defending ones self is surely a legitimate use of force...who has trouble with that concept??Verboten - puts the whole concept of legitimate use of force, in a big picture at risk. No, good order and discipline means no personal weapons.
defending ones self is surely a legitimate use of force...who has trouble with that concept??Verboten - puts the whole concept of legitimate use of force, in a big picture at risk. No, good order and discipline means no personal weapons.
The Hague Convention, and having to waste time policing whether LTJG Jesse Joe Jim Bob's custom .454 Casull and his box of handloaded semi-wadcutters are legal under the Law of Armed Conflict.defending ones self is surely a legitimate use of force...who has trouble with that concept??
Let's be honest, if we allow personal weapons and ammo, you're going to have a specific group of guys that will hand-load some really crazy shit, like extra-hot rounds, JB welding primers into hollow points, and the like, all in the name of "killing bad guys". I could see it very quickly getting out of control and turned off. That said, factory hollow points would be nice, and a case can (and has) been made for them being less cruel and unusual than FMJ rounds. Police carry them to use for protection against domestic threats. 'Nuff said. Yeah, yeah I know... Hague, Geneva, et. al.
So to keep in line with all the treaties, I'm fine with the M-11. Just "allow" me to load the damn thing when I fly into combat. It might just be a feel good thing and not mean jack squat, but my pistol ain't loaded when I eject, WTF is the point of having the damn thing?
False, for at least the last 30 years.
Our det actually had 1911's in DS - the M1911 was standard TOE for the nuke transhipment mission for HC.I'm old but not that old. Desert Storm the Naval Air sidearm was crap. Our issued weapon was a 5 shot .38 S&W snubbie. The vast majority of us carried our own. I carried a Browning Hi-Power, my pilot carried a Glock 9 and the other two carried the issue weapon. Of course our new jg wouldn't load it because "loaded guns are dangerous". ( Md raised USNA).
There are rules and there is reality. My last 5 deployments I carried the M11 and found no need to replace it.
Seems like the brass must be doing a number on the windscreenOr this guy?
I'm old but not that old. Desert Storm the Naval Air sidearm was crap. Our issued weapon was a 5 shot .38 S&W snubbie. The vast majority of us carried our own. I carried a Browning Hi-Power, my pilot carried a Glock 9 and the other two carried the issue weapon. Of course our new jg wouldn't load it because "loaded guns are dangerous". ( Md raised USNA).
There are rules and there is reality. My last 5 deployments I carried the M11 and found no need to replace it.
Seems like the brass must be doing a number on the windscreen