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In reply to the discussion: "Hey, I Want To Fly an F-14" - Takei [View all]11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)39. Thanks for the education.
FYI, I have fired weapons in my life, sometimes toward people who were shooting back. An M-16, for example, on full auto in the hands of an FNG, will recoil so severely that the troop will shoot the shit out of the canopy, while not providing a bit of covering fire. That's why we were trained to fire in three round bursts, (but when the shit got hot, newbies tended to go to full rock and roll). So I'll say it again, bullets do not always go in the direction that the weapon was intended to send them.
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Hmm.... all those civilian, non-combat uses of the F-14 that had previously escaped me!
villager
Dec 2012
#9
well... F-14s are getting shredded, due a panic over them getting shipped/smuggled to Iran...
a geek named Bob
Dec 2012
#16
As long as you can afford the gas and the maintenance, I don't see a problem.
a geek named Bob
Dec 2012
#19
I think restricting gun ownership to Military/police/national guard is a reasonable restriction
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#29
I understand what you are trying to say, but I will continue to take issue ...
11 Bravo
Dec 2012
#46
Good point. In light of this information, please place an order for this discriminate gun for me
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2012
#32
A bomber would make more sense, they are more like airliners. A fighter like an F-14 is crazier. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2012
#23