Learning About Gun Control : The Hard Way

["DoubleAction"]

Eldrin Bell Injured By Gun At Strip Club Owner's Party

www.wsbtv.com/news/16750652/detail.html

"Revolver burned my thumb", Eldrin Bell says

www.ajc.com/health/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/06/30/gun_burns_eldrin_bell.html

Clayton County's Poster Child For Firearm Safety : Eldrin

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Coming From A Ex-Chief Police, for Atlanta, Makes One Wonder How He Acquired His Training & Marksmanship Skills !!

Hint :The Handgun has a Grip, Know How Use It.

Maybe if Eldrin enlisted the help of professional instruction......

[MLB]

That's embarrassing for him.

["DoubleAction"]

Feb 21, 2010 20:24:44 GMT -5 MLB said:

That's embarrassing for him.]

MLB; To some normal people, you would think so; but he wore the bandage on his thumb like he was a war hero. He was so proud of his injury, he had his portrait made for the newspapers.

This person is now our county commissioner.

[TMan]

It again reminds me of how lucky that Jim was shooting my 460XVR. With the X-Frame, people tend to want to support it with the weak hand instead of using both hands on the grip. Jim got his thumb burned, but not badly.

I learned that whenever I let anyone shoot any of my guns, I stand on the weakhand side to see how they are holding it. With revolvers I ensure they aren't going to get burned. With pistols I look to see where the weak thumb is. I've yelled: "STOP! STOP! STOP!" when I saw a friend who wasn't a pistol shooter about to get his thumb clobbered.

The only gun where following this approach doesn't work that well is with the P5. It ejects to the left so I have to dodge the empties flying at me.

["DoubleAction"]

Where Eldrin probably screwed up, he mention changing his grip to help control the gun, I assumed that he placed his off hand on the barrel to gain more leverage on the gun. The stupid idiot didn't think about the flash coming from the forcing cone.

Don't forget Eldrin was the Chief of Police of Atlanta, back when Maynard Jackson took office as the first Black Mayor of Atlanta.

I believe that it needs no explanation ;D

New Atlanta Police Chief

AP
Published: August 21, 1990

ATLANTA, Aug. 20— This city, which has been at the top of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's big-city crime list for two years, got a new police chief today, Eldrin Bell. Mayor Maynard Jackson said in naming the successor to the retiring chief, Morris Redding, that Mr. Bell has a ''well-deserved reputation as a tough cop'' and ''is exactly what the doctor ordered.'' Mr. Bell, 54 years old, was previously a deputy chief.

www.nytimes.com/1990/08/21/us/new-atlanta-police-chief.html?pagewanted=1

[TMan]

The stupid idiot didn't think about the flash coming from the forcing cone.

I wouldn't be quite so judgmental. Having observed a lot of shooters in my role as RO, I've observed a lot of highly intelligent people do some things others would consider extremely dumb. In fact the smarter the people are, the more prone they seem to be in making mistakes.

Jim is one of the smartest people I've ever met; he is also a very experienced pistol shooter. He had never shot a large revolver and never thought about the cylinder blast. I love telling the story about him talking on his cell-phone at the range. I overheard him say: "Yes, that does sound like gunfire. They told me this was a bad neighborhood, but I didn't realize it was this bad."

Hmmm, having just read over what I wrote above, and thinking about all my screw-ups in the past, I wonder if I'm intelligent?

["DoubleAction"]

TMan; Around these parts, the Police, the legislators, and of the elected officials use the fact that citizens should not have the right to carry firearms, because of they're lacking the proper training. Eldrin Bell was the Police Chief of Atlanta.

This is from the County Police Chief, in the county where I live :

"So many people want to carry a gun for safety, but they don't want to take the time to train how to properly use a handgun, so that presents a higher safety risk," Turner continued.

Jeff Turner, aka "Chief" of the Clayton County Police Department, uses a broad brush to paint the State Firearm Licensed permit holders with those are nothing but common robbers, murderous thugs, gang bangers, rapists, and known criminals.

"County to Address C-TRAN Use, New Gun Laws"

Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner said addressing the increased number of C-TRAN riders has been complicated by the fact that in May, Gov. Sonny Perdue signed into law House Bill 89, which greatly expands the rights of registered gun owners to bring guns into restaurants and onto public transit. The bill became effective on July 1.

"I really wish they would have not passed that law," said Turner. "I think it's going to make our job even more trying, because of the propensity of having even more weapons on the streets.

"So many people want to carry a gun for safety, but they don't want to take the time to train how to properly use a handgun, so that presents a higher safety risk," Turner continued. He said he is currently in discussions with C-TRAN officials about having uniformed and plain-clothes officers "sporadically ride C-TRAN for added protection."

"We're not expecting trouble ... but people with guns on the bus can add to our problem," said Turner. "We have to realize that it is here and we have to deal with it."

www.news-daily.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=&ArticleID=24555

Turner Follow Ups To Provide Protection From State License Firearms Permit Holders.

"Police ride C-Tran, Keep Things Safe, Quiet"

The policy also follows the change in state law allowing concealed guns on buses, with registration. During the arguments about the law, both those for and against concealed weapons on public transit talked about danger on the buses, and the lack of police presence.

Today, the insides of the C-Tran buses bear a list of rules, including the commands not to "carry weapons [except firearms when carrying a valid permit]" and not to "assault the driver."

"Nowadays, with so many people having guns, you just never know," Brown said. "Thankfully, thank God, we have had no major incidents on the bus. This is just part of patrolling ... People are trying to go to work or trying to go home, and if that's you on the bus, would you want to be held up because some people are being stupid?"

www.news-daily.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=312&ArticleID=25746&TM=50266.64

[blueglass]

I got burned just a few weeks ago myself while firing my old Flintlock 40 cal rifle. Had my one finger to close to the touch hole. Won't do that again for a really long time. I have been shooting well over 50 years and still need the odd reminder myself. You can Never think you know it all about safety because that's when you can get hurt if you do.

["DoubleAction"]

....Most injuries are done to the thumb. "Revolver burned my thumb", Eldrin Bell says.....Eldrin Bell was Atlanta's Police Chief

....Eldrin's thumb wasn't burned by the gun, it was burned by his own ignorance and stupidly...Eldrin was an active member of The Democrat Party and The NAACP......I never had any doubts how he was elevated to the rank of Chief of Police.

["DoubleAction"]

May 2, 2014 16:16:50 GMT -5 blueglass said:

I got burned just a few weeks ago myself while firing my old Flintlock 40 cal rifle. Had my one finger to close to the touch hole. Won't do that again for a really long time. I have been shooting well over 50 years and still need the odd reminder myself. You can Never think you know it all about safety because that's when you can get hurt if you do.

....blueglass; I wouldn't know how to set myself for shooting these Flintlock Rifles. I tip my hat to you.