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Emily Gets Her Gun
MILLER: Taking the D.C. gun safety class
The Washington Times ^
| 14 November, 2011
| Emily Miller
Posted on 11/15/2011 8:07:09 AM PST by marktwain
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A worthwhile investigative series.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:07:11 AM PST
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Hey, why not. Guys might be comfortable with home offices having basement shooting galleries, but women like things like this Worth-A-Shot. More power to the pistol packing mamas. Takes all kinds to make a world.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:12:27 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(bloodwashed not whitewashed)
To: marktwain
(Pic on website)
Get your finger out of the trigger area Donna.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:16:42 AM PST
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: Azeem
Looks like she's got her index finger extended straight alongside the trigger guard, just like she's supposed to.
If you don't do that, your grip shifts when you move your finger back to the trigger area, and you're not in position to fire the firearm or even hold it securely.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:25:59 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: marktwain
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:27:01 AM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it. (plagiarized))
To: HiTech RedNeck
As an instructor, and a researcher/educator, the whole issue of how women “feel” is so serious that I keep a recording of all time they spend in my presence.
At all times, one must remember that the present laws were written by true FemiNazi personalities, passed by Liberal democratic politicians, and that said laws effectively removed the historic requirement for proof.
“Her feelings” can now become a major legal cost or even prison time.
Mr. SD deals with this possibility, and even affords the opportunity for profitable counter-suits based upon what was really said and what really happened. Just remember to have the required signage about recordings clearly posted.
As I use video to allow playback of the student’s shooting, this is no problem for me.
PS Given that we are living in “Queer Nation”, such electronic precautions preclude any sex harassment claims from ‘gays’ as well.
PPS ‘Tis a pity America has such laws, but caution and precautions are the necessities of today’s educators.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:28:23 AM PST
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
To: marktwain
She had me practice not holding all the pressure in my dominant right hand, but to balance evenly. Let me see your right hand, she said. I held out my palm, and she laughed at the telltale red waffle marks. Also, she showed me to hold the gun by pulling backward with my right hand, while pushing forward with my left. I'm confused as the grip.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:32:53 AM PST
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
To: marktwain
Geez...I thought Massachusetts was bad. Getting equipped in DC is the pits by comparison.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:33:00 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Attacking Wall Street because you're jobless is like burning down Whole Foods because you're hungry.)
To: AnAmericanMother
You are looking at her right hand.
Look at the left hand index finger.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:33:41 AM PST
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: UriÂ’el-2012
Maybe there are some things guys do instinctually that women do better spelled out.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:35:41 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(bloodwashed not whitewashed)
To: UriÂ’el-2012
“She had me practice not holding all the pressure in my dominant right hand, but to balance evenly.”
That is the Isosceles.
“hold the gun by pulling backward with my right hand, while pushing forward with my left.”
That is the Weaver.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:36:49 AM PST
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Maybe there are some things guys do instinctually that women do better spelled out. If she is right-handed,
she should be pulling with her left hand
and pushing with her right hand for stability.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:39:13 AM PST
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
To: Azeem
Not a real clear view - seems to be curled and on the outside of the trigger guard, though. And of course on the wrong end to exert any pressure on the trigger anyhow.
Better there than past the naughty end, as it would be if her hand were further from the trigger guard.
I would tend to have my left hand cupped under the base of the right hand, myself, as providing faster transition to a Weaver stance. But I don't have any huge alarm bells going off here.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:40:14 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: HiTech RedNeck
hold the gun by pulling backward with my right hand, while pushing forward with my left.
She reports it backwards if she is right-hand dominant (which she says earlier).
In the Weaver, you push forward with the dominant hand and pull back with the supporting hand.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:40:19 AM PST
by
Azeem
(There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
To: Azeem
That is the Weaver. or a Chapman (modified Weaver).
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:43:52 AM PST
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
To: Azeem
That sounds backwards to me too. Dominant hand (or the hand that goes with the dominant eye, if you’re unlucky) locked forward, non-dominant hand pulling back. (Co-workers looking at me funny.)
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:46:34 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother; Azeem
You're missing an important point;
It is a non-firing model.
Bad habit yes...but no immediate danger of a AD from that piece.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:49:56 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Attacking Wall Street because you're jobless is like burning down Whole Foods because you're hungry.)
To: AnAmericanMother; Azeem
That sounds backwards to me too. Dominant hand (or the hand that goes with the dominant eye, if youre unlucky) locked forward, non-dominant hand pulling back. (Co-workers looking at me funny.) It is reported incorrectly. With the strong hand holding the gun
pushing forward,
the weak hand is pulling back for stability.
This is true in either a Weaver
or Chapman(modified Weaver) stance.
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:52:36 AM PST
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
To: marktwain
All this analysis of stance and dominant hand and how should she hold it taking into account this and that and blah blah blah.
Just grab the gun, sorter wiggle it around til its comfy and shoot!
Thats how I do it. Of course, I'm a terrible shot...
...But I take pride in the fact that I'm a terrible shot who shoots the same way Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett did. Instinct :)
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posted on
11/15/2011 8:52:54 AM PST
by
NakedRampage
(Puttin' the "stud" in Bible study)
To: NakedRampage; marktwain
All this analysis of stance and dominant hand and how should she hold it taking into account this and that and blah blah blah. Just grab the gun, sorter wiggle it around til its comfy and shoot! Thats how I do it. Of course, I'm a terrible shot...
This is more of a critique of the instructor,
as the student has come away with incorrect information
and poor learning. This will place the student into jeopardy
in a critical situation. This could be litigated.
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posted on
11/15/2011 9:03:54 AM PST
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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