Saturday, March 06, 2010

Rocket Science 101

Apparently the powers of reason have been sucked from the brains of the St. Petersburg FL police department. Either that or the news story has failed to report the obvious:

Gun Handling Basics or Did Quick Draw McGraw Have This Problem?

Anybody who has ever been to a cowboy movie knows that you twirl single action revolvers if you are emulating the Ringo Kid. You don't twirl semi-autos.

But, if you do and you shoot your buddy then the police would have to note that if you are on probation for a "drug possession charge" the terms of that probation would preclude firearm possession, particularly if you are seventeen years old. It wouldn't be an unrelated charge.

And accepting the line that "I just found this .40" from a juvenile on probation for drug possession probably is a very weak cover for a burglarly or theft.

No comments: