Top 10 things Old Dog has learned on THR:
10. If the handgun has an internal locking system, it simply doesn’t measure up to any previously manufactured handguns by that manufacturer, even though the manufacturer in question may have once been owned by a British conglomerate and gone through a period where quality assurance measures on its production handguns were woefully lacking.
9. 1911 aficionados typically understand far more about handgun operation, maintenance and shooting than the average Glock-lovers will ever hope to know.
8. Some folks believe government actually thinks as a single entity, with an established agenda to strip civil rights from all American citizens … and that freedom is a lost cause …
7. The words “statist” and “apologist” seem to be used far more often by those who have no real world experience in serious matters, while those persons who actually seem to have the real world experience sometimes seem to be the people most often called “statists” and “apologists.
6. A lot more folks than I would've previously thought admit that they carry mouseguns (is every Kel-Tec owner in the world a THR member?), while a lot more folks than I can believe claim to carry full-size 1911s on a daily basis ...
5. If a law enforcement officer writes his post in the woods, and there is no one around to read his post, he is still wrong.
4. In any post even tangentially involving the military, several posters will inevitably make knowing statements about what military life is like now or how today’s armed forces operate based on their experience of military service, even though they got off active duty 25 or 30 years ago.
3. That any post with titles including the words “Wal Mart,” “police officer,” “zombies,” “war on drugs,” “San Francisco,” “illegal immigrant,” “liberals,” “media,” or “SHTF,” to name a few, will generate threads that will go for pages and pages …
2. That I respect those with whom I don’t agree far more when they don’t expend extra energy and waste words trying to find creative ways to call me stupid or mindless, or just come out and call me a “statist” or an “apologist” because that’s easier for them than actually attempting to understand my reasoning …
1. And the Number One thing I’ve learned on THR: There are many very intelligent people inhabiting this forum, and even when I don’t agree with someone’s opinion or conclusion, if they are consistent in their thought process and presentation of their argument, the debates can be fun, I still learn much, and I will still like and respect them in the morning …