Thanks TGS
Lots of folks have hit the main points really well already, but I can reinforce a few of them:
Look for authenticity when you are visiting London or the UK. There is a lot of...
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Thanks TGS
Lots of folks have hit the main points really well already, but I can reinforce a few of them:
Look for authenticity when you are visiting London or the UK. There is a lot of...
Outside of a skills-test type prerequisite (because we want to avoid the "those who can't do - teach" pitfall), I think the reps that an instructor course needs should be primarily filled by the...
Absolutely agree. 100% of those 33 rounds are going to hit something. We care what that something is, someone shooting our way does not. Provided that even minimal recoil control is maintained on...
I absolutely agree with regard to education through high school. My feelings about public funding for higher education are an extension of my feelings about the k-12 school system.
That said, a...
I have gone back and forth about this exact issue mentally a few times.
I am Law Enforcement, I carry a gun, I have an issued long gun that I maintain as a response tool in extremely exigent...
I did not see it in the thread, but I would argue pretty aggressively in support of a position that could be over-simplified to something very similar to that.
The fine print would have lots of...
It is. The Iraq/Syria stuff is particularly galling, because at least some of the destruction was a cover (with convenient ideologically zealous justification) for the theft and looting of artifacts...
I carry my issued gun - but it's a G19M so that's not a huge sacrifice in most contexts. I also own a G19/5 with the agent sights, for times that my issued gun and I are separated.
Before I was...
Since I first read an article about this whole cluster, it has been my go-to parable on the importance of staying in your lane, at both the individual and agency levels.
I think the vitriol at Musk is new. Some of it is mindless "pay your taxes you rich douche" bile from the usual suspects, but there are legit criticisms.
The dude is a tremendous hypocrite...
Well, that would certainly be a statement that would result in me shopping around for a new pediatrician. It might be a function of my environment, but I almost exclusively get relief from medical...
I am pretty sure more than 17% of beer drinkers have felt dizziness as a side of taking it internally.... but in spite of that, they seem to persist in consumption. It just gives you a mild high,...
I had my Moderna Booster shot yesterday afternoon (original series in Jan/Feb).
I felt some mild symptoms (low headache and general lack of energy+appetite) most of last night into this morning....
It's videos like this, that make me (momentarily) appreciate the enormous bureaucratic cluster that prevents efficient procurement. Because somewhere, you just know there is a good idea fairy who...
Havana syndrome exists, has physically damaged a fair number of folks now, across multiple agencies, countries, and Posts.
There is not a lot out in the public domain about it, but based on the...
During the pandemic I had to do some things that were risky (or had unknown consequences) for my health. I also have a pretty strong public service motivation and work in a role where personal...
Fair, I suspect personalities may vary slightly - probably for the best if I abandon that conversational thread.
That said, I came to this thread because one of my second order acquaintances...
I wear a mask because I carry a gun.
I wear a gun as a tool to help me with protecting the people around me; a mask is easy to wear relative to my Glock. I wear the mask to protect the people...
I am not saying that the appropriate response to this is to "attempt" your best french; but as a vaguely coherent french speaker, I have found that people who actually speak/love the language rapidly...
^ This ^
In a previous life I studied Civil Engineering. I also got lost on my way to gainful employment and spent some time that I will never regret/forget/repeat as a 1371. Oddly enough, I...
Like most SovCits, this particular group tends to draw attention to themselves. A lot of times it is things that seem relatively innocuous, like home-made license plates on their vehicles, or...
I'm carrying the duty phone (really just my work phone, but I need to be sober when I answer it), and a G19M.
...Also, because we had a 4th of July event, I spent an hour last night trying to...
I am gonna register my guess that you are installing a space heater for a nice comfortable radiant-heated fishing experience.
Also; this thread remains my absolute favorite one on PF right now.
Imagine for a moment, working in an agency that has specifically verboten law enforcement from making recordings of employees for investigative purposes. (A throwback to a darker period in history)....
For awhile there, Metro had a policy that basically encouraged LEO's to ride (here's an article from 2012 where they talk about showing creds to ride free of charge...