Idiots with chambered rounds. The real reason they disarmed the military stateside. The military spends a pitiful little amount of time at the range or on gun handling. For most soldiers, basic training is about it. And they spend very little range time there. That’s the sad truth.
>>Idiots with chambered rounds. The real reason they disarmed the military stateside. The military spends a pitiful little amount of time at the range or on gun handling. For most soldiers, basic training is about it. And they spend very little range time there. That’s the sad truth.
Even when I was armed stateside (standing watch on my submarine), we never chambered a round unless a threat was visible. I keep seeing videos of these “guards” and in every one, they keep fingering the fire selector and I kept thinking, “these guys probably have a round chambered and there is going to be an accident”.
Idiot with chambered round, safety off and abominable trigger discipline.
Well, you knew this would be happening. And you can bet it will get ENORMOUS coverage every time.
Somewhere, a liberal is laughing. PLEASE don’t give them reason to do so!
I enlisted in the USN in 1951 and was sent to the Rhode Island boot camp. We trained with 1903 Springfields that had the firing pin removed. It seemed that when the recruits were sent to the range to fire the M1 Garands**, some idiots brought back extra ammo, loaded the Springfields, and "Oops, sorry about that hole in your head, Johnny".
**[Sidebar I] The instructors had a cool lo-tech way of simulating the Garand's recoil. They'd pair us up - one guy would be belly down, facing downrange with an unloaded but cocked M1. The other guy would lie on his back, alongside, facing the "shooter".
When the trigger was pulled, at the sound of the "click", the guy on his back would slam the palm of his hand vertically against the retracting handle and recock the weapon. Dunno how they kept it from locking open, since there were no clips.
[Sidebar II]. When they showed us a movie about shooting the M1, we all laughed when, after the eighth shot, the clip flew out. We all thought the gun blew up.