01/13/2016
DOGMATISM #1
I promised a s**t bomb.
Incoming!!!!
Take a look at the picture and tell me if it connects???
NOBODY will ever claim that it is a good idea to be standing in front of either of the objects pictured on the left side of the collage. Results would be devastating.
So...
Fi****ms safety rule NUMBER ONE: (all together now- just like a choir in the church)....
"THE GUN IS ALWAYS LOADED"
Firearm by design fires a high velocity ballistic projectile that has ability to cause severe harm. Or more. Fact.
Less known fact is that in order for it to cause the harm, 3 important ingredients have to be present:
1. GUN
2. CHAMBERED ROUND
3. A FORCE THAT PUTS IT INTO ACTION (that is trigger gets pressed)
Once all 3 factors of this unholy trinity are together....don't be in front of it.
Do you like that Bugatti? The blue one on the race track? Yeah. Me too.
A marvel of engineering and a true speed demon. One of the fastest cars ever. At $1,5 million or so- it better be.
Safety rules for pedestrians. Rule number one:
"THE CAR IS ALWAYS MOVING"
Wait? Whaaaaat??? What are you smoking?
Are you saying that because ONCE and WHEN the driver is in drivers seat, pushes the ignition button (yes- this Bugatti has a push button start), disengages parking break, engages the clutch, moves the gear shift into first gear, presses the accelerator while gradually releasing the clutch, thus initiating the forward movement of the vehicle, making it into potentially harmful ballistic projectile for any pedestrian in it's way- are YOU saying that because of that POTENTIAL, I should NEVER stand in front of that Bugatti to take a selfie with its super sexy front end behind my s**t eating grin? AFTER I and my 2 buddies with identical s**t eating grins have ensured with our very own eyes and ears that:
1. There is no driver in the car.
2. It's engine is NOT running.
3. Gear shifter is not engaged.
4. Parking break is on.
Should I be arrested or given a citation for standing in front of a parked Bugatti? Or a Yugo?
Is that what YOU are telling me?
When 2 practitioners remove the empty magazines from their Glocks, lock back the slides of their weapons- each inspecting and checking (visually and by touch) their own, AND their partners weapon- then re-checking their weapon, then after releasing the slides they both do unnecessary but reassuring trigger pull, resulting in dry "click", then have the whole procedure repeated in front of the instructor, who also double checks that nobody has a loaded magazine or even a stray loose round on their person- somebody PLEASE tell me how those guns are loaded...
Please. Use logic. Science. Religion. Whatever.... Yet. Many, after I ask the same question after outlining the above logic- they will look around, as if looking for support, blink 2 times, wipe the sweat of their foreheads and then say.... "Well... Yeah. It's unloaded, but......" their thought suspended in the vacuum of "what the f**k do I say to not look like an idiot with an IQ in single digits AFTER both numbers are added".
Think about it. Let it sink in.
And yes- I know that there will be backlash for this. "This is the reason Puzikas shot a man".... I know what will be said. And I give exactly zero fornications about the backlash.
Fi****ms are to be respected. Treated and handled with care and responsibility. Same goes for students in fi****ms training. Practice safety. Practice responsibility. AND- practice (after the above outlined procedures as a MINIMUM safety precautions) facing the gun and pointing YOUR gun at imaginary "that which you have to destroy"- because a gunfight is about that... And that 0.2 second delay- oh my GOD- to point your gun at the bad guy may cost you, or your loved one very very dearly.
Un-dogmatise your training.
Get real. Get serious.
Be safe to become dangerous for when it's needed.
Sonny
