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On Wed, 21 May 2014 09:28:42 -0700, jps wrote:

On Wed, 21 May 2014 12:11:20 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 5/21/14, 11:58 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 08:29:35 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 9:18:33 PM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 5/20/14, 9:14 PM, wrote:

It takes longer to load a speed loader than it takes to load the gun.
If there is nobody shooting at you, why bother?

I told you...for "play."

You shouldn't play with guns, or their accoutrements.

You don't like SA's because they are too fiddly, but you "play" (fiddle) around with speed loaders?

Strange.

Speed loaders were promoted in the 60s and 70s as a way to prolong the
life of aging revolver technology in police departments. The
perception was advanced that these were as effective as a box
magazine. It never really caught on and as the power and effectiveness
of the moldy old 9mm round got better, the familiar old "police .38"
went the way of the horse drawn paddy wagon.
Unfortunately the thing that allowed cops to carry a 6 shooter for 100
years, marksmanship, went along with it. Now cops with double stack
9's just spray and pray, usually missing with more rounds than hit the
intended target. That is how 10 bystanders get hit trying to shoot one
gunman and unarmed people get shot 41 times (out of close to 70 rounds
fired)

JackOff still posts here?

Yes, JackOff, I find SA revolvers "fiddly" to load and unload with that
damned loading gate and having to push the plunger every time to get
each piece of brass out.

I don't have any trouble loading a cylinder with a speed loader, despite
my comments about unloading the empties into a plastic box while loading
the chambers at nearly the same time with a speed loader.

My thoughts about "carry" are evolving. I have no objection to concealed
carry generally, but I now think those who do should have to demonstrate
serious proficiency with a handgun and pass a serious psychological
exam. I've read the comments of too many retarded hotheads on gun
discussion boards to think that anyone who can fog a mirror should be
able to "carry."

We have a couple of bat**** crazy posters right here in rec.boats who
shouldn't be allowed near hand tools, let alone a concealed handgun.

We had a kid with mental problems shoot up a cafe in Seattle a couple
of years ago. I don't recall how many died and how many lives were
shattered as a result.

He had a CCP and his father pleaded with authorities to revoke it. The
state wouldn't since the son hadn't been committed. He'd demonstrated
poor judgement and a furious temper and had been acting erratically
but there was nothing the state could do and he hadn't gone far enough
to be committed.

Someone nixed him from the cafe for his irrational borderline behavior
and he went off.

Sensible gun control laws will never be written. We'll just keep
having more incidents like Cafe Racer where innocents are gunned down
by "lawful gun owners," ...until they're not.

Sensible gun control laws are all over the books. Look at Chicago and tell me how well they're
enforced.