History of pistols - Designed as a DEFENSIVE weapon?

Keebler750 said:
THAT is the type of thing I was looking for. Hey, if I'm wrong, no biggy, but I wanted to understand some history.

Thank you!

Where can I find this kind of historical reference material, in your opinion?

:)
Click to expand...

Anywhere really. If you google firearms history or effects of firearms on warfare, you will get a ton of stuff. The best reference though will be to read history of warfare type books. "War" by Gwynne Dyer has a concise chapter that is a quick read on the development of the firearm for one.
 
prproulx said:
"The reason for those police being armed is the same as it is now, the police are tasked with entering and intervening in any potentially violent situation and unlike the public, dont' really have the option to escape and avoid."

And the public ALWAYS has that option, so they don't need a defensive tool.:rolleyes:

It has become clear you and capester have jumped into this debate with one purpose and one purpose only.
I would really like to have you identify yourselves. Suddenly TWO pro-police self defence, anti civilian self defence people plunk themselves down and claim to be legitimate and priviledged shooters.
There is NO doubt in my mind you are here on a mission.
Show yourselves.
Click to expand...


Just reading this very interesting forum. Thank you for the great read. I see one Member has it out for Slyder 73 and I. Why??? I havn't posted yet.

Yes I'm Pro-Police is that a bad thing? Whats up with the Identify yourselves's crap???

What is the mission... weird little man:confused:
 
Capester said:
Just reading this very interesting forum. Thank you for the great read. I see one Member has it out for Slyder 73 and I. Why??? I havn't posted yet.

Yes I'm Pro-Police is that a bad thing? Whats up with the Identify yourselves's crap???

What is the mission... weird little man:confused:
Click to expand...

I would say with thirty thousand members here I have never heard the likes of your posts. You, slyder73, unclearthur.
One way or another you are trolls. Most here know I am not against a vigorous debate.
You three stink to high heaven.

If I was the doorman, you wouldn't make it past me.
 
prproulx said:
I would say with thirty thousand members here I have never heard the likes of your posts. You, slyder73, unclearthur.
One way or another you are trolls. Most here know I am not against a vigorous debate.
You three stink to high heaven.

If I was the doorman, you wouldn't make it past me.
Click to expand...

30,000 Members??? Really I'm glad your not the doorman because you can't count. Last I checked there is 9949 Members.

As for Trolling please read your own posts. You are proving yourself on this forum. This is not the place to distroy a good informative forum with your Liberal views. Please go to another forum if you want to start fights.

As for Unclearthur and Slyder73 I have no Idea what you are talking about.
 
Capester said:
330,000 Members??? Really I'm glad your not the doorman because you can't count. Last I checked there is 9949 Members.
Click to expand...
I don't know if pproloux can count or not, but you should definitely check your eyesight. It says right at the bottom of the front page that there are 31,028 registered users.
 
Last edited:
Well if somebody wants to ban a handgun because it was designed to kill people, then in that sense we should ban Radar, since it was designed to help do the same originally.
 
Capester said:
30,000 Members??? Really I'm glad your not the doorman because you can't count. Last I checked there is 9949 Members.

As for Trolling please read your own posts. You are proving yourself on this forum. This is not the place to distroy a good informative forum with your Liberal views. Please go to another forum if you want to start fights.

As for Unclearthur and Slyder73 I have no Idea what you are talking about.
Click to expand...
nofeedtroll.gif
 
prproulx said:
I would say with thirty thousand members here I have never heard the likes of your posts. (Capester), slyder73, unclearthur. One way or another you are trolls. Most here know I am not against a vigorous debate. You three stink to high heaven. If I was the doorman, you wouldn't make it past me.
Click to expand...


marx_brothers.jpg


Is this them? LOL
 
Keebler750 said:
What about those things has anything to do with me researching for a letter on the handgun ban???? :mad:
Click to expand...

I don't know how many more times it can be said. You WILL NOT find any documentation supporting the claim the the first/any/all handguns were for purely defensive purposes.

It does not exist.

Insisting on proof for your "belief" will not make it appear.
 
prproulx said:
I would say with thirty thousand members here I have never heard the likes of your posts. You, slyder73, unclearthur.
One way or another you are trolls. Most here know I am not against a vigorous debate.
You three stink to high heaven.

If I was the doorman, you wouldn't make it past me.
Click to expand...

First, apologies to Keebler for your thread being hijacked. Some of us have been involved in a quite vigorous debate in some other threads. Apparently some are following me, even when I come to post in what I consider a historically interesting topic.

Second, prproulx, I have no idea why you have this conspiracy theory idea about my posts, and see some association with Capester and Unclearthur. Perhaps the fact that debate was started brought out some others who don't share the exact same view as many seem to expect everyone to have here.

Oh, I'm not sure where 30,000 comes from, or how many used to be here. I checked, when I click on Member List as of this moment, I see 9956 members of the forum.

And Keebler...check out "War" by Gwynne Dyer. Good read on what you are asking about, he's Canadian and amusing to boot.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom