Lib's First Time Handling a Gun

[Conley]

http://i.imgur.com/vnNis.gif

;D

[Mister D]

:D

Yeah, not pointing a gun in anyone's direction (including your own!) is basic gun safety.

[Conley]

There's pointing a gun and then there's looking down the barrel...from the wrong way! :D

[Mister D]

There's pointing a gun and then there's looking down the barrel...from the wrong way! :D


;D Most likely that isn't loaded but you should always act as if a gun is loaded all the time.

[MMC]

There's pointing a gun and then there's looking down the barrel...from the wrong way! :D


;D Most likely that isn't loaded but you should always act as if a gun is loaded all the time.


Hence the Japanese belief that the soul of the maker is put into the weapon.

[Conley]

There's pointing a gun and then there's looking down the barrel...from the wrong way! :D


;D Most likely that isn't loaded but you should always act as if a gun is loaded all the time.


Hence the Japanese belief that the soul of the maker is put into the weapon.


I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.

[MMC]

There's pointing a gun and then there's looking down the barrel...from the wrong way! :D


;D Most likely that isn't loaded but you should always act as if a gun is loaded all the time.


Hence the Japanese belief that the soul of the maker is put into the weapon.


I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.


Same with swords and daggers. Although there are many civilizations that had beliefs in magical swords or swords that were considered special.

[Conley]

Yes, like the Samurai?

[MMC]

Yes, like the Samurai?


http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1199360775579&id=c790688b93c40429ab8cea2b6104ad99&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hbshows.com%2fimages%2fricoch et.jpg
Libs with guns..... :)
The Huns are another with Attila's sword. But prized were the steel swords, and those made with Iron that fell from the sky. During WWII we had to change the way we were training troops to block with their weapon especially with the Japanese. Those real Samurai Swords were cleaving the weapon right in half and splitting people open.

[Conley]

Yes, like the Samurai?


http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1199360775579&id=c790688b93c40429ab8cea2b6104ad99&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hbshows.com%2fimages%2fricoch et.jpg
Libs with guns..... :)
The Huns are another with Attila's sword. But prized were the steel swords, and those made with Iron that fell from the sky. During WWII we had to change the way we were training troops to block with their weapon especially with the Japanese. Those real Samurai Swords were cleaving the weapon right in half and splitting people open.


:o :o :o

The sword could cut a rifle in two?

[MMC]

Yes, like the Samurai?


http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1199360775579&id=c790688b93c40429ab8cea2b6104ad99&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hbshows.com%2fimages%2fricoch et.jpg
Libs with guns..... :)
The Huns are another with Attila's sword. But prized were the steel swords, and those made with Iron that fell from the sky. During WWII we had to change the way we were training troops to block with their weapon especially with the Japanese. Those real Samurai Swords were cleaving the weapon right in half and splitting people open.


:o :o :o

The sword could cut a rifle in two?


Yep....carbon steel hardwood stock and all. Plus whatever flesh and bones.

[Conley]

That's f'ing crazy. Wow.

[Mister D]

Thankfully, the chances of ever coming to grips with the enemy in WW2 was extremely remote.

[MMC]

Thankfully, the chances of ever coming to grips with the enemy in WW2 was extremely remote.


Except in Guadacanal, Iwo Jima, and all those South East Asian Islands. ;)

[wingrider]

Girl Knocks Herself Out with Gun Funny Movies Videos.flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrNEsA5f8no#)

[wingrider]

Chick almost shoots herself!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCzOLEoko6o#)

[Conley]

Thankfully, the chances of ever coming to grips with the enemy in WW2 was extremely remote.


Someone didn't watch The Pacific!

[Conley]

:D :D :D

Great vids love

[Mister D]

Thankfully, the chances of ever coming to grips with the enemy in WW2 was extremely remote.


Except in Guadacanal, Iwo Jima, and all those South East Asian Islands. ;)


Hand to hand combat has been rare for more than 2 centuries now. I would venture to say that probably 99.9 percent of combat casualties in WW2, if not more, were caused by bullets and bombs.

[Mister D]

Thankfully, the chances of ever coming to grips with the enemy in WW2 was extremely remote.


Someone didn't watch The Pacific!


Drama notwithstanding, if you landed on a Japanese held island samurai swords would be far down on your list of concerns. For example, the US took around 26K casualties on Iwo Jima. I wouldn't surprised if none of them were due to swords.

[Conley]

Thankfully, the chances of ever coming to grips with the enemy in WW2 was extremely remote.


Someone didn't watch The Pacific!


Drama notwithstanding, if you landed on a Japanese held island samurai swords would be far down on your list of concerns. For example, the US took around 26K casualties on Iwo Jima. I wouldn't surprised if none of them were due to swords.


When guys rush each other, running out of ammo, etc...no close quarter combat? No knives, bayonets, etc.? Didn't the Japanese even as infantry would rush knowing full well the first few waves would be cut down but that in the time it took to reload they could gain an advantage?

[Mister D]

Thankfully, the chances of ever coming to grips with the enemy in WW2 was extremely remote.


Someone didn't watch The Pacific!


Drama notwithstanding, if you landed on a Japanese held island samurai swords would be far down on your list of concerns. For example, the US took around 26K casualties on Iwo Jima. I wouldn't surprised if none of them were due to swords.


When guys rush each other, running out of ammo, etc...no close quarter combat? No knives, bayonets, etc.? Didn't the Japanese even as infantry would rush knowing full well the first few waves would be cut down but that in the time it took to reload they could gain an advantage?


Of course that still happened and continues to happen today but my point is that's actually very rare.

Banzai charges were an obscene (from my western perspective, anyway) waste of life. No banzai charge was ever successful and I can only think of a couple which even had temporary success. Was it on Saipan? Anyway, close combat more often involves shooting at close range and throwing grenades.

[Mister D]

My ultimate point is that you have an exponentially greater chance of getting shot or blown up in modern war. I've seen stats on the First World War which show that over 40% of combat casualties were from artillery fire alone. Once you add small arms (machine guns and rifles) and gas there really isn't much left. Moreover, for some of those found to have had bayonet wounds or wounds from edged weapons it was determined that those wounds had come after they were already dead or incapacitated.

[MMC]

My ultimate point is that you have an exponentially greater chance of getting shot or blown up in modern war. I've seen stats on the First World War which show that over 40% of combat casualties were from artillery fire alone. Once you add small arms (machine guns and rifles) and gas there really isn't much left. Moreover, for some of those found to have had bayonet wounds or wounds from edged weapons it was determined that those wounds had come after they were already dead or incapacitated.


Yes true moreso isolated events in some fields of battle. Plus after learning ones mistake the first time. There is no playing that game. Send in the Flamethrowers. ;)

[Mister D]

My ultimate point is that you have an exponentially greater chance of getting shot or blown up in modern war. I've seen stats on the First World War which show that over 40% of combat casualties were from artillery fire alone. Once you add small arms (machine guns and rifles) and gas there really isn't much left. Moreover, for some of those found to have had bayonet wounds or wounds from edged weapons it was determined that those wounds had come after they were already dead or incapacitated.


Yes true moreso isolated events in some fields of battle. Plus after learning ones mistake the first time. There is no playing that game. Send in the Flamethrowers. ;)


Exactly. In the confusion sometimes people wind up stumbling into one another. It's often isolated and unplanned.

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