Are you a "gun slut"?

[biku324]

I can report that 70 certainly ain't like 60.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Police phonetic alphabets are different, sometimes by location

Who can explain such weirdness? The US military frowns on such behavior.

I'm not a gun slut but I am absolutely a Hawaiian shirt slut. But they have to be all cotton, and they have to be actually made in Hawaii

And they must have coconut buttons AND, very importantly, the breast pocket must blend seamlessly into the design.

I have my share............and, amusingly, on July 4th, when I passed some police officers after the fireworks were over, one young LEO said, "Hello, Magnum!". I was quite tickled and noted, "Well done, spotting the famous Magnum, PI red Aloha shirt!.

 

[biku324]

Who can explain such weirdness? The US military frowns on such behavior.

That's easy - policing isn't the military. There are just south of 20,000 autonomous police agencies in the US; all can pick what form of communication they choose. There's no one, not even the President, with final authority to direct state and local police - that's up to state and local governments.

I worked with a hard-charging patrol officer in the NMSP who was also an Army reservist. After nearly 10 years in the NMSP without a single promotion, not even to sergeant, he left the agency and went into the Army full-time and retired in the early 2000s as an 0-4 or 0-5.

Police and the military are different.

 

[Capt29]

In m time on the Chicago PD I met many really good cops who could not pass a promotional exam, at least not high enough to get promoted off that list. Some of them were reservists,many with substantial active duty (the military reserve was a good part time job back then). Some of the guys who did not make high rank in the CPD did in the military. I was lucky I guess. During one of the riots in the 70s the Colonel in the illinois National Guard was a patrolman on the PD, ansd I was his boss back on the job. He was my CO in the Guard.
Although they are similar occupations in some respects, they are different skillsets requiring somewhat different leadership skills. However there were many good leaders on the job who never got promoted to high rank. Life is what happens when you have made other plans.

 

[biku324]

In m time on the Chicago PD I met many really good cops who could not pass a promotional exam, at least not high enough to get promoted off that list. Some of them were reservists,many with substantial active duty (the military reserve was a good part time job back then). Some of the guys who did not make high rank in the CPD did in the military. I was lucky I guess. During one of the riots in the 70s the Colonel in the illinois National Guard was a patrolman on the PD, ansd I was his boss back on the job. He was my CO in the Guard.
Although they are similar occupations in some respects, they are different skillsets requiring somewhat different leadership skills. However there were many good leaders on the job who never got promoted to high rank. Life is what happens when you have made other plans.

You said it better than I could - thank you.

 

[Smoke]

I have been telling my daughter that "there's no such thing as a bad neighborhood - just bad people and they can go anywhere" for decades.

True story, there is a street that separates our apartments from the next complex over.

Those apartments have always been a little hanky but the last time they got sold they started taking Section 8 (low income housing).

When we moved in 13 years ago the apartment right at the end of the sidewalk and across the street from us, I'm not sure why the people that live there on the third floor instead of coming and going by their front door there was a blue spruce growing outside their window and they would climb up the tree and go in the window and I would watch them do it two or three times a day.

Since it's become Section 8 almost all of the reviews talk about crime, they talk about squatters in the building. A couple said that somebody tried to kick down their door in the middle of the night. The door locks on all the entrance doors to the buildings have been broken. Apparently somebody stole all the washing machines out of one of the laundry rooms. All the weights in the Resident Gym ( which is apparently overrun by homeless people all day long and unsafe at any time of the day) have been stolen.

And the list goes on but the weird thing is is all of that seems to stay south of the street.

The biggest issue that we've had is people from that apartment complex coming and sneaking into our swimming pool or using our barbecue grills and and the management for our complex solve that problem by taking out the picnic tables and barbecue grills

 

[SFury79]

OP I think you term is derogatory and no needed.

It's actually quite accurate in the context used. Stop being offended by terms that accurate. Life isn't all sunshine and roses. We need words to describe the uglier aspects of life along with the good.

At least in this context it means running around with different firearms and shooting them. Pretty benign activity. Cheaper too in the long run.

I've been shooting for about 15 years now, and I have a few carry gun options. My three standard guns, a pocket carried SP101 (recent addition), a 3" 686+/GP100, or a pair of M&P10MMs. The larger guns being carried at the same position (7:30) because of familiarity and practice with drawing them. All will function well in my hands.

 

[bigggbbruce]

To answer the question,

Am I a gun slut. Well yes.

I am always willing to handle something different and bring it home with me.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

It's actually quite accurate in the context used. Stop being offended by terms that accurate. Life isn't all sunshine and roses. We need words to describe the uglier aspects of life along with the good.

At least in this context it means running around with different firearms and shooting them. Pretty benign activity. Cheaper too in the long run.

I've been shooting for about 15 years now, and I have a few carry gun options. My three standard guns, a pocket carried SP101 (recent addition), a 3" 686+/GP100, or a pair of M&P10MMs. The larger guns being carried at the same position (7:30) because of familiarity and practice with drawing them. All will function well in my hands.

I been shooting for 65 years.......At no time have I ever been called a slut...........Iffen I had that person would have been taught some manners if in reach.........YOU TERM is derogatory and should have not been used......I was raised with better manners...........IT is NOT accurate in the way you used it,,,,,,,No matter how you pitched it......Mods should have cancelled your post.

 

[bigggbbruce]

I can report that 70 certainly ain't like 60.

I'll be 70 in a month. The last 5 definitely got my attention.

 

[Auchencraw]

I can report that 70 certainly ain't like 60.

I can verify that 73 is quite a bit different than 63. Getting old ain't for sissies, but still, it is a privilege denied to many. The good news is that "Life in Prison" has less of a deterrent effect, so live it up!

 

[Smoke]

I can verify that 73 is quite a bit different than 63. Getting old ain't for sissies, but still, it is a privilege denied to many. The good news is that "Life in Prison" has less of a deterrent effect, so live it up!

I remember a movie back in the '80s was Jack lemmon, Walter backs out and I don't remember who's the third guy was but the premise of the movie is that they were all senior citizens and they were going to rob a bank.

The idea of being that they got away with robbing the bank they'd be set for life.

If they got caught they would go to a minimum security prison due to their age and lack of prior criminal history. Where they would receive food, housing and medical treatment for the rest of their lives.

I don't remember how the movie ended and I wish I remembered the name of the movie

 

[Betterway1]

I remember a movie back in the '80s was Jack lemmon, Walter backs out and I don't remember who's the third guy was but the premise of the movie is that they were all senior citizens and they were going to rob a bank.

The idea of being that they got away with robbing the bank they'd be set for life.

If they got caught they would go to a minimum security prison due to their age and lack of prior criminal history. Where they would receive food, housing and medical treatment for the rest of their lives.

I don't remember how the movie ended and I wish I remembered the name of the movie

Was it " Grumpy old men" ??

 

[Smoke]

Was it " Grumpy old men" ??

No. I think that was Ann-Margret, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. I almost want to say the other one was Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon and Art Carney

 

[rockquarry]

No. I think that was Ann-Margret, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. I almost want to say the other one was Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon and Art Carney

Going In Style?

 

[biku324]

So; when riding with Protective Service Details transporting us from point A to point B outside the wire in Mogadishu, our PSD lead always, every trip, explained what weapons he and the driver had and where extra mags (with radios and a med kit) in bags were inside the B6 armored SUV. It goes without saying that each of us regulars learned basic Tokarev and AK operation. Glad I never needed it, although one B6 was hit by an IED in early '22; they had to find and hold cover until friendlies arrived.

Here's a poor photo of the Jan '22 incident from my MOG files...the vehicle on the right is a B6 armored vehicle; the one on the left a soft-skinned trailing vehicle - both inside of the last were killed, the driver decapitated by shrapnel. The lead vehicle (not in the picture for Forum reasons) was utterly destroyed, three killed.

 

[Greyman50]

Has anyone thought of how their guns feel when you go out with another gun? Does your gun sulk in the safe when you leave it behind and take its new replacement? Does it try to guilt you if you come home with the smell of gunpowder on your hands? Fortunately my happy family of small EDC revolvers each has her place in the scheme of things and is proud to do her part when called upon. Just as importantly none gets jealous of her sisters and serves proudly in her rotation. Observe their family portrait.

Now thats funny. Doubt any of mine feel left out as most are collectable and would be " offended" if they were stuck in a holster in my waist and ridden around to the store or gun shops. Let alone to the range to be fired. They are content to reside in a safe with their buddies that are in the same condition and share stories of when they were " born", the box they were put in, how long they sat in the box before a human bought them. The loving care they received from their buyer and the other pistols they met during their life.
Tongue in cheek comment……..

 

[Lance Boyle]

https://gunsmagazine.com/guns/reconsidering-the-carry-rotation/

Along with the clever turn of the phrase he makes the backhanded point that switching between firearm types requires thorough familiarity with each type. I went through a period of pistol promiscuity about 40 years ago before ending up where I started.

While I am a gun aficionado and spend a lot of time shooting and loading for mostly revolvers, my carry gun is 95% a 43x. It's the right gun for me, sized right for regular carry and very similar to the G22 I carried for work for 26 years. I can still run a glock in my sleep with a lot of muscle memory, which is good because my eyes are not what they were. I swear toward the end of my career that I picked up a lot of points just out of deeply ingrained training despite wearing old man progressive lenses. A double tap with the Glock was pretty automatic and the hands just knew the drill and the felt recoil and could take up the trigger just as I came back on to the K5 zone. More instinct than aim. It was not that way for me in 1996 when I still cursed the square paving brick feel of the glock grip.

Edit……I was always an automatic pistol guy. I started in LE with a Glock after the 1911a1 and M9 in the service. The only reason I wanted to pick up a revolver is that there were still a lot of revolvers floating around in the 90's and I didn't want to be ignorant lest I be in a position where a revolver was the gun available in an emergency. Where I worked I shared turf with border patrol that still carried .357s, the state prison gaurds carried model 10s and some court officers were carrying S&W 19s. I didn't exactly have an idea what that circumstance would be but I figured it wouldn't be dumb to be at least moderately competent with the revolving class of pistols. About a dozen revolvers later,…..Well I'm still no Jerry Miculek but I'll get a target perforated albeit a skosh slower.

 

[Shibadog]

54 years ago I bought a Colt D/S. Two years later I find myself in the police academy with the issued model 10. A lot of the training was aimed at reloading under stressful conditions. Partial reloads as well. Understanding this I gave my father the Colt and bought a S&W J frame as BUG and off duty. Never looked back.

I believe that there's a vast difference in carry guns and range toys. Just like there's a vast difference in working drug infested inner city streets with regular exchanges of gunfire between rival gangs and being a part time auxiliary officer in East Cowpoop, New Hampshire.

The stress induced it pistol competition with timers and paper targets is one thing.

The stress induced in working rotating hours, politicians who don't care and a chief who's a ticket punching whiteshirt flying a desk ever upward from job to job with only loyalty to his advancement. So you're faced with not only the danger of ghetto police work but the knowledge that it's only you and your partner. Headquarters and city hall are playing woke politics and don't have your back.

Now put all that into a target that's shooting at you. This is the stuff that the guy on the street lives with. This is the garbage floating around 24/7. This in a nutshell is why sticking with one gun, one holster was invented. I'm one of those who adopted that thought process.

You want to rotate guns, holsters and ammunition every day? Cool. Not me.

God bless those who willingly go in harms way for the rest of us. Got a grandson who does this. Very worrisome. I never had the temperament for police work. I'm afraid that if somebody shoots at me I will be shooting back whatever else the thuggy may be doing.

 

[Code]

I get a gun, I shoot it a bit, then I get another gun and shoot that one instead.. I guess I am