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Jeff wrote that a long time ago and probably would have a different view these days. The 1911 design - for personal defense against one
or two assailants - is hard to beat. I still like the way it feels and handles better than just about anything. I have a Luger copy
in .22 that I plink with and it's good too but I'd rather have a 1911. Jeff was involved in the development of the 10mm and figured it
for a better cartridge and probably would have gone for a DA with a larger magazine even though the Bren just had a 10-round mag. We
live in a more dangerous world and if you can get the punch of a 10mm (or a .40 if you want to go that way) and fifteen or so rounds.
For one or two bad guys Dirty Harry got the job done with a six-shooter and he's not real but in those days most cops carried six-shooters and
probably a lot of .38s. Anyway you can't do the thing where he pretends he doesn't remember how many shots he fired if he started with
a dozen or more and only fired a handful. With a 1911 it would be seven shots or only six - that would be good for a Mike Hammer flick.
I seem to remember in one of the books he tricks a bad guy by releasing the slide - it locks open after the mag is empty. For a six-gun for
personal defense I'd probably go with a .45 Long Colt but there aren't many of those in double-action.
A regular shooting buddy and I both had 1911s in .45 and bought 10mms when they first started making them and you only got one more round
since it used a single-stack magazine. I still carry my .45 most of the time since I don't go looking for trouble or places where it
might find me. For a pocket gun I'll carry a Charter Bulldog with the pocket hammer or if it needs to be really small I'll take the
Undercover in .38. Only five rounds but it's a backup piece.
The Democrat machine seems to be out of gas and has a couple of flat tires. When they're terrified of a 'government shutdown' things have
changed a lot. I expected at least a short one just for the opportunity to blame the Republicans - I was surprised when Schumer caved
without firing a shot. Given the further fracturing of the party that has resulted one wonders whether he just didn't expect it or figured
it would blow over. Or is it something else?
Schumer may be losing it. When he lost it after the Roe ruling I was a little surprised but then he went on television and essentially
made commercials for the Republicans. Maybe it's frustration but while he's a little young for dementia it could be some other mental
deterioration.
MagaHurtz@MyndCryme
Maybe it's all the losing. Even a year or two ago they could control the crazier ones - the younger ones anyway. The guy that pulled the
fire alarm and the crazy one from St. Louis were evicted in the last election but they still have some pretty ugly characters in Congress
and their minions in the 'news' media are worthless as the outlets are all on cancellation watch and in any case have nearly zero influence.
Their minuscule audiences are the already converted. At this point about all they have are obstructionist judges to slow things down as
much as possible.
Speaking of obstructionist judges I wonder how much President Trump will put up with. He can ignore them with impunity and if he makes
his case the right way should not suffer any serious erosion of support.
These are the people who put over a thousand people in the gulag. Let a judge hold an administrative official in contempt and
attempt to jail him/her (thinking about the AG here) if they make the arrest - or attempt to - order US Marshals to protect the
target. These judges don't like being made fools of and you would only have to do it once or twice.
MagaHurtz@MyndCryme
I suspect that there are few if any of these judges who don't have some skeletons in the closet. The Democrat ones are 100% corrupt -
get the dirt and expose them. Open a RICO investigation. Which reminds me of another thought I had about the Epstein files remaining
unseen - does President Trump know some of what's in there and is letting the subjects stew a while? If they don't know when it's
coming they wouldn't want to hasten the day. Just a thought.
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem.
Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their
training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is
that it be unfair. Jeff Cooper
What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that
what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way
to become unpopular than to disagree.
-- John Brunner ~ The Jagged Orbit
