Monday, June 23, 2008
In an episode of "The Wire" I was watching yesterday, a gentleman named Omar and his gang have been robbing the drug dealer's stash houses. The drug dealer finally decides to do something about it, and they conceal a few gunmen in the top story of the house. The plan, apparently, was to wait until the next robbery and then open fire from above.
Which they did. At the designated time, they kicked the boards off the windows and started blasting away with their pistols. They managed, by great luck, to pick off one of the robbers, while Omar and two others got away.
What I don't understand, is if you are going to go through the trouble of setting up an elaborate trap and arm a half a dozen men, why not spend the extra five minutes to teach them the Weaver stance, instead of having them wildly shoot pistols with one hand and the gun turned sideways?
Or better yet, why not have two snipers on the roof across the street with some decent rifles? A hundred year old bolt-action rifle from WWI could've ended the standoff almost immediately. The .30-06 Springfield can put a 7.62mm round down range with a muzzle velocity of over 2700 fps and an effective range of over a kilometer. The 90 year old M1 Garand was called by General George Patton, "the greatest implement of battle ever devised."
Omar had a shotgun, so I know it's possible to obtain and conceal long guns. Their reliance on inaccurate pistols and zero training is puzzling.
Which they did. At the designated time, they kicked the boards off the windows and started blasting away with their pistols. They managed, by great luck, to pick off one of the robbers, while Omar and two others got away.
What I don't understand, is if you are going to go through the trouble of setting up an elaborate trap and arm a half a dozen men, why not spend the extra five minutes to teach them the Weaver stance, instead of having them wildly shoot pistols with one hand and the gun turned sideways?
Or better yet, why not have two snipers on the roof across the street with some decent rifles? A hundred year old bolt-action rifle from WWI could've ended the standoff almost immediately. The .30-06 Springfield can put a 7.62mm round down range with a muzzle velocity of over 2700 fps and an effective range of over a kilometer. The 90 year old M1 Garand was called by General George Patton, "the greatest implement of battle ever devised."
Omar had a shotgun, so I know it's possible to obtain and conceal long guns. Their reliance on inaccurate pistols and zero training is puzzling.
