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The LA Police Department Skilled Shooting Exhibition Of 1936 (video)
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| September 19, 2014
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Posted on 09/25/2014 9:22:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
THIS is vintage early colour footage of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Pistol Team at Biscailuz Range during a skilled shooting exhibition over 75 years ago in 1936.
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
TOPICS: Government; History; Hobbies; Sports
KEYWORDS: banglist; lawenforcement; police; shootingsports
I think you'll like it.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
LA/Orange County/Santa Monica would have been a great place to live then. So less crowded, great beaches, etc.
Now its a cess pool... sign of the times.
To: Battle Hymn of the Republic
Chino was great in the 60s and 70s.
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posted on
09/25/2014 9:32:16 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: Battle Hymn of the Republic
I would dispute the assertion that Orange County is a cesspool.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
09/25/2014 10:07:16 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: SoCal Pubbie
I have some relatives that live in Brea. From what I understand it’s still nice. Traffic is just bad.
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posted on
09/25/2014 10:07:38 PM PDT
by
BBell
(I'm cynical and sarcastic and therefore I love Ann Coulter)
To: BBell
Some parts are rough and even dangerous, just like everywhere else. And yes, it’s crowded. But most of the area is very nice. My family’s been here since about 1935 so we’ve experienced the changes.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
09/25/2014 10:42:05 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
And by the way - These guys are insane.
And stupid.
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posted on
09/25/2014 10:45:35 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi
It was a different time.
I’m also guessing that wax or rubber bullets were used.
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posted on
09/25/2014 10:53:06 PM PDT
by
M1911A1
To: Battle Hymn of the Republic
LA/Orange County/Santa Monica would have been a great place to live then. So less crowded, great beaches, etc. It was still a great place to live, even 40 years after this film was shot. Ask anyone who grew up there in the 50s and 60s (like I did).
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posted on
09/25/2014 10:59:36 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: M1911A1
Whatever they were they made nice holes in the wall.
Walls are usually tougher than body parts. Especially facial parts.
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posted on
09/25/2014 10:59:43 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Chino was great in the 60s and 70s. I can only imagine. I was in my teenage years in metro L.A. at the time.
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posted on
09/25/2014 11:00:49 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
My familys been here since about 1935 so weve experienced the changes. Both of my grandfathers relocated their families out to California during WWII. There are now four generations of my family in the state, so I know of what you speak.
It's why I moved to Texas.
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posted on
09/25/2014 11:03:16 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: M1911A1
Today’s city lawyers’ blood pressure would immediately spike to 300/250 and they would fall over dead if any modern cops tried that trick shooting!;)
To: Blue Jays
Those were some very dangerous trick shots.
Bullet material doesn't much matter...it would do a number!
Hopefully that kind of recklessness is behind us. :-)
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posted on
09/25/2014 11:59:02 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: M1911A1
It was a different time.
It was a time long before spray and pray became the norm.
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:09:41 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I had a great uncle who worked with Bill Jordon in the Border Patrol. He helped Jordon with a demonstration shoot several times. Bill shot aspirin off of his palm with wax bullets.
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:29:20 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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