A Practical Demonstration of why a HiCap Magazine ban wouldn't work

This demonstration is conducted by the Hon. Sheriff Ken Campbell of Boone County Indiana. Some of you may be surprised that all Law Enforcement officers don't support gun control and the magazine restriction. In my short 5 year career in Law Enforcement, I found that few if any of my fellow "Road Dogs" or street officers that were in favor of gun control. Only those that were political in nature and kowtowing the the Politicians in order to advance their careers were in favor of  gun control. In fact, most Local Law Enforcement officers (at least those not in large cities) are members of the NRA. In fact almost all Range Officers in almost every Police or Sheriffs dept in the country are NRA Members because they are trained and certified to operate their ranges by the NRA.

Sheriff Campbell demonstrates one exercise with a revolver in which they perform a "New York" reload. I was a little disappointed as I expected him to demonstrate the use of "speed loaders" which was how I was trained in the Police academy. I was able to fire 24 well aimed shots in 25 seconds from 25 yards keeping all of my rounds in the "5" ring. This stage requires three reloads with "speed loaders" which are mechanical devices that hold six rounds in the same configuration as the cylinder of your revolver. You dump the empties, push the speed loader home while hitting its locking button (or turning a knob) which releases the rounds into the cylinder.
  A standard police target at the time contained 5 different rings or scoring areas on a life size human silhouette. The 5 ring would comprise the area normally covered by the 9/10 rings of an FBI life size human silhouette (the Black outlined human target most people are familiar with). I fired the VA Modified Law Enforcement sequence 12 times in the academy, and once a year for a total of 16 times in my short career. I scored a perfect 300 (60rds x 5 points) 11 times. My lowest score recorded was 274 (still considered Expert Marksman). Each stage 3, 7, 15, and 25 yds is timed. There are also several reloads mixed in the stages with the most difficult being the 25 yard kneeling right, standing right and standing left barricade firing the 24 rds.

What I am try to emphasize is that with practice and determination, any shooter can be just as devastating with a revolver as a pistol with a HiCap magazine.

Enjoy the demonstration.

Another Advocate for Gun control

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Random Thoughts

I have been watching Super Bowl pre-game shows all morning. They are making a big deal about it being the 25th anniversary of Doug Williams being the first black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl. I remember it well because I am a lifelong Washington Redskins fan. Several thoughts about the coverage today:

• Why does Al Sharpton's opinion matter and why does he get the respect that he gets? The man became famous for supporting a girl who made Racist accusations because she stayed out all night and was afraid to go home. He then started two different race riots that ended with the Death of an innocent Jewish man in one case, and the burning of a Korean Grocery store in the other. He is no better in my opinion than infamous KKK leader David Duke.
• As long as we keep making race a big deal, race will be a big deal.

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Retail Closings

There is a list of retail chains that are closing hundreds of their locations. Some could be attributed to the changing tastes of the American public. Most are the result of Americans fear of the current Administration. People with disposable income are not spending their money because of the added Heath Insurance costs brought about by the mandates in Obamacare and the current/future tax situation. Big Mama (just a nickname not a description), a DOD employee has been told that she will most likely be Furloughed 2 days a pay period for a total of 22 days. Therefore we have drastically cut back our spending in order to save for the Furloughs and to cover us for the tax hit we will take because of the new taxes and higher tax rate we are now subject to. There are most likely hundreds if not thousands of couples like us that are moderating our spending. When we do this, restaurants, stores and entertainment venues lose money and therefore layoff employees and close locations. This is the dirty little secret to Obama's class warfare.. By raising taxes on two income couples like us in order to make us pay our "fair share".. Those who voted for Obama in order to get their "fair share' of my income are finding themselves with out any income that doesnt come from the Govt...

That is probably his real plan anyway.. As long as they are dependent on the Govt. They will keep voting for bigger and more intrusive Govt. to keep their "draw' coming. The real question is how long will folks like us keep working and supplying the taxes to fund it all... Not for long..