TJ,
Do you shoot IDPA at South River Gun Club????
--- TJ Goettner <TNJG999@email.msn.com> wrote:
> I shoot High Power Rifle in competition (M1A), its a
> great sport. My second
> love is pistol competition (Kimber .45 cal 1911) ...
> third being paintball
> and of course somewhere mixed in there is my Dakota
> and racing.... none of
> which will ever be taken from me. I live in GA,
> military, and I do carry
> depending on where I am going. I pity the poor sap
> that decides to
> unwelcomely enter my house late at night... he will
> be dealt with EXTREME
> prejudice.
>
> TJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ABeerCan@aol.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>;
> <dmlofftopic@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:03 PM
> Subject: DML: Gun Control - (very very long)
>
>
> > In a message dated 9/7/01 12:31:51 PM Central
> Daylight Time,
> > bsm11@cornell.edu writes:
> >
> > << I feel bad for the people that truly respect
> guns, and the law;
> However,
> > the gun problem has to be stopped. You know, it's
> pretty sad when
> criminals
> > are armed with bigger, more powerful guns, than
> our officers of the law.
> > >>
> >
> > Brian,
> > This is due to the fact that many police
> departments are restricted by
> > just what you said you want! If a police officer
> were to go out into the
> > field and shoot a perp with his 44 Magnum, the
> police precinct will be
> sued
> > in a civil suit saying that "if the cop had not
> had such a powerful
> handgun,
> > the perp could have been stopped and not killed.
> Therefore the police
> > precinct is at fault, not because the perp decided
> to break the law, but
> > because the officer decided that his life was in
> peril and returned fire
> with
> > a ""way to powerful weapon"" for a police officer
> to need." And don't say
> > this isn't so. I have sat through one court
> hearing about this here in my
> > hometown. A man was in the process of a burglary,
> we will call him John
> Doe.
> > When Officer Larry (name changed) responded to
> the call, he found the
> John
> > Doe to be in the process of coming out the front
> door. As soon as John
> Doe
> > saw the police car, he dropped everything and
> started shooting at the car
> > with a 9 mm automatic handgun. At this point,
> Officer Larry came to a
> > screeching halt, rolled out his driver's side door
> and returned fire.
> John
> > Doe was hit twice in the chest with 230 grain
> loads of 45 ACP. John Doe
> was
> > pronounced dead on the scene by the coroner. The
> family of John Doe then
> > reciprocated by suing both the police precinct and
> Officer Larry. They
> > claimed that "If Officer Larry had not used such a
> powerful handgun, then
> > their family member John Doe might still be
> alive." The family case was
> > thrown out of court thank goodness. The bad part
> though is that all this
> > cost the people money by wasting their tax
> dollars. Not only on Lawyers,
> but
> > in wasted court time, wasted defense time, etc.
> Now because of this
> lawsuit,
> > my home town police officers are limited to a 40
> S&W in caliber. They are
> > also limited in the rounds they are allowed to
> load in this firearm. No
> > longer can they use ammo that can be labeled as
> "self defense," but they
> have
> > to use standard velocity ammo. So much for being
> able to match the
> criminals
> > in firepower. Also, no longer can just any
> officer carry a shotgun. And
> out
> > of approx. 100 officers, only 4 are allowed to
> carry rifles for any type
> of
> > use. And these must be carried in the trunk. So
> once again, it is not
> the
> > criminal that is the reason the cops are
> outgunned, it is all the legal
> stuff
> > that is holding the police back in their armament.
> Remember that bank
> heist
> > in Cali a while back? I don't suppose that you
> also remember that the
> cops
> > in that instance had to go to a local pawnshop and
> get more powerful
> > firepower? The cops were not issued the firepower
> they need. They only
> had
> > a semi-auto handgun and maybe a back up revolver.
> And if you like the
> idea
> > of no guns what so ever. Look at Britain. Their
> crime rate is much
> higher
> > than ours. Granted, we have more crimes committed
> each year, but we also
> > have many times more people than they do. What
> you have to look at is the
> > crime percentage, in other words, how many crimes
> are committed for how
> many
> > people are in that countries population. Now on
> to a more real world
> > comparison. Let's suppose that you are criminal.
> You are looking for
> > someone to mug so you can make some quick cash to
> buy whatever it is that
> you
> > want.
> > 1) Ok, let's first walk through a situation that
> you would prefer.
> Firearms
> > are illegal to own for anyone except police or
> gov't authorities. You are
> > standing on a street corner and have roughly 10
> people to choose from.
> They
> > range from a very large frame man who looks to be
> about three times your
> size
> > down to a middle aged woman who is about 5' tall,
> is obviously not very
> > strong and appears to be slightly disabled by her
> slight limp. Who would
> you
> > choose?
> > 2) Ok, now to today's modern society. Firearms
> are legal for those with
> > permits, police and gov't authorities. People
> with permits do not have to
> > let it be publicly known, for they are concealed
> carry permits. You have
> the
> > same ten people to choose from. Except this time
> you have to wonder who
> has
> > the firearm. The middle-aged lady has a purse
> that is large enough to
> hide a
> > handgun in. Does she have one? If she does, it
> will mean your life,
> either
> > literally or in jail with the scars to remind you
> of why you are there.
> Who
> > would you choose? And how confident would you
> feel about choosing them??
> > 3) Firearms are required to be owned by any and
> all civilians, police and
> > gov't authorities. They can be carried concealed,
> open holstered, cocked
> > loaded and ready to go legally. The same ten
> people are walking around
> you.
> > You still want some money. They all have firearms
> and you know it. Do
> you
> > dare take a chance on your life knowing that a
> firearm will be involved?
> How
> > confident would you feel about taking that chance?
> > These are just different scenarios to show my
> point.
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