Comments on: Attention Spans http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/27/attention-spans/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe in N. Calif http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/27/attention-spans/comment-page-1/#comment-470737 Joe in N. Calif Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:56:01 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=13093#comment-470737 Mongo, on one level I can agree with you. On another, more basic level, I have a lot of trouble requiring training and a govt. test to exercise a civil right. All the people I know with CCWs practice to the tune of several hundred rounds a week, and shoot better than most LEOs I have watched shoot (quite a few, I used to work off the books at a gunshop/range where most of the local depts trained and qualified - most LE seemed to shoot patterns rather than groups). And, in a big flying tube, there isn't a whole lot of room to use a club or sap. One thug could easily hold off a fair number of people. Realistically, what are the chances of a 10mm or 11.4mm slug doing serious damage to an airliner? Mongo, on one level I can agree with you. On another, more basic level, I have a lot of trouble requiring training and a govt. test to exercise a civil right. All the people I know with CCWs practice to the tune of several hundred rounds a week, and shoot better than most LEOs I have watched shoot (quite a few, I used to work off the books at a gunshop/range where most of the local depts trained and qualified – most LE seemed to shoot patterns rather than groups).

And, in a big flying tube, there isn’t a whole lot of room to use a club or sap. One thug could easily hold off a fair number of people. Realistically, what are the chances of a 10mm or 11.4mm slug doing serious damage to an airliner?

]]> By: Mike Myers http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/27/attention-spans/comment-page-1/#comment-470719 Mike Myers Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:36:38 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=13093#comment-470719 Best line that I've heard on Napolitano's "Leadership skills". "Her leadeship skills are so low that she couldn't lead Tiger Woods to a free weekend at the Mustang Ranch." Durn near fell outa my chair when I heard a selfstyled security expert offer that judgment. Best line that I’ve heard on Napolitano’s “Leadership skills”. “Her leadeship skills are so low that she couldn’t lead Tiger Woods to a free weekend at the Mustang Ranch.” Durn near fell outa my chair when I heard a selfstyled security expert offer that judgment.

]]> By: Spencer http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/27/attention-spans/comment-page-1/#comment-470666 Spencer Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:07:05 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=13093#comment-470666 She flip flopped today. "Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano flip-flopped today on the government's performance in the Christmas Day Northwest Airlines alleged terror attack, saying changes need to be made to the passenger screening system. Just a day earlier, she told ABC News that the "system has worked really very, very smoothly over the course of the past several days." Today, on "Good Morning America," she said, "Clearly, there's some work that needs to be done to link up what we call the tie, the generic base in which his name had been entered, to those who already have visas." "We want to go backward now and review our list processes,"" http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/napolitano-security-flight-253-terror-suspect-umar-abdulmutallab/story?id=9432139 You know, if this is there wake up call then so be it. Compared to 9/11 its not as much. One can only hope because Umar says there is more to come; http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/abdulmutallab-yemen-northwest-flight-253-terror-suspect/story?id=9430536 She flip flopped today.

“Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano flip-flopped today on the government’s performance in the Christmas Day Northwest Airlines alleged terror attack, saying changes need to be made to the passenger screening system.

Just a day earlier, she told ABC News that the “system has worked really very, very smoothly over the course of the past several days.”

Today, on “Good Morning America,” she said, “Clearly, there’s some work that needs to be done to link up what we call the tie, the generic base in which his name had been entered, to those who already have visas.”

“We want to go backward now and review our list processes,”"

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/napolitano-security-flight-253-terror-suspect-umar-abdulmutallab/story?id=9432139

You know, if this is there wake up call then so be it. Compared to 9/11 its not as much. One can only hope because Umar says there is more to come; http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/abdulmutallab-yemen-northwest-flight-253-terror-suspect/story?id=9430536

]]> By: blackeagle603 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/27/attention-spans/comment-page-1/#comment-470630 blackeagle603 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:18:04 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=13093#comment-470630 Yeah, best not trust "citizens and free men." Not as if CCW holders tend to be a self selecting bunch and on balance behave themselves better than LEO's. Yeah, ignore the facts. Besides we've all seen what a Hollywood explosive decompression looks like. Nevermind that fantasy either. /snark Yeah, best not trust “citizens and free men.” Not as if CCW holders tend to be a self selecting bunch and on balance behave themselves better than LEO’s. Yeah, ignore the facts. Besides we’ve all seen what a Hollywood explosive decompression looks like. Nevermind that fantasy either. /snark

]]> By: Mongo http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/27/attention-spans/comment-page-1/#comment-470625 Mongo Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:32:47 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=13093#comment-470625 Add to CCW the recurring training needed to become/stay proficient in CQB in the big metal tube. I'd just as soon we all had billy clubs or saps while on board, over allowing untrained gun handlers to start poking holes in things. Add to CCW the recurring training needed to become/stay proficient in CQB in the big metal tube. I’d just as soon we all had billy clubs or saps while on board, over allowing untrained gun handlers to start poking holes in things.

]]> By: Joe in N. Calif http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/27/attention-spans/comment-page-1/#comment-470618 Joe in N. Calif Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:52:58 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=13093#comment-470618 They make frangible .362 lead round ball? Cool! They make frangible .362 lead round ball? Cool!

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