2010-06-05, 12:06 | Link #7681 |
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Hah. I also wonder if they had cleaned up that last quote on "I shot myself in the groin" too. Carrying a loaded weapon that was being held on him using a pair of sweatpants *and* with a round chambered? Geez.
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2010-06-05, 15:06 | Link #7682 | |
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Unless the guy kept his finger on the trigger or didn't perform proper gun maintenance, there isn't anyway he could have put a round out of the gun due to its internal mechanism. The gun he carried was a .45 version of the Glock 17, and if I am not wrong, the mechanism is already implemented in that series of pistols. And yes, pistols are like princesses, notoriously high maintenance.
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2010-06-05, 17:50 | Link #7683 | ||
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I'm trying to figure out how he managed to set it off and what the hell kind of carry method he was using... surely a Darwin moment. edit: He was using a Glock 30 which has the safety built into the trigger. They're great guns because there's no way for them to go off AS LONG AS YOU DON"T HAVE YOUR FINGER ON THE TRIGGER, IDIOT!!! Quote:
Its like reading about idiots having a gun go off "while cleaning it". There's literally no way for a gun to go off while cleaning it ... because to clean it, you unload it. If you haven't unloaded it, then you've just tagged yourself as "too stupid to breathe". We'll hope like hell they don't let him around power tools or chainsaws either...
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Either way, it beats me how he manage to get an accidental discharge from the other gun below his main gun. Probably something stupid like imitating medium alert protocols in security enforcement. * - What is worse, some old security enforcement hostlers (probably from the 70s and 80s) had a stun-baton RIGHT BESIDE the hostler....an electrical short circuit might put a 9mm into your knee. Scary.
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2010-06-05, 21:49 | Link #7686 | |
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Some people are just too stupid to carry a loaded firearm responsibly. |
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2010-06-05, 23:12 | Link #7688 | |
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Stupid people have found ways to off themselves and other people for millions of years. However, I'm all for requiring *training* on proper use and handling. This may sound astounding to young people but in the US, it was *normal* for high schools to have rifle and pistol shooting teams in the 1970s. People routinely parked at school with firearms to go hunting or to the range after class. Many kids learned firearms skills in various youth organizations. There was no mystery, no morbid fascination, no irrational fear ... and far fewer accidents and shootings than today.
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2010-06-05, 23:15 | Link #7689 | |
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I really want to say "The only ones who should shoot are those that are prepared to be shot" but....
That is irony. Because the fool ends up shooting himself. On accident. He can still testify in court right? Quote:
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2010-06-05, 23:21 | Link #7690 | |
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I thought the 1911 is a rather old model which doesn't have as many safeties as modern pistols.
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2010-06-05, 23:22 | Link #7691 | |
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But stupid people shouldn't carry! It makes the rest of us look bad!
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2010-06-05, 23:32 | Link #7692 | |||
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I love my Springfield 1911A1 loaded. It's more accurate than I am, though I'm always working at that. |
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And now for some interesting news over at sankaku (NSFW) that regular news agencies don't report : Greenpeace Attacker Harpooned by Fishermen Quote:
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2010-06-06, 00:16 | Link #7695 | |
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Note, the "(almost) everyone" crack is more a comment on how many stupid people there are than a universal ban on firearms. |
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2010-06-06, 01:12 | Link #7696 | ||
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2010-06-06, 01:35 | Link #7697 | |
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I couldn't find the article online, so I took the effort of scanning these in.
The original event ran like this : Kallang attacks: Five nabbed by police, hunt on for two others Quote:
What some of the locals did really pissed me off is that they complained about our police's "ineffectiveness" when this is a RANDOM attack, no matter how premediated it may be, so there is a lack of intelligence (yeah, on the citizens' side too, however a different type of intelligence). Also, the police took less than 2 days to hunt these robbers down, which isn't easy since they might have already escaped back across the straits, so give them some goddamned f***king credit. Kudos to the SPF (Singapore Police Force) for the excellent work not only at nabbing these robbers, but also taking extra effort at breathing extra heavily down their necks too (they mobilised a LARGE PART of the Special Operations Command - the internal security unit which is only activated in case of terrorism, riots, and anything major threatening internal security). Now the biggest problem will be political : since these nuts are Malaysians, charging them with death penalty (which is rightly deserved) might cause a hoo-ha across the straits.
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2010-06-06, 02:07 | Link #7698 | |
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Oh and how bulky a weapon is, is testament more to it's design. The 1911 by nature has a very slim profile, and the ammunition is in a single stack magazine, unlike many 9mm's which often are double stacked(and thicker because of it). I don't have very big hands either, so big bulky guns aren't comfortable or practical for me. |
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2010-06-06, 05:03 | Link #7699 | |
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Thank Joojoobees for understanding what I writed. Incompetents/dangerous firearm owners ( as incompetent car owners) can be a danger for themself but most importantly for others around them. If they would only remove themself from the gene pool ( as Xellos- said) or worse, not much peoples would complain; the problem is tha thoses peoplees tend to be a hazard for the bystanders around them.
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2010-06-06, 06:35 | Link #7700 | |
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Shooting is the closest thing we have to a national sport, and shooting ranges with their multiples association dot the countryside. Now it is seen only as a minor sport, especially among urban youngsters. But during my father's young days, it wasn't uncommon for a 14 years old to ride back home from practice, with a standard military issue rifle on his back. I myself practiced in one of those association, albeit not to the point where I had my rifle entrusted to me to take it back home (but I have the one I received during boot camp), and after this, all I can say is that all those peoples who shoot themselves while carrying or cleaning a gun are damn stupid. For the most basic reflex we were taught was to always check whether there's a bullet engaged or not (and when there is one, always check were we point the barrel).
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