Comments on: Kids and guns err knives http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:11:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JJR http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/comment-page-1/#comment-212226 JJR Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:57:24 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20851#comment-212226 It's just some major cognitive dissonance for me to imagine someone who's seemingly gung ho about hand-to-hand, up close and personal about knife fighting but gets the jitters about guns... I know my CHL instructors all carried knives as a backup, though, and I should probably emulate that. I recall seeing a combat shooting drill on my Crimson Trace promo DVD and every time the defensive shooter reacted by scooting backwards and firing, moving away from the threat while firing to stop the threat. Reduced to a knife, you've got no choice but to advance and engage and fight like hell. Just me, but I'd like to try the scoot-n-shoot defense first, before I fall back to pointy-edged plan B. It’s just some major cognitive dissonance for me to imagine someone who’s seemingly gung ho about hand-to-hand, up close and personal about knife fighting but gets the jitters about guns…

I know my CHL instructors all carried knives as a backup, though, and I should probably emulate that.

I recall seeing a combat shooting drill on my Crimson Trace promo DVD and every time the defensive shooter reacted by scooting backwards and firing, moving away from the threat while firing to stop the threat.

Reduced to a knife, you’ve got no choice but to advance and engage and fight like hell. Just me, but I’d like to try the scoot-n-shoot defense first, before I fall back to pointy-edged plan B.

]]> By: Ride Fast http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/comment-page-1/#comment-212205 Ride Fast Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:56:21 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20851#comment-212205 Good on Uncle for making the range offer, repeatedly. That's awesome! Good on Uncle for making the range offer, repeatedly. That’s awesome!

]]> By: Gunstar1 http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/comment-page-1/#comment-212194 Gunstar1 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:37:03 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20851#comment-212194 Some people really do get flustered when stressed. A knife can be used by a novice in a primal fight. For a novice a gun needs some cognitive thought behind it to work effectivly. Some people really do get flustered when stressed. A knife can be used by a novice in a primal fight.

For a novice a gun needs some cognitive thought behind it to work effectivly.

]]> By: ka http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/comment-page-1/#comment-212184 ka Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:47:34 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20851#comment-212184 Thank God for my wife. She thought the Springfield XD I gave her for our wedding anniversary was "awesome!" Thank God for my wife. She thought the Springfield XD I gave her for our wedding anniversary was “awesome!”

]]> By: MadRocketScientist http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/comment-page-1/#comment-212180 MadRocketScientist Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:51:56 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20851#comment-212180 I think you're wrong in this. My wife thinks guns are icky, but understands the need for them and why some people want to carry them. It's not a doublethink. I think you’re wrong in this. My wife thinks guns are icky, but understands the need for them and why some people want to carry them. It’s not a doublethink.

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/comment-page-1/#comment-212168 SayUncle Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20851#comment-212168 I know not everyone is going to pack heat. And said that to her. But I think her general apprehensiveness may have qualified as thinking they're 'icky'. Could be wrong, of course. I know not everyone is going to pack heat. And said that to her. But I think her general apprehensiveness may have qualified as thinking they’re ‘icky’. Could be wrong, of course.

]]> By: Tam http://www.saysuncle.com/2008/12/23/kids-and-guns-err-knives/comment-page-1/#comment-212167 Tam Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=20851#comment-212167 I don't see where she said "guns are icky" at all. She just said she doesn't think she could manipulate one under stress. Y'know, dude, not everybody is going to want to pack heat, and that's okay. It's a free country, right? I don’t see where she said “guns are icky” at all. She just said she doesn’t think she could manipulate one under stress.

Y’know, dude, not everybody is going to want to pack heat, and that’s okay. It’s a free country, right?

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