Oi Chatmaster! Missed you on all the ohter threads which were very interesting so you must have been hitting the boring ones lol.
My uncle was a sniper in the old SADF, and he took me under his wing. The training is harsh, make no mistake, but it was absolutely one of the most wonderful experiences in my life. The standard by its very reason is extremely high, and you have to be able to hit a target with your back to the target, then turn on count, and without aiming, hit your target spot on. Your grouping needs to be very close, and I was always very impressed when I could get little sunglasses - that's what I call it anyway.
I have to point out, in the interest of useless information, that it is impossible to hit a bee. The flight pattern is too erratic and upredictable.
I am rusty now though, but it is all in the breathing, and you don't have to be a good shot to be able to protect yourself. A human body is a huge target, but I just wanted to be able to be good enough to wound and not to kill.
What bothers me about this thread is the underlying sense of helplessness. We have not only given our power away but our sense of responsibility.
I am not for the trigger happy lot, and I am not an advocate for violence meeting violence, but there is so much you can do to safeguard yourself and your family, yet we just don't want to pick up the responsiblitly.
So we pacify ourselves with security companies, paying good money for protection that may or may not come, relaying on the police when we know they are faced with unsurmountable problems.......we grew up under a paternalistic government and now we refuse to believe that Big Daddy will not come and save us.
Wake up, you are on your own, and you and only you can come up with a plan to protect yourself and your family. You can pop into your local police station for a few pointers and tips, they are more than happy to help, and you can gear up your neighbourhood. Your neighbours remain your first line of defense.
A criminal will run if given the choice, and they are human too, so they will choose the soft targets, they are lazy like everyone else and will take the easiest route open to them.
In all the years we have not had to fire a shot, except for our one neighbour who fortunately moved, who fired off three shots one night, pursuing a speeding vehicle on foot wearing slip-slops! He was nick-named Buurman, and I do believe the last time old Buurman touched based with any form of exercise,was in primary school running to the tuck shop to be first in line. Have to give him a perfect score for optimism though as the vehicle was hauling ass with screaming tires, I don't know whether it was the shots or the sight of Buurman in hot pursuit that put them off. Buurman was leaning back hard to compensate for his SA boep, struggling to find his centre of balance, waving his gun and screaming abuse!
I think we can use this as a platform to discuss different plans and views, and perhaps help each other and safe a life.
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