Canadian Army requests rule exemption for members shooting IDPA

What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.
 
Since this thread is about our friends in the Armed Forces Stormbringer then I think you will agree honing pistol skills (you can call it training or gaming or whatever) will for those who put it all on the line, increase their surviveability should and if and when the need arises to depend on their pistol. In that light this exemption was exactly the right thing to do. Those of us in civilian life who shoot IDPA will do our part to accomodate our military in any way we can. To us IDPA is a game with rules; to them the stakes are much higher.

Slavex nailed it. Enough said.

Take Care

Bob
 
Canuck44 said:
Since this thread is about our friends in the Armed Forces Stormbringer then I think you will agree honing pistol skills (you can call it training or gaming or whatever) will for those who put it all on the line, increase their surviveability should and if and when the need arises to depend on their pistol. In that light this exemption was exactly the right thing to do. Those of us in civilian life who shoot IDPA will do our part to accomodate our military in any way we can. To us IDPA is a game with rules; to them the stakes are much higher.

Slavex nailed it. Enough said.

Take Care

Bob
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Well, I think that about sums it up. :wave:
 
A lot of fuss about "a game". Isn't is all a game? IPDA, IPSC, CAS, etc? For a small handful of people, these games might represent a degree of actual training but the vast majority, all shooting sports are just that: sport. A game.

If you disagree with the rules of a game, join the game then lobby to have them changed. If yon't want to do that, move on. The debate, and all the fun exchanges that go along with it, are really quite moot if you aren't a player and are ultimately unaffected. It sounds like the CF has participants that wanted a rule change (exemption) and it was granted. If enough IPDA participants want those rules to extended to them, they should petition the governing body for the change. I suspect, based on the small sample size here though, is that most IPDA shooters couldn't care. So is it really an issue, especially for those that don't even participate in IPDA?:confused:
 
firemachine69 said:
Wait a minute... IDPA doesn't permit a drop-leg for civvies? :mad:
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No sir, the Sport is derived from concealed carry in the US. Drop leg holsters are not allowed nor are dropped and offset holsters, shoulder holsers, cross draw or behind your back. The latter three for range safety reasons. The former because they are not considered "concealable" under the rules.

I can tell you with certainty this rule for civilians and for groups not listed in the exemption, is not going to change so please don't start writing me to request the change. It isn't going to happen.

Take Care

Bob
 
The bottom line here is that this is a done deal and once again this is a simple exemption for Canada, this will not stand anywhere else in the world. 99.9% so far like this, the rest, oh well, you do not shoot it anyway. Personally I find it not only a pleasure, but an honor to be able to shoot with the fine men and women of our Armed Service that risk their lives every day for us.
 
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yes, based on possible real life situations, IN THE USA, where the sport was started, and hence where the original rules, mandate and philosophy come from. What we can or cannot do as civilians, in Canada, has nothing to do with it. It being a game or not, has nothing to do with it.
 
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