Comments | wombat74: This will come as a shock to WEERD, maybe.

wombat74

This will come as a shock to WEERD, maybe.

Apr 29, 2010 10:23

People carrying guns that I approve of and wholeheartedly support. And now they're getting bigger bangier guns. I'd makea comment about STOPPING POWER and other things like that but I admit I have no idea about any of it ( Read more... )

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I am going to regret even *thinking* of typing this... happymrlocust April 29 2010, 00:50:58 UTC

I don't think I'm ever going to get used to the idea of common or garden Police being armed. It's one of those weird quaint British opinions I have.

Re: I am going to regret even *thinking* of typing this... wombat74 April 29 2010, 01:03:54 UTC

It's one of the things I find awesome about the UK. But for whatever reason, our cops are armed and have been for a long time. And I'm actually quite ok with that.

I still really dislike personal gun ownership/use but I don't want to turn this into yet another anti-gun/pro-gun argument between WEERD and myself. I was actually wondering what his opinion on the new guns our guys are getting was.

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weerdbeard April 29 2010, 09:36:24 UTC

Revolvers have better stopping power. That being said switching to a polymer duty-gun is lighter, easier to reload and swap damaged magazines (The number one failure point in semi-auto guns) also they take a little better to dirty conditions. Revolvers rarely jam while shooting (which occasionally happens to semis) but dusty, dirty, or muddy conditions can lock a wheel-gun up solid as a rock ( ... )

weerdbeard April 29 2010, 13:31:30 UTC

Oops just re-read the article (First time I was concentrating on the M&P, and not on the gun its replacing...the M&P ( ... )

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