Stay at the end that ain't spitting lead.
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
Posted on 04/04/2012 8:46:47 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN
I was visiting a friend who owns two guns and I held his Baretta. I thought I'd be nervous but I wasn't.
What is the proper stance when firing a gun? I know how to hold one correctly.
Now try a CZ52.
The keywords are supposed to seperate:how do I fix that?
Sign up for a ccw class and defensive training class then hit the range every weekend for practice.
Did you gesticulate wildly while talking forcing everyone to duck one or more times until the gun owner took it away from you? LOL!
Now learn the operation and theory of it and go shooting.
Stay at the end that ain't spitting lead.
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
Don’t point it at anything that you are not ok with shooting. Ever.
Don’t put your finger on the trigger until you have your target in your sights and you also know what’s near or behind what you are about to be shooting at.
Congrats. Be safe. Train regularly.
lol
This should be interesting...
Good for you. Now go get some basic knowledge, then find a gun store with a range that rents guns. Feel them, fondle them, then rent a few and fire them. From this point forth you'll be hooked, soon you will be a gun owner and before you know it, you'll be a well versed semi-expert on firearms.
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I couldn’t help myself.
My Favorite Shooting Technique Will Teach You How to Shoot Your Handgun More Accurately
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2682424/posts
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What kind of Beretta? A 92FS?
LOL. I’ll make sure I’m not the one being aimed at!
I have them recite the rules back to me at least three times during the session.
1. Treat all firearms as if they were loaded.
2. Never point the gun at anything you aren't willing to destroy.
3. Don't put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire.
4. Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.
You need to know these rules and follow them always.
I didn’t fire it. It wasn’t loaded. I just held it to see what it would be like.
I was at his house,not at a range.
LOL
The best safety is the one between your ears.
Remember, You can “never take it back”
I’m not sure what type it was.
Mark
What? Do you think I’m gonna shoot someone,LOL?
Trust me. I’ll be extremely careful.
My friend’s idiot friend was baked on some of that synthetic pot and was messing around with his loaded gun. he shot a hole through the TV and the wall.
I wasn’t there,thank the L-rd.
I know that guns aren’t toys and that you can’t wave ‘em around.
Don't ever hold it sideways like the hoodlums you see in the movies. That may be their way of displaying how casual they are with a firearm (and, by extension, how little they value life), but it is appallingly stupid way to control where you shoot.
Accuracy is far more important than looks. There's nothing wrong with holding your wrist with your free hand to steady your aim. An inaccurate shot could not only mean missing the perp, but hitting someone innocent.
Don't ever hold it sideways like the hoodlums you see in the movies. That may be their way of displaying how casual they are with a firearm (and, by extension, how little they value life), but it is appallingly stupid way to control where you shoot.
Accuracy is far more important than looks. There's nothing wrong with holding your wrist with your free hand to steady your aim. An inaccurate shot could not only mean missing the perp, but hitting someone innocent.
For you I think you should use the Han Solo stance. Stand in a semi-crouch with your pistol thrust forward in one hand and your opposite hand stuck high up in the air and behind you.
Such a belief should never affect how you treat the gun. There are many sad stories which contain the statement, "I didn't know the gun was loaded".
Were you told to assume it was loaded until you cleared it yourself? That’s rule #0. See a few comments up for rules #1 to 4.
Stance? Personal preference matters. I use a modified Weaver. (Just Google it for details.)
Go take a hunter education class, take a ccw class, take a defensive training class, join the NRA, read articles, read more articles, read even more articles, visit gunshops, visit gunshows, ask lots of questions.
Oh,I know that!
Yep.
There’s a gun club for patriotic conservative Jews who want to defend themselves. I can’t recall what its name is, but you might think about googling it and joining them. Freepers are not victims.
Shooting is a LOT of fun, highly addictive. It puts you in a sort of pleasurable alert trance of concentration and focus. When you leave the range, you have the good feeling of knowing that you can protect yourself. Go for it.
Yes.
I checked it out and it wasn’t loaded. He was showing me so I saw it for myself.
I wouldn’t just take someone’s word for it.
hoping this is the mentality of ALL libs...bwahaha!
Whilst duck hunting I like to use the isosceles stance with my Bofors 40 mm, because it has a little recoil.
But it blows the mallards right out of the trees!
That’s a Baretta 92FS
It’s a fine pistol to learn on as an adult.
Awesome weapon. I’ve had mine for almost 20 years, and she still shoots straight as an arrow.
That was what came to my mind as well.
I was told to assume it was loaded until I checked or cleared it myself. I would never operate under the assumption that it wasn’t loaded.
Knowing Algore, they probably removed the bolt in addition to taking out the magazine.
I know they are pretty expensive.
LOL. I don’t have that type of “gun” to hold.
Candidate for the Darwin Award no doubt. What a risk.
He ran out of G.I. chocolate bars and came back.
I hope it shoots a little straighter than that.
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