Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns What Are Clueful People Carrying?

What I find interesting is that anybody cares to listen to this fat neckbeard. The guy has zero real world experience that I know of. No LE experience, no military time as a trigger puller. Nada.

He is simply another ewetube goober with a camera and an opinion. He threw up a green sheet in his basement and hit the record button, and people tune into him like he is some sort of subject matter expert.

It certainly goes to show that you don't have to have any personal subject matter expertise about anything, just sound and act like you do, and the gullible and clueless will follow.

I watched the whole video. Here are my thoughts/reactions:

1. I wanted to dislike this guy for his patronizing and glib presentation. But..I kind of liked him. I believe he is sincere in trying to get people to carry the best option for them.

2. The fact that a group of people tended to carry the same gun/ammo isn't surprising. All groups will follow their leader--whether they realize or not that there is, in fact, a leader. The question is whether the leader has led the sheeple to water. In this case, I don't disagree that the modern 9mm is easily "enough gun" for self defense when loaded with HST's or Gold Dots. And, most 9mm's provide for more ammo capacity than a .40 or .45.

3. This group carries Glocks. That makes sense since an external safety is just another opportunity for a victim to remain a victim instead of turning the tables on a bad guy. I'd bet the group of instructors shuns revolvers on the basis of ammo capacity and sight radius. "No man in a gunfight wishes he had a smaller gun and fewer bullets." But...if you train with your 1911, draw it well, hit the safety off the draw, and hit what you're aiming at, I think even this group wouldn't say you've made a "bad" decision.

4. I'd really like to know how many in this group had night sights on their guns. Given that bad things often happen in the dark, I'd bet it was a pretty high percentage.

5. While this video is not the gospel as to what we should be carrying, it should certainly make us stop and think. Do what's best for you, but in making that decision, why choose non-night sights? Why choose a tiny gun? Why opt for an external safety? Why carry with a cold chamber? Why prefer 8 or 9 rounds over 16 or 18? Again, do what's best for you, but make an informed choice.

I would like to beat that guy to death with a frozen turkey.



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Travis

What I find interesting is that anybody cares to listen to this fat neckbeard. The guy has zero real world experience that I know of. No LE experience, no military time as a trigger puller. Nada.

He is simply another ewetube goober with a camera and an opinion. He threw up a green sheet in his basement and hit the record button, and people tune into him like he is some sort of subject matter expert.

It certainly goes to show that you don't have to have any personal subject matter expertise about anything, just sound and act like you do, and the gullible and clueless will follow.

I teach concealed carry classes, and while the state (Illinois) doesn't specify this, I tell my students if they are going to carry a firearm they should have a flashlight that gets carried every time the handgun does. National stats indicate 80% of shootings occur in low light to dark. If you can't identify it, and it's not shooting at you, you better be able to articulate why you shot if you hit someone. If all you can see is a silhouette, you can't determine if your adversary (IF that's your adversary) has dropped the gun, is no longer pointing a weapon at you, or is still pointing his weapon at you. You need a flashlight if you're going to carry.

I think everybody here agrees that a flashlight is standard equipment. It goes with you during the day and on the nightstand when you go to bed.

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Clark

I think everybody here agrees that a flashlight is standard equipment. It goes with you during the day and on the nightstand when you go to bed.

What I find interesting is that anybody cares to listen to this fat neckbeard. The guy has zero real world experience that I know of. No LE experience, no military time as a trigger puller. Nada.

He is simply another ewetube goober with a camera and an opinion. He threw up a green sheet in his basement and hit the record button, and people tune into him like he is some sort of subject matter expert.

It certainly goes to show that you don't have to have any personal subject matter expertise about anything, just sound and act like you do, and the gullible and clueless will follow.

What I find interesting is that anybody cares to listen to this fat neckbeard. The guy has zero real world experience that I know of. No LE experience, no military time as a trigger puller. Nada.

He is simply another ewetube goober with a camera and an opinion. He threw up a green sheet in his basement and hit the record button, and people tune into him like he is some sort of subject matter expert.

It certainly goes to show that you don't have to have any personal subject matter expertise about anything, just sound and act like you do, and the gullible and clueless will follow.