Firearms and Fitness: You are the Operating System

[Talyn]

Regardless of which handgun (or rifle) you have purchased and how many Gucci accessories you have installed upon it, the bottomline reality is that YOU are the operating system for the gun. If the operating system is 50 pounds overweight and cannot go up a flight of stairs without stopping to take a rest, the gun cannot overcome these issues.

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[youngolddude]

I'm no longer strong or fast, so a handgun for me is a great equalizer.

 

[Old_Me]

I'm no longer strong or fast, so a handgun for me is a great equalizer.

i am in the same boat...old, retired, several major back surgeries....

the major factors in me obtaining a ccw.

if a chihuahua were to chase me, i'd have to blast him to Kingdom Come....cuz i ain't gonna outrun, or hop over a fence to get away from that little SOB...

 

[papa]

Regardless of which handgun (or rifle) you have purchased and how many Gucci accessories you have installed upon it, the bottomline reality is that YOU are the operating system for the gun. If the operating system is 50 pounds overweight and cannot go up a flight of stairs without stopping to take a rest, the gun cannot overcome these issues.

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I really wish you would stop talking about me. You just hurt my last li'l internet feelin' .

 

[Bassbob]

Everyone gets old. What we lose in strength and stamina we make up for with focus and brutality.

 

[belladonna]

Everyone gets old. What we lose in strength and stamina we make up for with focus and brutality.

I was thinking this very same thing, but in different words.. We learn to use intuition and thought more as we age. I might not be as strong or as fast as I was, but I've learned lots in my years and I'll use it.

 

[KillerFord1977]

 

[Bassbob]

I was thinking this very same thing, but in different words.. We learn to use intuition and thought more as we age. I might not be as strong or as fast as I was, but I've learned lots in my years and I'll use it.

The other part of that is that as we get old we have a harder time engaging in drawn out physical altercations so while you may be good for only 2 minutes these days, those 2 minutes are going to be extremely brutal and designed to inflict as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time possible.

 

[Talyn]

The other part of that is that as we get old we have a harder time engaging in drawn out physical altercations so while you may be good for only 2 minutes these days, those 2 minutes are going to be extremely brutal and designed to inflict as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time possible.

+100.

 

[belladonna]

The other part of that is that as we get old we have a harder time engaging in drawn out physical altercations so while you may be good for only 2 minutes these days, those 2 minutes are going to be extremely brutal and designed to inflict as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time possible.

In other words...choose your battles wisely.

 

[KillerFord1977]

The other part of that is that as we get old we have a harder time engaging in drawn out physical altercations so while you may be good for only 2 minutes these days, those 2 minutes are going to be extremely brutal and designed to inflict as much damage as possible in the shortest amount of time possible.

I thought your first sentence was about to be the bedroom and not the firearms …

 

[Talyn]

In other words...choose your battles wisely.

and finish them decisively.

 

[Bassbob]

I thought your first sentence was about to be the bedroom and not the firearms …

The two aren’t mutually exclusive.

 

[Bassbob]

In other words...choose your battles wisely.

Well, we should be doing that even while we’re young and strong.

 

[Lock n' Load]

At my age, I'm not slow but I'm not fast, just sort of half-fast! But then again, smooth is fast!

 

[Old_Me]

I thought your first sentence was about to be the bedroom and not the firearms …

if someone "gets in done in 2 minutes".....he's my hero.....

 

[youngolddude]

I thought your first sentence was about to be the bedroom and not the firearms …

When Wyatt Earp said "Take your time quickly, he was referring to gunfights."

 

[Sld1959]

age and treachery beats youth and strength

 

[Old_Me]

When Wyatt Earp said "Take your time quickly, he was referring to gunfights."

that's funny, decades ago, my younger sister wanted to buy a new car.

we went to the local Pontiac dealer.

it was a sunday morning, the best time to window shop.

the car lot was wide open, no fencing, no security guards....

but, we did not know, they had dogs.

as the dogs came closer i actually did say....."walk slow, but do it fast"..

 

[Sld1959]