how common do you think this mind-set is?

[grumpyvette]

this discussion reminds me of a book I read in high school,
back in the early 1960s,
I remember reading the book "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo "
where J. H Patterson, who eventually killed the two maneaters, who killed hundreds of railroad workers over several months on a RR bridge build in Africa,
was given a rifle to hunt the lions,.. he took it out to hunt them with it, and never having fired it,
and found the rifle would not fire only after having one of the lions in his sights at point blank range..
and through sheer luck alone, lived to tell about it

 

[AJ]

this discussion reminds me of a book I read in high school,
back in the early 1960s,
I remember reading the book "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo "
where J. H Patterson, who eventually killed the two maneaters, who killed hundreds of railroad workers over several months on a RR bridge build in Africa,
was given a rifle to hunt the lions,.. he took it out to hunt them with it, and never having fired it,
and found the rifle would not fire only after having one of the lions in his sights at point blank range..
and through sheer luck alone, lived to tell about it

Have read the book It is a wonder he was able to get the lions, before they got him.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Maybe your brother in law is reluctant to fire the gun because its pedigree precludes the gun from being the source of any inaccuracy? Many persons, including some LEO's (one HPD officer showed up to his qualification with the bullets rusted into the magazine) carry guns to have them and hope they and the gun will know what to do if the time comes. Had I not learned so much here so long ago I might be one of them.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Some people think that acquiring something-a firearm, e.g. from someone who knew how to use it means some of that person's spirit will come with it.