Re: [Semi-OT] Blackhawk Down

--- Thomas Barclay <kaladorn@magma.ca> wrote:
> Diplomacy Incarnate said:

I feel strongly about not shooting people that aren't
hostile.  

> I reply:
> John, there are several ways this kind of 
> catastrophe can be prevented. These track 
> back to and include not having your finger 
> inside the trigger gaurd and having a well 
> designed weapon (some weapons are 

Yeah.  And if pogues were all good soldiers, we
wouldn't have this problem either.  The thing is, you
can't have one set of rules for idiots and another for
non-idiots.

> take it off or be incapable of it. Even 
> trained soldiers and police have this 
> problem under stress. So, by eliminating 
> the safety, they eliminate this potentially 
> lethal set of problems. Yes, it requires that 

If you can't operate a safety reliably (M-16 safety is
NOT complex) you don't deserve to carry in the first
place.	It's just a simple switch.

John

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