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Originally posted by Retseh
I'll try asking the same question more slowly for you "What militia group?".
Responsible for their own defense, the colonists drew on English military tradition and organized their able-bodied male citizens into militias.
Both deputies were wearing bulletproof vests but were shot in areas not protected by the vests, he said.
Originally posted by pieman
Originally posted by Retseh
I'll try asking the same question more slowly for you "What militia group?".
i'll try this again, Florida National Guard unit based in Crestview.
the national guard is a militia
here is a quote from the first paragraph of the "about the national guard" page of the national guard website.
Responsible for their own defense, the colonists drew on English military tradition and organized their able-bodied male citizens into militias.
But Spooner said Cartwright was a member of a Florida National Guard unit based in Crestview. He said Cartwright also was interested in militia groups and weapons training.
Originally posted by MarkusMaximus
That appears to indicate a difference between the National Guard (which I am sure you could consider a "militia," even though it's an apparatus of the MILITARY), and "militia groups," as in, well, you know...rural Texas-style compounds with guns and rebel flags and such...
Originally posted by pieman
i'll try this again, Florida National Guard unit based in Crestview.
the national guard is a militia
Originally posted by pieman
frankly, i want to know where he got his training too, so i can get some.
he was tazered and then took out two cops wearing armour before driving away, then when his truck was flipped he came out the back window shooting!!
whereever he was trained was hardcore.
Originally posted by pieman
whereever he was trained was hardcore.
Originally posted by cbianchi513
I hope TPTB get the underlying message, but I'm sure they won't.
Also, to the poster that suggests this shooter could have been SF... I personally flipped my truck back in November at about 65mph. After releasing my belt, I climbed right out without so much as a bump, and helped the lady that ran me off the road out of her car... Just saying, it's possible for a "normal" guy to do this, and I wasn't anywhere near as motivated as this man.
[edit on 28/4/09 by cbianchi513]
Originally posted by cbianchi513
reply to post by The Last Man on Earth
Try reading my post, which you have conveniently quoted.
I clearly stated that I was not NEAR as motivated as this individual. I will say that the massive amount of adrenaline that must have been coursing through this man certainly played a major role.
I was just trying to illustrate how sensationalized and one-sided this article truly is.
There is certainly a (not so) hidden agenda.
"Joshua Cartwright had had a few hours to cool off and wasn't anywhere near his wife. When the deputies arrived at the clay range about 12:48 p.m., 28-year-old Cartwright was standing by his truck and there was no weapon in sight."
What?!? Unless the guy's beating his wife at the gun range, best to advise one's deputies to approach at a time when the suspect hasn't just finished some target practice.
Originally posted by cbianchi513
reply to post by The Last Man on Earth
We'll call us BOTH right... I agree that the man obviously either had a bit of combat experience, or trained for it. You can't teach keeping a cool head under fire though, so who knows.
Of course they are giving the cops' names to personify them. Old psychological lawyer trick. It builds sympathy if you can put a name to an individual.
Call me cold and heartless, but I'm glad "Skip" learned this final lesson in etiquitte.
Originally posted by Dark Soldier
the only lesson to be learned here is that you are a POS loser and i hope you suffer the same fate as the officer.
[edit on 28-4-2009 by Dark Soldier]