Michael Savage..."three round clips"?????

[G-Mac]

Was listening to Savage last night on the way home from work. He said that U.S. combat soldiers in the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.) are limited to "three round clips" while the enemy has full-auto machine guns.

I know about "three round burst" but that's not what he said.

I usually like listening to him, but I can't stand people discussing firearms with a viewpoint based on misinformation and/or ignorance about their subject.

 

[ladder13]

Can't trust everyone from Brooklyn

 

[beemerphile]

Clips. He said clips.

THESE are clips!

 

[truckemup97]

I heard that last night, too. I really think he was confused and meant that they had to have their rifles on three round burst.

 

[jkc]

I occasionally briefly hear Savage when passing through a rational radio vacuum when traveling a regular route, and have not figured out whether he blithers or blathers. His seeming stream-of-consciousness rants are often unintelligible and disjointed, his characterizations of his imagined enemies cartoonish and outlandish, he appears to despise pretty much everyone but himself, have a warped perspective on the "outside world", i.e., any reality beyond his own, and some sort of persecution complex. All of which I find to be immensely entertaining, in the small doses to which I'm thankfully seldom exposed, in the twenty minutes or so it takes to pass through the rational radio vacuum at 80 MPH.

That he has confused "clips" with "magazines", and is otherwise ignorant of firearms nomenclature doesn't surprise me, as do many of his irrational utterances. Why anyone cares what he says or thinks baffles me...

 

[WC145]

I agree that he must have confused "clips" with 3 round burst. I've never thought to ask my son if his M4 is full auto capable or limited to 3 round bursts but I know for a fact that nobody uses three round "clips" OR mags in anything they carry. The M4/M16s use 30rd mags. Zach is using 30rd Magpul PMags, I know that for sure because I bought them for him the first time he went over. His current deployment is almost over, he should be back in the states in about a month, I'll have to ask him about how his M4 is set up.

 

[ElToro]

i didnt know we still had 1917's in the inventory

im sure he meant 3 round burst but i agree that people should be versed in firearms before trying to discuss it

 

[Old 44 Guy]

You fellas are right about 3 round bursts. Mike Savage is a talk show host, not a gun guy. But he carries because of life threats. Has a permit which is rare in Calif. I listened to him often when I lived there.

 

[cmort666]

Was listening to Savage

Savage is a loudmouthed idiot, merely the rightwing version of Keith Olbermann.

Surprised that he said something stupid? I'd be surprised if he said something intelligent.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Michael Savage, like any other radio talk show, is entertainment. While not as edgy as he used to be, I often listen and wonder if he'll bust a blood vessel on the air. He is popular, if for no other reason, for these rants and raves. I've read some of his works and they are hilarious.
That being said, he has toned down quite a bit in the past two years and I believe that he will retire in short order.
I compare him to modern day version of Joe Pyne...only on radio...and take him as such.

 

[cowboy117]

Joe Pyne

Haven't thought of him in years.I believe he had an artificial leg.I used to see him on TV.Savage?A nut IMHO.

 

[billdeserthills]

Clips. He said clips.

THESE are clips!

Garand Clips only hold 8 rds

 

[sigp220.45]

I can only handle about 10 minutes of "Michael Savage" at a time. I think his real name of Michael Weiner is more appropriate, though getting people to join The Weiner Nation might be difficult.

Michael Savage (commentator) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[feralmerril]

I kinda like him!

Joseph Pyne was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. His father, Edward Pyne, was a bricklayer; his mother, Catherine, was a housewife. Pyne graduated from Chester High School in 1942, and immediately enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He saw combat in the South Pacific, where he earned three battle stars. In 1943, during a Japanese bombing attack, he was wounded in the left knee. In 1955, he lost the lower part of that leg due to a rare form of cancer.[1]

 

[mhakel]

WC145
Please thank your son for me.........

 

[bennettfam]

Let the AKs waste their ammo...

Other than interior room-clearing ops, anything other than semi-auto in a light carbine or rifle usually just wastes ammo anyway from what I've heard from some vets. 3 round burst limit probably saves as many lives as full auto would just by conserving ammo and lessening reload delays. Now, in a BAR or SAW or M2 it would be a different story! Those weapons were made for the full-auto fire support mission.

 

[WC145]

WC145
Please thank your son for me.........

I will.
Thanks.

 

[computeruser]

I usually like listening to him, but I can't stand people discussing firearms with a viewpoint based on misinformation and/or ignorance about their subject.

Amen. While ignorance may be blissful for the person thus possessed, it surely isn't from the perspective of members of an educated audience...

 

[Capt Steve]

I occasionally briefly hear Savage when passing through a rational radio vacuum when traveling a regular route, and have not figured out whether he blithers or blathers. His seeming stream-of-consciousness rants are often unintelligible and disjointed, his characterizations of his imagined enemies cartoonish and outlandish, he appears to despise pretty much everyone but himself, have a warped perspective on the "outside world", i.e., any reality beyond his own, and some sort of persecution complex. All of which I find to be immensely entertaining, in the small doses to which I'm thankfully seldom exposed, in the twenty minutes or so it takes to pass through the rational radio vacuum at 80 MPH.

That he has confused "clips" with "magazines", and is otherwise ignorant of firearms nomenclature doesn't surprise me, as do many of his irrational utterances. Why anyone cares what he says or thinks baffles me...

+10 Savage gives new meaning to the word "Spooky"

 

[m657]

At his best, Savage exhibits a rapier wit and sharp commentary ahead of the MSM by days or weeks.

Unfortunately much of his show does not have these episodes very often of late.

When is off his game, of increasing frequency, his critics do have a prime example of what happens when sushi remains unrefrigerated too long.

At his best I can stand about 20 minutes, and that's all it takes to present his side of the event of the day. Those little monologues at times are masterpieces. Far too often the rest of the show demonstrates how multiple personalities can be profitably utilized in a public career.