(1221) Afternoon all, housework this morning, twas. (1259)
15. Hearts and minds
14. Back in the day
13. Snippet from TDS today
12. The text of the Homan sending
11. It was the Sig, says Steve
It was the sig going off that spooked the ICE men.
He was carrying a loaded P320 SIG Sauer semi-automatic pistol with two extra magazines. Unlike the P225, which is considered safe to use for concealed carry, the P320 is prone to malfunction. When the Border Agent grabbed the firearm he was carrying it discharged a bullet. The weapon was therefore not in a safe condition; had a round in the chamber, safety off and ready to fire..
Why had he gone to a protest with a pew pew in the first place?
I have never used a pistol but did use to shoot with a rifle. Having your gun with the “safety” off and a round ‘up the spout’, as we used to say, means either that you are a moron or that you plan to fire immediately.
Separate point: in my shooting days I never heard that favourite American term “locked and loaded”. I tried a google to find its exact meaning and inferred that it apparently has never actually had an exact meaning. It seems to be of Hollywood origin. God spare us from people pretending to be manly by imitating Hollywood.
Come to think of it, I wonder whether that is a separate point.
First of all he was an idiot to take a firearms to a riot. It is one area where nobody is going to give you the benefit of the doubt. These guys just want to go home at night. Hell, in this mickey mouse country you can get shot just for having a table leg and Plod get away with it. At least in the US they are investigated and have to justify it.
I’ve seen a video where one of the agents takes something from him and walks away with it. It looks like a gun so the gun was clear but the way I see it is that someone spots a gun and says ‘Gun’ Heightened alerts all around. The gun may have gone but who is to say that it was the only one or that the shooter was aware the gun was gone. Nutter is still struggling and perhaps gets a hand free and out of sight so someone thinks ‘He is going for the gun’
I’d prefer that people don’t die but there are Darwin awards for a reason.