Comments on: Hang together http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/23/hang-together/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:09:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ride Fast http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/23/hang-together/comment-page-1/#comment-202062 Ride Fast Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:23:35 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16164#comment-202062 [...] Push me pull you [...] [...] Push me pull you [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/23/hang-together/comment-page-1/#comment-202052 Tom Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:12 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16164#comment-202052 so just HOW would <blockquote>Action Item 163. Efforts to promote acceptance of shooting sports should focus on rifles and shotguns.</blockquote> do anything but turn acceptance of rifles and shotguns into a quickly falling number as criminals would (eventually) obtain rifles and shotguns over time as pistols were removed from them? That is assuming that pistols were deemed verboten to the folks NOT out causing trouble? overlooking the obvious or baby steps in the agenda? so just HOW would

Action Item 163. Efforts to promote acceptance of shooting sports should focus on rifles and shotguns.

do anything but turn acceptance of rifles and shotguns into a quickly falling number as criminals would (eventually) obtain rifles and shotguns over time as pistols were removed from them? That is assuming that pistols were deemed verboten to the folks NOT out causing trouble?

overlooking the obvious or baby steps in the agenda?

]]> By: DirtCrashr http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/23/hang-together/comment-page-1/#comment-202037 DirtCrashr Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:33:47 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16164#comment-202037 We had a company we hired to do a similar internal study of our business and come up with a list of action items - and a lot of what they thought they saw of our workspace and business was projection, and the rest was copped straight from reports we gave them. Maybe it's just because its Liberals who typically do that kind of imagineering analysis, work that doesn't have a lot of fact-based inputs so they have to fudge it by creating a huge, make-believe "matrix" weighted with numbers they pulled out of their ass just so they would have something to run through their computer... GIGO. The upshot was that these guys were hired by the new Boss to cover his ass and give him a set of working recommendations for the executive team to sell to middle management - ammunition as it were. The recommendations that were implemented were ones that already existed and agreed-upon in our provided reports... We had a company we hired to do a similar internal study of our business and come up with a list of action items – and a lot of what they thought they saw of our workspace and business was projection, and the rest was copped straight from reports we gave them.
Maybe it’s just because its Liberals who typically do that kind of imagineering analysis, work that doesn’t have a lot of fact-based inputs so they have to fudge it by creating a huge, make-believe “matrix” weighted with numbers they pulled out of their ass just so they would have something to run through their computer… GIGO.
The upshot was that these guys were hired by the new Boss to cover his ass and give him a set of working recommendations for the executive team to sell to middle management – ammunition as it were. The recommendations that were implemented were ones that already existed and agreed-upon in our provided reports…

]]> By: Mike M. http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/23/hang-together/comment-page-1/#comment-202031 Mike M. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:53:13 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16164#comment-202031 Industry would do very well to embrace USA Shooting and the U.S. International Muzzle-Loading Team as well. Go out to the Olympic Games, and you will find FIVE pistol events. Plus Modern Penthalon (in which pistol is one event). It's hard to argue that pistol shooters should be marginalized when they are chasing Olympic medals. And there is a similar effect on the International Muzzle-Loading side of the house. FIVE pistol events. Serious competitive shooters are good ambassadors for the shooting sports. All that has to be done is to recruit them for some public relations work. Industry would do very well to embrace USA Shooting and the U.S. International Muzzle-Loading Team as well.

Go out to the Olympic Games, and you will find FIVE pistol events. Plus Modern Penthalon (in which pistol is one event). It’s hard to argue that pistol shooters should be marginalized when they are chasing Olympic medals.

And there is a similar effect on the International Muzzle-Loading side of the house. FIVE pistol events.

Serious competitive shooters are good ambassadors for the shooting sports. All that has to be done is to recruit them for some public relations work.

]]> By: chrisb http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/23/hang-together/comment-page-1/#comment-202023 chrisb Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:30:51 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16164#comment-202023 It is the NSSF. Color me shocked. It is the NSSF. Color me shocked.

]]> By: OldTexan http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/06/23/hang-together/comment-page-1/#comment-202021 OldTexan Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=16164#comment-202021 For a lot of years as an adult I was just a half-assed gun guy, I shot a lot in my younger years but after being in the army, no combat but four years of shooting about as much as I wanted I just had one revolver and one semi-auto pistol and a half-dozen long guns. I would still buy a gun magazine from time to time and I enjoyed occasional hunting and shooting experiences. About 15 years ago that slowly changed and before I knew it I was hunting every time I had the chance and shooting low level competition on a weekly basis. Now I am more likely to buy a hand gun of some sort than a long gun, I have my Texas CHL and my wife and I shoot pistols together. She has trouble with the left eye right eye shotgun stuff but she really enjoys shooting pistols and she is considering getting her CHL. The point of all of this is I think we who are just fudds, as I once was, were missing a wonderful oppoutunity to increase our shooting fun. Wife and I are both in our 60's and for self-defense at our age a handgun can give us a chance should we ever have a violent encounter with a bad guy. Older brother is in his 70's and he and his wife both enjoy pistol shooting and she gets him at least one or new guns each year. So, with us older folk there is a tremendous pontential for growth in the gun industry. We might have all the shotguns and rifles we need for the amount of hunting we are able to enjoy but then we have time to think about various handguns. I have revolvers, semi-autos and in early June this year I got a Black-Powder Reproduction Revolver for my birthday. That give me a whole new type of shooting to experience. So gun guys need to stick together, no need having discussion about the length of our barrels or the color of our gunstocks cause if I ever win the lottery I want a lot of everything, it's all good. For a lot of years as an adult I was just a half-assed gun guy, I shot a lot in my younger years but after being in the army, no combat but four years of shooting about as much as I wanted I just had one revolver and one semi-auto pistol and a half-dozen long guns.

I would still buy a gun magazine from time to time and I enjoyed occasional hunting and shooting experiences. About 15 years ago that slowly changed and before I knew it I was hunting every time I had the chance and shooting low level competition on a weekly basis.

Now I am more likely to buy a hand gun of some sort than a long gun, I have my Texas CHL and my wife and I shoot pistols together. She has trouble with the left eye right eye shotgun stuff but she really enjoys shooting pistols and she is considering getting her CHL.

The point of all of this is I think we who are just fudds, as I once was, were missing a wonderful oppoutunity to increase our shooting fun. Wife and I are both in our 60’s and for self-defense at our age a handgun can give us a chance should we ever have a violent encounter with a bad guy. Older brother is in his 70’s and he and his wife both enjoy pistol shooting and she gets him at least one or new guns each year.

So, with us older folk there is a tremendous pontential for growth in the gun industry. We might have all the shotguns and rifles we need for the amount of hunting we are able to enjoy but then we have time to think about various handguns. I have revolvers, semi-autos and in early June this year I got a Black-Powder Reproduction Revolver for my birthday. That give me a whole new type of shooting to experience.

So gun guys need to stick together, no need having discussion about the length of our barrels or the color of our gunstocks cause if I ever win the lottery I want a lot of everything, it’s all good.

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