You know, the ones that fire of their own volition, either randomly for suppressive fire or at targets the pistol finds threatening. Those, you should never leave unattended in a bathroom.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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Translation of idiot reporterspeak – there was a round in the chamber. No need to thank me.
I would never have one of those trick guns that fires when the trigger is pulled. They are just too damn unpredictable.
But seriously, I never leave a bathroom, public or otherwise, without patting myself to ensure that my important possessions leave with me.
“A glock, which fires if the trigger is pulled…”
Er uh… don’t all guns fire if the trigger is pulled?
And if this snowflake reporter thinks it’s so awful for Capitol Police to carry (gasp!) guns, maybe she ought to ask herself why members of Congress feel the need for lethal “protection” from their own constituents.
. . . as opposed to those that fire when the trigger ISN’T pulled . . .
OMG OMG OMG
. . . the children . . .
. . . common sense legislation . . .
. . . evil NRA . . .
. . . white male privilege . . .
etc
The only problem I see is why are they being left? Sounds like remedial training is required.
Yeah, or maybe better holsters. My only IWB holster has no positive retention, and if I drop trou with the pistol in the holster loud gun-clunks-to-the-floor-type things can happen. Therefore I tend to unholster, setting up a potentially bad day. I never left my gun in a public restroom, because I’m not a moron. But I can’t honestly say I’ve never done it at home.
But to the point, I was really mocking the idiot reporter rather than the idiot cop. Presumably the cop has a supervisor to do a better job of that than I can.
I’m back on twitter these days. Not to make political statements, but to watch. Twitter these days has become very entertaining in a Mad Max Thunderdome kind of way.
After being castigated by 4300 tweeters, the next tweet from @bridgetbhc was:
“Clarifying that I was referring to this line in the story: “Unlike a gun with a traditional safety, a Glock will fire if the trigger is pulled — making the discovery of an unattended gun in the Capitol complex particularly concerning.”
But the damage was done, as the as the 1700 tweeted replies to her clarification indicated.
We probably shouldn’t point out all the double-action- only semi-autos without safeties, or even, you know, revolvers.
Journalism, a fading art form.
I my day when I did private security work all of us who were armed all carried a “potty lanyard” where you could attach it thru the trigger guard around one’s neck (unloaded first of course). Some still lost their favorite pen or loose pocket change & such sometimes, but no guns. It’s such a simple fix to implement too. Surprising that a crack elite congressional police force doesn’t do this. Go figure?
I was an MP in the Army for 6 years and 3 years a reserve Deputy Sheriff and I never left my service piece behind in a stall. But, I wasn’t a 2 brain cell moron. My 3 cell brain all cooperated with each other.