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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:33 PM Original message |
Holding gun sideways (hollywood style) causes gun to jam |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Holding no gun at all also guarantees a jam-free experience. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yes, and not being a street criminal greatly reduces the chance of getting shot |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. That varies depending on race and location. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Shot or arrested |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. No guns here either |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. But where is the fun in that?!?!??? |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Exactly. Now all we have to do is remove the handguns from the gun goons. nt |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Why Do Rappers Hold Their Guns Sideways??" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obligatory gratuitous reposting of HoMeBoY NyTe SyTeS ad parody |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. ! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Disclaimer |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. LOL! |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
52. I want to make mine ambi |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's not exactly what the article states. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. I read somewhere that drive by shooters used this technique. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Drive-bys usually don't hit anything |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. No they just end up killing innocent bystanders.. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. In a moving vehicle be damned hard to aim accurately no matter |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Yeah, like some cowboy levering his Winchester just before he shoots (nt) |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. In a drive-by might be the circumstance, but not for that reason. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is something known by all who shoot automatics. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You're right |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yeah, the spent casings will bounce off the wall of the right barrier in a shooting lane. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I had hot brass bounce off a barrier down in to the shirt |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
54. Convoy live fire during Basic was awful |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. I did it too, just for shits and giggles. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. I got good at levering .30-30 shells into my front pocket at the range (nt) |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Now that's a neat trick! |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
53. One in a million |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Or the more common semi automatic. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Semantics. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. proper terminology nt |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Unfortunately, semi-auto = auto in handgun terms. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. In Washington DC, they're both considered "machine guns". |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. certainly for newbies to guns |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. My old '03 Win. .22 (made in 1905) has "automatic" engraved on it (nt) |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 05:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. It's not about whether you're a newbie; it's about avoiding ambiguity around non-gun types |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
55. Automatic is commonly used for any self-loading firearm |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. We were taught in the acadmeny... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. In IDPA shooting I find that works well for Weak Hand Shooting |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
56. I think old-school bulls-eye shooters often use a slightly canted hold |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Also makes you look like an idiot |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. better question...why do rappers hold guns? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Preferred affectation that's effective on females who dig alpha male stereotypes |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I had a bunch of cop friends who really liked it when this became trendy. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Cause gangsta rappers |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why they do it. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. That's a dangerous assumption to make |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Quite so. As you point out, though, those were the extreme end of the bell curve... |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. There was one guy in particular in my basic company |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. True, never underestimate a threat. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. "Incompetent" does not, unfortunately, equate to "Not dangerous", however. n/t |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. "This is doubly true is the pistol happens to be a ... MAC-10." - Bullshit |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Thanks for the correction. Regards the MAC, I was going on what I had read. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. I don't think the weapon in question was a real MAC-10 |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Actually, it probably wasn't the angle of the gravity vector that caused the jam... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. The MAC guns are indeed prone to jamming. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. Why do rappers hold their guns sideways? .... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yep, known that for years. |
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lepus (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
46. I have heard rumors |
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