I have served on juries in judgement of negligent shooting cases. I have seen the prosecution bring full legal and emotional weight to bear on that case against a 50+ woman. She lost.
I consider training necessary and its requirement not an infringement depending on the authority of the certifier. I think training should be with a persons state pistol assn. and they are the certifying authority. The data would be private and restricted to government access only by warrant.
My training was from my father and an uncle (a sheriff) as well as the NRA and the U.S. Army. The training gave me calm as I looked down the sight of my pistol at another pointing his at me. He turned and ran.
If we refuse to be trained we will eventually loose the right to be armed.
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posted on
05/07/2002 12:27:10 PM PDT
by
elbucko
To: elbucko
The constitution says nothing about training. We will lose our rights if we do not fight for them regardless of training.
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posted on
05/07/2002 12:31:35 PM PDT
by
Khepera
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