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In reply to the discussion: When 7 rounds just isn't enough. [View all]Bazinga
(331 posts)33. Right, cuz I know I NEVER miss when I do a Mozambique drill.
There are three things you can never have enough of in a gun fight.
Time, Training, and ammunition!
on edit: Oh and you've practiced the Mozambique ad nauseum, right? Until it's muscle memory, right? Well what do you think the odds are that a real head is in the same place when you break the third shot as it was when you broke the first shot? That means your Mozambique drill is gonna put a shot past his ear into low earth orbit to land who knows where. Amateur indeed.
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NYPD averages 1 hit for every 4 rounds expended. He hit with 10 out of 13.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#17
I agree, in addition to a bunch of white guys who enjoy killing animals with guns.
Starboard Tack
Nov 2013
#27
So what do you suggest for the rare occasion where a gun IS necessary for self-defense?
Bazinga
Dec 2013
#70
I would say the more guns you put on the street, the more likely you will be shot.
Starboard Tack
Dec 2013
#71
Your buddy Zimmerman was in the wrong place at the wrong time with a gun
Starboard Tack
Dec 2013
#84
The words I quoted from you are in disagrement with the post to which am now replying.
Jenoch
Dec 2013
#91
And they used the best tools for the job. I guess it was all about self defense and SYG
Starboard Tack
Dec 2013
#51
The robber shot the store owner first. If I had to shoot a man who shot me first, I'd keep shooting
Shrike47
Nov 2013
#4
I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Nov 2013
#15
On thought, I'm actually serious. LEO or civvie, if you carry you must be that skilled.
sir pball
Nov 2013
#34
For a department with 100 officers, you'd be looking at half a million dollars just for ammo to
Skeeter Barnes
Nov 2013
#43
And depending on what state you live in, your advice might just get a person charged with murder.
Lurks Often
Nov 2013
#44