Why no Cannons on Police Helicopters?

In message , Jim Yanik
writes
"Gord Beaman" ) wrote in
:
I certainly have nothing against what some people want to believe
UNTIL IT IMPACTS ME and MINE. You don't like freedom?...then stay
out of free countries. Certainly don't cry when you get your
fingers slapped for forcing your views on others thousands of
miles away.

Well,we now know that 9-11 was not the first attack on the US,there was the
first WTC bombing,two US embassies bombed,

You have embassies in your own country? Embassies are established
overseas.

the Khobar Towers bombing,

The Khobar Towers were in Saudi Arabia.

and the
USS Cole bombing.

The USS COLE was attacked in the Yemen.


As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk

From: "Paul J. Adam"


As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".


Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

In message , B2431
writes
From: "Paul J. Adam"
As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".

Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Sorry, Dan, but it dates back to the flintlock days: back when you'd
half-cock your firelock so you could charge the pan, and a
fumble-fingered soldier or one cursed with a badly-made weapon
(remember, this was before mass production and interchangeable parts)
could discharge his weapon at an inopportune moment.

And whether you call the relevant garment pants, shorts or trousers, I
was only sticking a loaded and ready firearm in there if there was a
proper holster ready to receive it

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk

"Paul J. Adam" wrote:

In message , B2431
writes
From: "Paul J. Adam"
As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".

Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.


Dan may have been joking a little Paul

Sorry, Dan, but it dates back to the flintlock days: back when you'd
half-cock your firelock so you could charge the pan, and a
fumble-fingered soldier or one cursed with a badly-made weapon
(remember, this was before mass production and interchangeable parts)
could discharge his weapon at an inopportune moment.


That might have been so too , but modern weapons have that 'half
cock' feature, it's done to keep the hammer off the firing pin,
this position locks the hammer from being released by the
trigger, but you likely knew that already...now a question, do
you know how "flash in the pan" originated?





And whether you call the relevant garment pants, shorts or trousers, I
was only sticking a loaded and ready firearm in there if there was a
proper holster ready to receive it

--

-Gord.

In message , "Gord
writes
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:
Dan may have been joking a little Paul

Yes, he said so too - my mistake for being too literal.

now a question, do
you know how "flash in the pan" originated?

Matchlocks and flintlocks again: the priming fires but doesn't ignite
the charge in the barrel (blocked vent, for instance). So you get the
flash in the pan, but no shot.

Me gun nut, me know these things Even if my sense of humour
occasionally needs recalibration when reading Americanese

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk

From: "Paul J. Adam"


In message , B2431
writes
From: "Paul J. Adam"
As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".

Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Sorry, Dan, but it dates back to the flintlock days: back when you'd
half-cock your firelock so you could charge the pan, and a
fumble-fingered soldier or one cursed with a badly-made weapon
(remember, this was before mass production and interchangeable parts)
could discharge his weapon at an inopportune moment.

And whether you call the relevant garment pants, shorts or trousers, I
was only sticking a loaded and ready firearm in there if there was a
proper holster ready to receive it

--

I keep forgetting some things don't translate into Brit. It's an old joke,
sorry.

I have shot matchlocks, a wheel lock, several flint and percussion weapons as
well as modern. I know what a half cock is.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

In message , B2431
writes
From: "Paul J. Adam"
Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Sorry, Dan, but it dates back to the flintlock days

I keep forgetting some things don't translate into Brit. It's an old joke,
sorry.

Right - got it on the second try. Cheers.

--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk

Paul J. Adam wrote:

In message , B2431
writes

From: "Paul J. Adam"
As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".

Paul, that term comes from having an accident while stuffing one's side arm
into the front waist of one's pants.

Sorry, Dan, but it dates back to the flintlock days: back when you'd
half-cock your firelock so you could charge the pan, and a
fumble-fingered soldier or one cursed with a badly-made weapon
(remember, this was before mass production and interchangeable parts)
could discharge his weapon at an inopportune moment.

Apparently, firing off ramrods, particularly in the excitement
of battle, was another fairly common error.

There doesn't seem to be an idiom derived from it, so I suppose
it must have been a much less common event than "going off
half-cocked".


SMH

"Paul J. Adam" wrote in
:

In message , Jim Yanik
writes
"Gord Beaman" ) wrote in
m:
I certainly have nothing against what some people want to believe
UNTIL IT IMPACTS ME and MINE. You don't like freedom?...then stay
out of free countries. Certainly don't cry when you get your
fingers slapped for forcing your views on others thousands of
miles away.

Well,we now know that 9-11 was not the first attack on the US,there
was the first WTC bombing,two US embassies bombed,

You have embassies in your own country? Embassies are established
overseas.

And embassies are considered part of the country who's embassy is sited
there;IOW,those embassies are US soil.

the Khobar Towers bombing,

The Khobar Towers were in Saudi Arabia.

Full of US troops,who the attack was directed at.

and the
USS Cole bombing.

The USS COLE was attacked in the Yemen.

An attack on a warship is an act of war.
Whether it's in port,or on the open seas.



As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".


Surely you cannot be this dense? You are saying that attacks on US
embassies in other countries is NOT an attack on the US,or that the USS
Cole attack was not an attack on the US??

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

"Paul J. Adam" wrote in
:

In message , Jim Yanik
writes
"Gord Beaman" ) wrote in
m:
I certainly have nothing against what some people want to believe
UNTIL IT IMPACTS ME and MINE. You don't like freedom?...then stay
out of free countries. Certainly don't cry when you get your
fingers slapped for forcing your views on others thousands of
miles away.

Well,we now know that 9-11 was not the first attack on the US,there
was the first WTC bombing,two US embassies bombed,

You have embassies in your own country? Embassies are established
overseas.

the Khobar Towers bombing,

The Khobar Towers were in Saudi Arabia.

and the
USS Cole bombing.

The USS COLE was attacked in the Yemen.


As a firearms enthusiast, Jim, you might be familiar with the phrase
"going off half-cocked".


Addendum;I found it interesting that no one else in the NG called Mr.Adam
on his statement that those attacks were not against the US.

Also note that I never said "on US soil",or "US territory".

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net