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I was inVietnam from January 1966 to September 1968 and flew about 3500 combat flight hours as a crew chief/door gunner on a UH-1C Huey gunship. During most of that time, I fired an M60 (7.62mm) until sometime after the 1968 Tet offensive when I changed to an XM-134 minigun ( also firing 7.62)...

Well, Captain, it's been my experience in combat on two different continents that if things get to the point where the platoon leader or the 1st Sgt need a pistol there are probably going to be several laying around for the taking

I was trying to point out a misconception that there are a lot of pistols in an Infantry unit. There aren't. But all flight crews, MPs, medics, etc are issued pistols as their primary weapons. There are about 10 combat support/combat service support soldiers for every one infantryman. The Army...

I am a retired senior Infantry NCO. My last assignment oin active duty in 1999 was as the 1st Sgt of a light Infantry Company. I don't post here often because i don't like to get embrouiled in a flame war. When I do post, i try to stay away from stating a fact or cdescribing a situation wuithout...

I have been working on concealed carry since 2007. I belong to www.illinoiscarry.com and Todd Vandermyde, the NRA lobbyist is a member there. Todd has written all the Bills for the last couple of years and he has written HB 997 introduced Rep Brandon Phelps and SB 1284 introduced by...

I pretty much agree with all of the above. I am a retired LEO and a retired soldier and have carried a 1911 (in one form or another) for more than 40 years. Here's another reason to carry a 1911 and nobody has mentioned it. Based on my experience, the very worse thing that could happen to...

I am told that there is a chance for an Illinois concealed carry bill to actually get passed this year from a really good source. A really, REALLY good source. I am starting to visit every single forum that I am subscribed to and not just the firearm forums, every forum and trying to enlist...

Governor Perry has a concealed carry permit and apparently for a good reason: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/27/rick-perry-shoots-and-kil_n_554397.html AUSTIN, Texas — Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don't mess with my dog...

Actually Colt and Springfield Armory (the Arsenal not the Company) were both making 1911s in 1911. By 1917, Remington-UMC, Winchester, Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Lanston Monotype Machine Co., National Cash Register Co., A.J. Savage Munitions Co., Savage Arms Co., and two Canadian firms...

McDonald v Chicago has nothing toi do with the right to carry Chicago actually has a ban on possession of firearms en toto by residents of Chicago (and Oak Park, a suburb). McDonald sued the City of Chicago for violating his rights as described in the 2nd Amendment, the right to keep and...