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Last night, a feller asked me:
Why would you need more than seven rounds in a magazine?
(Well, it was actually “bullets in a clip,” but we’ll overlook that
ignorant faux pas.)
My answer was shorter, but this would’a been the
long version:
Wellp, that depends …
• Do I have additional magazines at hand? Will
I have time to reload?
(It takes me 2sec to reload from a pouch, 5sec standing from a loose
pocket.)
• What weapon and ammo am I using?
(Lower-power cartridges require more hits to stop an attack.)
• How good of a shot am I under pressure?
(The range ain’t “pressure.” Do I have any real-world experience?)
• What is the ambient visibility?
(Can’t hit effectively, if I can’t see clearly: darkness, smoke, light
in eyes, etc.)
• What is my physioloical situation?
(Glasses off, contacts out? Sweat? Sleeping pill? Flu? Had a few
drinks? Wounded?)
• What is my psychological situation? (But
wait, there's more Doug...)
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I've been answering lately from variations on this theme:
ReplyDeleteWhy do you need a Ram V8 in your truck? Wouldn't a six be better for the environment?
There are endless versions of this, and it's a fun game to play!
PvtCdr(SS) MichigammeDave
Alternative answers:
ReplyDeleteCan you provide one verifiable example of any time or place in history where nation wide "gun control" has improved public safety?
Because I can provide roughly 100 million examples for why it's a horrible idea to leave all the effective firearms solely in the hands of the government.
What part of '...shall not be infringed' do you not understand?
Armageddon Rex
I was accosted by a Bubba in the local Walmart who commented on me buying 400 rounds of 7.62X39 (Would have bought more but it was all they had). Same crap "Who needs 30 rounds?" I tried to explain the difference between a preference and a right. Like talking to a fence post.
ReplyDeleteEsteve - I prefer a fence post. It doesn't even ask stupid questions and then give stupid arguments. Fence posts are pretty nice that way. And if you have lots of good fence posts, they keep jerks like Bubba out.
ReplyDeleteLt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
I have developed a standard answer to questions like these:
ReplyDelete“But, DJ, why do you need high magazine assault rifles with hundred bullet full-auto clips? And nuclear grenade lugs? And shoulder things that go up? The Founders, evil slave mongers that they were, never imagined such child murdering horrors! So why, DJ? Why?”
“So I can clean the shit out of the brain-pan of any liberal fascist who comes to take them.”
Thanks for the link, Rodge.
ReplyDelete(What? Yeah, now my readership will balloon into the dozens!)
Jesus didn't have - or need - a gun.
ReplyDeleteJesus had armed guards.
ReplyDeleteDoug I'm pretty sure that you have way plenty of satisfied customes at Sondrak's (maybe the best group blog ever for surgical emasculation of the deserving).
ReplyDeleteDoug, I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
ReplyDeleteStu, if I could walk on water, I wouldn't need a gun either.
Casca
You might as well ask:
ReplyDeleteWhy does any guy need more than six inches?
It really is coming down to that, iddn't it? A "National Discussion" wherein Other People decide what You Need.
ReplyDeletein self-defense, in medicine, in food, in automotive transportation [or none at all] . . .
e~C
" Jesus didn't have - or need - a gun. "
ReplyDeleteAnd look at what the government did to Him.
- Yankee Bruce
Stu Savory is drunk again and trolling. He (Old Phat Stu) would not know Jesus from a kick in the gonads.
ReplyDelete"Need?" There is no need! Only have or have not. - 1911Man channeling Yoda.
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