From a friend in California
4 Aug 99 This from a friend in California: “Retired officer Angelo Glorioso, formally of the Alhambra, CA PD, petitioned the Department for a CCW-endorsed identification card. Officer Glorioso recently retired on a medical disability (work-related knee injuries) after twenty year of service with the department. Issuance of such cards is required by California law. […]
Incident
2 Aug 99 I just received this from a friend with a large department on the East Coast: “Late last week our officer shot the bank-robbery suspect twice in the face, from a distance of two feet. The (deceased) suspect had powder stippling over most of his face. The suspect was driving a car that […]
Going armed
2 Aug 99 A friend works in an office building in Atlanta. She was at work when the Atlanta shooting took place last week. Her building is on the same block as the building where the incident happened. News of the incident spread through her building rapidly as it was still going on. Panic broke […]
Tossing Rounds
28 July 99 Late last week, while in foot pursuit of a knife-wielding suspect, a uniformed Chicago PD officer fired several shots from his pistol, ostensibly at the suspect. One of his rounds struck an uninvolved motorist in the head, seriously injuring him. The suspect was never apprehended. The incident is currently “under investigation.” Lesson: […]
Incident in Columbia
28 July 99 This incident just occurred in Bogota Columbia: “Two cloistered Roman Catholic nuns killed a thief with a gun they bought from the army after their convent was burglarized nine times, Archbishop Luis Augusto Castro reported Saturday. The burglar was shot in the face and hand shortly after he broke into the convent […]
Catching the link
26 July 99 Vicki and I recently completed a Patrol Rifle Course in Yakima, WA. We just received this from one of our students: “I attended your 4-hour Urban Rifle course in Yakima, WA on July 21, 1999. Although I’m a police department firearms instructor, my experience has been nearly exclusively with our service pistol. […]
Gunshot Wounds
26 July 99 From Gunshot Wounds, by Vincent Di Maio: “The limiting factor for consciousness is the oxygen supply to the brain. When the oxygen to the brain is consumed, unconsciousness occurs. Experiments have shown that an individual can continue to function without a functioning heart for a short period of time. Thus, if no […]
“Instructors”
21 July 99 This is from a friend who is a PI in FL: “I completed the three-day course required by the state of Florida to obtain an investigator’s, statewide carry permit, not to be confused with the citizen’s carry permit, which I already have. You just wouldn’t believe the ‘instructor!’ While lecturing, he slowly […]
+2 Base Plates
19 July 99 This from a friend in the federal system: “All “+2 base plates” for Glock magazines should be highly avoided. We experience regular terminal failures with them while performing reload and immediate-action drills. These base plates routinely blow off, dumping rounds into the dirt leaving the empty mag body in the gun. We’ve […]
NPR
16 July 99 This was on NPR yesterday: Goofy shows up at the hospital with a gunshot wound in his right leg. He sheepishly explains to the doctors that he accidentally shot himself in the thigh with a 22 RF pistol while trying to stuff it into his belt, under his belt buckle. The bullet […]
Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound
15 July 99 From a friend on the East Coast: “John, This just happened to an acquaintance within the last month (not one of our students): Wanting to clean his Glock 23, Goofy had just started dissembling it when the phone rang. He had just removed the magazine. He set the gun down and answered […]
Comments on Ammunition
15 July 99 This just in from a friend in ammunition sales on the East Coast: “Last week, I came across a department of thirty officers in which the issued service weapon is the S&W Model 65, loaded with factory 357 Mg 125 grain JHP. This is one of the few departments we service who […]
Criminals/Predators
13 July 99 “Perceptual Shorthand, Restating the Obvious” I recently heard a colleague put the issue of victimization this way: “Low-level criminals are not ‘fighters.’ They are ‘victimizers.’ They are not good at ‘fighting,’ nor do they have any interest in it. The successful ones are good only at victimization, and the most important of […]
Krushchev Quote
13 July 99 “…I will not vote for Democrats! it’s too dangerous for the Country…” –Sergei Krushchev, son of former Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev, who became an American Citizen this month and who will vote in his first presidential election next year.
Incident in the Midwest
13 July 99 I just received this from a friend in the Midwest. He is the training officer at a large, municipal police department: “Had an incident here recently on the range. One more reminder that trigger finger placement can’t be a casual matter, and that safety skills ARE tactical skills: A new reserve officer […]
Incident
6 July 99 This from a friend in MD. This incident involves an officer from the Montgomery CO Police Department. It took place in April of this year: “While on patrol, Officer Thielke observed Roberts (the suspect) standing next to a car in an apartment complex parking lot in the early evening. The passenger-side door […]
Revolvers in the Philippines
6 July 99 I just received this from a friend in the Philippines. He attended their first ever IDPA match and has this to say: “Only two revolver shooters showed up. One of them was VERY good. He put a lot of autoloader users to shame. And no, he wasn’t using a full-moon clip-capable revolver, […]
Georgia
30 June 99 This appeared yesterday on a local TV news station in Georgia. It seems that the often touted, transcendental “genetic osmosis” which is supposed to instantly convert all American Southeasterners into gun experts at birth didn’t work in this case: “A prisoner, serving a life sentence at the State Penitentiary, complains of an […]
Comments from a fellow instructor
29 June 99 This is from a friend and fellow instructor in the Midwest. He is describing the kinds of people who come to him for training: “(1) Casual Shooters: Although they don’t train seriously, consider their firearms as little more than magical talismans against evil, and live most of the time in Condition White, […]
Comments from a student
29 June 99 This from a student at a Course in the Midwest, just a week ago: “As you may remember, I had a dead battery in my Jeep on Friday and ________ gave me and____ a ride to our motel. After depositing ____ back to the room, I decided to walk about a mile […]
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