I was reading a thread on another forum about weapon mounted lights. I saw this idiot typed an unbelievably stupid response...
He said. "I do not put lights on my guns. because there wont be a time when I need my gun out and I want others to know where I am. I am not a LEO."
My response to this fool was, "There may be a time when you want to see what the hell you're aiming a deadly weapon at in the dark... idiot. "
Obviously some tactical timmy who has watched too many youtube airsoft videos. I felt I had to start a discussion on weapon mounted lights over here.
I've been to war. I don't mind putting down a bad guy. However, my biggest fear is shooting the wrong person.
Say I get woke up at 3am one night by a loud noise. The dog barks. I hear someone stumbling around in the house. I grab my gun (Vickers edition Glock 17 with TLR1) and go to meet the threat while the wife dials 911. I know I should probably wait, kids are off at school, I should be safe barricaded, in the bedroom, but I'm a mean old grunt who can't stand evil... I aim at the shadow in the living room that is doing something at the table between the lazy boy chairs. I hit the weapon mounted light... It's one of my two college kids, come home for a surprise weekend visit.
Without that light aiding me to identify if there was a threat or not, that could end very badly for our family.
Yes, I have night sights too, but they only help if you are SURE that the dark blur in front of them IS a threat.
EVERY defensive gun needs a mounted light.
My AR pistol/SBR (same upper, 2 lowers) also had one.
You people do have lights on your defensive weapons right?
Carry guns?
He said. "I do not put lights on my guns. because there wont be a time when I need my gun out and I want others to know where I am. I am not a LEO."
My response to this fool was, "There may be a time when you want to see what the hell you're aiming a deadly weapon at in the dark... idiot. "
Obviously some tactical timmy who has watched too many youtube airsoft videos. I felt I had to start a discussion on weapon mounted lights over here.
I've been to war. I don't mind putting down a bad guy. However, my biggest fear is shooting the wrong person.
Say I get woke up at 3am one night by a loud noise. The dog barks. I hear someone stumbling around in the house. I grab my gun (Vickers edition Glock 17 with TLR1) and go to meet the threat while the wife dials 911. I know I should probably wait, kids are off at school, I should be safe barricaded, in the bedroom, but I'm a mean old grunt who can't stand evil... I aim at the shadow in the living room that is doing something at the table between the lazy boy chairs. I hit the weapon mounted light... It's one of my two college kids, come home for a surprise weekend visit.
Without that light aiding me to identify if there was a threat or not, that could end very badly for our family.
Yes, I have night sights too, but they only help if you are SURE that the dark blur in front of them IS a threat.
EVERY defensive gun needs a mounted light.
My AR pistol/SBR (same upper, 2 lowers) also had one.
You people do have lights on your defensive weapons right?
Carry guns?
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