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That's a wrap! Thanks for a great season. See you all next year!

We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.

Final schedule to be finalized in February.

Good Advice

dddd Gnome, gnome on the range!
in Watering Hole / Off Topic / General Discussion
Rules for a gunfight<br />
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Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammunition is cheap - life is expensive. If you shoot inside, buckshot is your friend.<br />
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In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.<br />
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Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.<br />
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Stretch the rules. Always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.<br />
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Use cover or concealment as much as possible, but remember, sheetrock walls and the like stop nothing but your pulse when bullets tear through them.<br />
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Watch their hands. Hands kill. Smiles, frowns and other facial expressions don't.<br />
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Regardless of whether justified of not, you will feel sad about killing another human being. It is better to be sad than to be room temperature.<br />
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The only thing you EVER say afterwards is, "He said he was going to kill me. I believed him. I'm sorry, Officer, but I'm very upset now. I can't say anything more. Please speak with my attorney."<br />
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Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.<br />
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And finally, a Rule For Unarmed Combat: Never be unarmed

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  • UglyUgly Gunfighter With Way too Much Free Time
    dd wrote on Feb 14 2009, 10&#58;38 PM:
    Rules for a gunfight<br />
    <br />
    Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammunition is cheap - life is expensive. If you shoot inside, buckshot is your friend.<br />
    <br />
    In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.<br />
    <br />
    Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.<br />
    <br />
    Stretch the rules. Always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.<br />
    <br />
    Use cover or concealment as much as possible, but remember, sheetrock walls and the like stop nothing but your pulse when bullets tear through them.<br />
    <br />
    Watch their hands. Hands kill. Smiles, frowns and other facial expressions don't.<br />
    <br />
    Regardless of whether justified of not, you will feel sad about killing another human being. It is better to be sad than to be room temperature.<br />
    <br />
    The only thing you EVER say afterwards is, "He said he was going to kill me. I believed him. I'm sorry, Officer, but I'm very upset now. I can't say anything more. Please speak with my attorney."<br />
    <br />
    Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.<br />
    <br />
    And finally, a Rule For Unarmed Combat: Never be unarmed
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    Words to live by.     Along with "be wary of the man with only one gun: he probably knows how to use it."
  • Santa Fe JimSanta Fe Jim
    edited February 2009
    Here one from Ben Franklin....<br />
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    "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. <br />
    Liberty is well armed lamb."<br />
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    ... and a couple of my personal favorites (from my Army days)...<br />
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    1. Tracer rounds work BOTH ways.<br />
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    2. If you wait untill you can see the whites of their eyes then they can see the whites of YOUR eyes.<br />
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    and for us old guys...<br />
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    3. Never mess with an old man. He'll just shoot you.<br />
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    4. You don't get to be "old & fat" by being stupid!<br />
    <br />
    SFJ
  • dddd Gnome, gnome on the range&#33;
    Santa Fe Jim wrote on Feb 15 2009, 12&#58;42 PM:
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    4. You don't get to be "old & fat" by being stupid!<br />
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    SFJ
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    Now I like that one! I think I'll go downstairs and have another piece of apple pie.
  • I M PortlyI M Portly
    And always remember the old adage: "Don't take a knife to a gunfight". I M Portly <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/2gunsfiring_v1.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':2gunsfiring_v1:' /> <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/2gunsfiring_v1.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':2gunsfiring_v1:' />
  • shamrockshamrock Not Enough Free Time
    And the best advise I got from my dad "You ain't John Wayne."
  • dddd Gnome, gnome on the range&#33;
    A friend just sent me this. It sure rings true!<br />
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    My grandpa said to me many years ago, "Son, there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin'." <br />
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    I don't have a gun to kill people. I have a gun to keep from being killed. <br />
    I don't have a gun to scare people. I have a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I'm paranoid. I have a gun because there are real threats in the world. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I'm evil. I have a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I hate the government. I have a gun because I understand the limitations of government. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I'm angry. I have a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I want to shoot someone. I have a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I'm a cowboy. I have a gun because, when I die and go to Heaven, I want to be a cowboy. <br />
    I don't have a gun to make me feel like a man. I have a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I feel inadequate. I have a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate. <br />
    I don't have a gun because I love it. I have a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me. <br />
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    "Police Protection" is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime; they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess. <br />
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    Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'. <br />
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    -- Author Unknown (but obviously brilliant)
  • DevereauxDevereaux Paladin, Jr.
    Ah, yes. It says nicely an old adage about not picking fights with old men; they're too old to fight you so they'll just kill you.
  • Santa Fe JimSanta Fe Jim
    edited March 2009
    The one line of the above list that says it all for me and is why I belive EVERYONE needs to learn to shoot...<br />
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    "I don't have a gun to make me feel like a man. I have a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love." <br />
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    SFJ
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