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Shooting Advice

GLOCK21GB

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'The average response time of a 911 call is over 3 minutes....the response time of a .44 magnum is 1400 feet per second.'



Shooting advice Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch, is a drill instructor (Thunder Ranch is a firearms training facility in Arizona ). Here are a few of his observation on tactics, firearms, self defense and life as we know it in the civilized world.



"The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win."



"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.."



"Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets. You may get killed with your own gun, but he'll have to beat you to death with it, cause it's going to be empty."



Never let someone or thing that threatens you get inside armslength, and never say I got a gun. If you feel you need to use deadly force, for heaven’s sake let the first sound they hear be the safety clicking off; and they shouldn't have time to hear anything after that if you are doing your job.



"If you're not shootin', you should be loadin'. If you're not loadin', you should be movin', if you're not movin', someone's gonna cut your head off and put it on a stick."



"When you reload in low light encounters, don't put your flashlight in your back pocket.. If you light yourself up, you'll look like an angel or the tooth fairy... and you're gonna be one of 'em pretty soon."



"Do something It may be wrong, but do something."



"Shoot what's available, as long as it's available, until something else becomes available."



"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If you have a gun, what in the hell do you have to be paranoid for."



"Don't shoot fast, unless you also shoot good.."



"You can say 'stop' or 'alto' or use any other word you think will work, but I've found that a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much the universal language."



"You have the rest of your life to solve your problems.. How long you live depends on how well you do it."



"You cannot save the planet but you may be able to save yourself and your family."



More Excellent Gun Wisdom........



The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense.. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.



1. Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.



2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.



3. I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy.



4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.



5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'



6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.



7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. 'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?' 'No ma'am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.'



8. Beware of the man who only has one gun, because he probably knows how to use it very well.



'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. *******

' G. K. Chesterton



A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.



"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not...." - Thomas Jefferson



If you believe in the 2nd Amendment, please forward..
 

Peacekeeper

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Fond du Lac Wisconsin
Lots of good advice here. One line many of us use regularly ... When seconds count the police are only minutes away. Now think about a state trooper or county sheriff out in the middle of nowhere at 3AM ... When seconds count backup may be 20 minutes or more away. Of coarse they have training to count on. Twenty minutes is a long time in a crisis situation.
 
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