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- From: mwette@csi.jpl.nasa.gov (Matt Wette)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Defense/Combat Questions
- Message-ID: <9211161942.AA02709@csi.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 23:09:51 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <199211160438.AA22652@cherokee.advtech.uswest.com>,
- kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes:
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- |> (1) I've read quite a few defense/combat articles wherein the good guys
- |> mount flash lights on their weapons and go searching for the bad guys.
- |> I understand that it is very important to see the objects before you
- |> shoot. However, using a flash light just reveals your position, IMO.
- |> Even though some gun writers recommend that you put the flash lights
- |> on the right side of your body to fool the bad guys. But unless you
- |> use the flash lights directly on them, they can still see you moving
- |> around. It seems to me that using a flash light can get you killed
- |> DEAD. Nevertheless, most combat authority still use flash lights.
- |> So what am I missing here?
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- Requiring the muzzle to follow the flashlight beam seems particulary
- unsafe to me. I would only want the muzzle to point at something I
- intend to shoot, while I would want the flashlight to be able to point
- at things I want to see (like my kid).
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- Matt
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