Posted on 05/29/2012 7:34:13 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Being a retired cop made all the difference for Kio Ebrahimzadeh when he and his date were threatened with a knife earlier this month. The majority of California residents would have been helpless in the face of the imminent assault. Mr. Ebrahimzadeh is one of the privileged few in the Golden State permitted to carry a concealed gun.
The night started out pleasantly enough. Mr. Ebrahimzadeh picked a relatively secluded spot on the patio of the 3rd Stop, a Los Angeles restaurant. Dinner had just arrived when he and his companion were approached by a stranger, Kevin Scott Park, who loudly demanded they give him their food. Mr. Ebrahimzadeh refused and politely told him to go away and leave them alone. Instead, Park stepped off to the side, grabbed a bag and began rummaging through it, which signaled danger to the former officer. “My firearm was concealed in a bag on the table,” he told The Washington Times. “I was unzipping the bag when the man pulled out a huge knife and said, ‘Give me your food now!’ ” Instead, he was given the business end of a Glock 40 as Mr. Ebrahimzadeh drew his weapon and said, “Retired police officer. Drop the knife. Step back.”
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That’s exactly what I have and with the Pearce +2 grip extension. 12+1 rounds baby!
I also have 9mm and SIG .357 conversion barrels.
It’s 3 guns in one!
I suspect so. Several years ago, the Alameda police tried to arrest me and became quite frustrated due the statewide nature of my ccw. They were sure mad when they had to let me go.
Idiot who shot himself in the foot?
Seen it! LOL!
For me there is self defense, but none for thee. Seems the same type of incidents happened last year in Chicago and NYC. Seems like a pattern there.
True that. In medieval/renaissance times, they called the staff the "prince of weapons". First you'd learn ringen, then longsword, and sword and buckler... And then they'd teach the staff. Used properly a staff is a formidable weapon. My walking stick, curiously enough, is a six-foot length of 1.25" hickory. :-) I have a couple of eight foot hickory staffs, but they're a little unhandy for walking purposes. I'm thinking about making one of them into a boat hook.
When I was a kid growing up in DeFuniak Springs, Fl. the local library had a huge collection of armor and weapons from Scotland.
It had been collected by the U.S. ambassador to Scotland (there was actually such a position at one time)
I was always fascinated by the huge swords which I know know were Claymores. They looked so large and unwieldy, I could not imagine using one, but then again we all know just how effective the Scots were with them beating English Armies time and again.
SF policing is entirely political, and the command structure is politically beholden to the Marxists in charge.
The beat cops will lose their jobs over any action or report that differs from the dictate of the city leftist politicians, so they report what the mayor wants reported, the way he wants it reported.
The only people without political protection are the normal, law abiding people. They are the ones that the cops don't have to worry about offending.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Those huge claymores weren’t likely as unwieldy as you might think. While a typical longsword was only about 2.5 to 3 lbs, a two-handed claymore was still probably under 5 lbs. the extra long grip made for wide spacing of the hands and so lots of good leverage. It was a surprisingly nimble blade, considering its size.
One of the great myths about swords in general is that they were heavy and cumbersome. They just weren’t. People had to fight with them, and they did so for many centuries. They had the weight and balance, and body mechanics kinda figured out. My largest longsword, an Albion Baron, is based on actual museum pieces and is absolutely typical of swords of that type and period. Not only is it not heavy, but it is
amazingly nimble and fast. It is big, but still only about three pounds and beautifully balanced just a couple inches out from the cross. I don’t pretend to be any good, but I can operate it far more surgically than I can work a framing hammer. :-)
The beat cops will lose their jobs over any action or report that differs from the dictate of the city leftist politicians, so they report what the mayor wants reported, the way he wants it reported.
Doesn't that make them guilty as well, since they serve as enforcers for the Marxists in charge?
Like these boys are playing around learning???...walk away... hahahaha
>>I remember reading in “All Quiet on the Western Front” that the German soldiers in fierce hand to hand combat preferred their sharpened spades to bayonets.
MG Ray L. Smith, USMC, apparently got the nickname E-tool for some work he did against VC/NVA in Vietnam. I see from his Wiki page that his company is E-tool Enterprises. Heh!
He and Bing West wrote a great war correspondent book about the taking of Baghdad in 2003 called The March Up. Highly recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/The-March-Up-Baghdad-Division/dp/055380376X
Well, let us consider the case of Edwin Ramos, who murdered three producing taxpayers in SF because they had the temerity to be stuck in traffic ahead of Mr. Ramos.
Ramos was an illegal alien, serious gang banger twice convicted of violent felonies in juvenile court.
Marxist sanctuary city SF (by order of all SF sitting politicians) kept Ramos' convictions secret from ICE, supplied him with an apartment and a stipend (which he used to buy his gun), and ordered the cops to not turn him in to ICE on penalty of being fired. The cops complied, not one of 'em uttered a peep.
You decide.
Actually, the Spartans (and other hoplites) used a 7 to 9 foot spear. While not nearly as long as the later Macedonian sarissa, this is certainly not short.
Their short range secondary weapon was a short sword, the xiphos, somewhat similar to the Roman gladius.
To: smokingfrog
Beyond 50 yards I would prefer a rifle, from 5 to 50 it would be a shotgun. From 1 to 5 yards a pistol or revolver.
From zero to a yard, maybe a pistol again but I probably would be more afraid of a guy holding a short battle axe.....
Get yourself a Taraus “Judge”...410 shotgun at close range will certainly put a serious hurt on a perp.
Thanks for the info. You can learn a lot on FR. I was basing my guess on seeing a Greek, (which I should have realized was not necessarily a Spartan) soldier painted on a shield. Not sure where the image came from but I can picture it in my mind perfectly.
I did know the Spartans used their spears for stabbing which seemed to be in keeping with a shorter spear but I guess 7-9 feet is not really that short.
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