Posted on 06/03/2002 7:41:14 AM PDT by white trash redneck
" All armed U. S. Military members fly free -- Show us your loaded weapon at the ticket counter."
Fine by me. I'll be happy with just a little singleshot:
"An Armed Society is a Polite Society". Contrast N.Y.C. to Miami, FL. We all know how drivers act in N.Y. In Miami, folks are a bit calmer because most drivers are armed. Those of us that carry are not goofy gun slingers with derringers and .22 pocket pistols. The overwhelming majority of us own state of the art weapons and are trained to a much higher degree than law enforcement. In fact, I was speaking to a local cop and they were limited to 100 rounds per month for practice and the department was complaining about that. I order ammo in 1000 round cases every month or so. A fellow CCW friend and I were laughing at the Air Marshal qualification shooting test, pretty simple by our shooting standards. Furthermore, I've been through no less than 3 FBI background checks in maintaining my CCW permit, few airport employees have been through such screening. In addition, I, by birthright as an American, am deputized to defend my life & liberty and the only difference between me and a LEO, is that I am not paid so I do not have a DUTY to uphold the law.
All of the shot stages below are performed at seven yards.
Individual Stage:: Start Position:: Time Allowed:: Total Rounds
1 Round (2X):: From concealed holster:: 1.65 sec (3.30 total):: 2
Double Tap (2X):: Low Ready:: 1.35 sec (2.70 total:: 4
Rhythm::; shoot 6 rounds at 1 target;
no more than 0.6 second
between any shot.
Low Ready:: 3.00 sec:: 6
1 Shot, speed
reload, 1 shot (2X):: Low Ready:: 3.25 sec (6.50 total):: 4
One Round each
at two targets three
yards apart (2X):: Low Ready:: 1.65 sec (3.30 total):: 4
180° pivot. One
round at each of
3 targets (2X).
Turn left, then
right.:: From concealed holster:: 3.50 sec (7.00 total):: 6
1 Round; to
slide lock; drop
to one knee;
reload; fire
1 round. (2X):: Low Ready:: 4.00 sec (8.00 total):: 4
Qualification details:
1. Time: Cannot exceed total time for each drill. Example: Drill #1 - 1st time 1.70 seconds, 2nd time 1.55 seconds; Total = 3.25 seconds =Go.
Must achieve a "GO" on each drill stage.
2. Accuracy: Target is FBI "QIT" (bottle). Total rounds fired is 30.
Point value inside bottle = 5. Point value touching line or outside bottle= 2. Maximum possible score = 150. Minimum qualifying score = 135.
3. All stages are shot "cold"-- with no warm-up or practice. Come to the range, walk to the targets and begin the stages.
All stages must equal "GO" to qualify. If you don't qualify, you don't fly!
I've thought from the beginning that putting a billy club in the pocket with the plane diagram, magazine, overpriced catalog, and barf bag would do ten times more for security than anything that's actually been done.
Oh, yeah, a device that generates a massive electrical discharge is just the thing to have on an airplane....
What good are they, then? You just can can't get reliable perps these days; just don't make 'em like they used to. What's the world coming to?
AB
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