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ed wrote:
nova wrote:
skidmark wrote:
If the
4-Rules Nazis do not like your horizontal holster they can let you take the flank position at the rear of the formation.
stay safe.
skidmark
that was unnecessary.
agreed.
Nova, Ed, and everyone else:
Mea culpa. I should have referred to the anally-retentive folks who consider any possible situation which might violate one of the4 Rules of Firearm Safety to be worthy of a hysterical hissy-fit, but never seem to realize that their own muzzles are pointing at the ground which might cause a ricochet.
My initial comment was pre-emptive and in no way should it have been read as being directed to or referring to a prior poster. Had I intended it to do so I would have, as you have all seen me do previously, made that direct reference myself.
While I agree that the 4 Rules are there to assure safety as much as possible, I also believe that becoming anally paranoid and throwing hissy fits about them is a waste of intelligence. I remember day
swhen over 100 people carried loaded weapons, with the safety not engaged, and the muzzle regularlysweeping another person or several personswithout a round going off accidentally/negligently. I remember day
s when over 100 people had their fingers on triggers of loaded weapons, pointing at a point where we were not only not sure of our target, but of what was beyond it, without a round going off accidentally/ negligently. Since we no longer regularly participate in platoon sweeps we do not encounter that sort of thing any more.
When youencounter an individual in an OC situation where they have no reason to put their hand on the firearm, but you have a hissy fit over a horizontal shoulder holster because of the orientation of the muzzle, then I truely think you have gone overboard and need to be reeled in.
stay safe.
skidmark
