Thread: And the Nobel goes to...

I frankly don't understand the Gore bashing. He has impacted everyone's life not at all. He lost an election (that in retrospect we might have been better off if he won--Dems, if anyone, should be disliking him for dropping the ball on an election that was his to lose.)

If you have a distaste for him winning the Nobel, place the blame on the guys who made the committee feel like they had to vote for him.

Originally Posted by ScottS

If you have a distaste for him winning the Nobel, place the blame on the guys who made the committee feel like they had to vote for him.

Okay. I'm glad the Nobel committee has a sense of humor, it's just sad that they forgot to award the prize to any true winners

Originally Posted by jockeys

um, that particular weapon is very capable of firing with the magazine removed, and it is definitely possible to remove the magazine and forget to empty the chamber. Rule 1: all weapons are always loaded, until proven otherwise. removing the magazine!=unloading

Fair enough. It seemed a plausible conjecture on my part, but that's very true. One spank or two sir?

Originally Posted by jockeys

um, that particular weapon is very capable of firing with the magazine removed, and it is definitely possible to remove the magazine and forget to empty the chamber. Rule 1: all weapons are always loaded, until proven otherwise. removing the magazine!=unloading

Hey Jockeys, my father always taught me that you treat every gun as if it was loaded, period!

Originally Posted by JMS

Hey Jockeys, my father always taught me that you treat every gun as if it was loaded, period!

well, yes, ideally, sometimes during training you "administratively unload" a weapon and mark it as such (usually blue or orange tape over the muzzle and breech) so that you can practice various 2 person drills like weapon retention, etc.

I should have specified, though :-P