From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 13:14:29 PDT
At 3:40 PM -0400 10/9/02, ddoyle9570@aol.com wrote:
>
>Since we seem here to be moving beyond a spirited debate about live
>weapons at Military Vehicle events (not reenactments, shoots, gun
>shows, or personal weapons ownership), and instead into a discussion
>instead of personalities (boring, paranoid, fearful-I believe are
>the terms you have used to describe me---I will chose not to
>describe my impression of you) I will close with but a few more
>remarks.
Come on, that was some pretty sticky but still relatively harmless
sarcasm. It made a point though.
>I have chaired, co-chaired or coordinated the military vehicle
>participation in at least 50 events over the past several years.
>They have ranged from displays at movie theaters, reenactments and
>airshows, rallys and shows, and convoys. I am currently involved in
>planning a national convention. Attendence at these events has
>ranged from a few dozen, to tens of thousands. I have heard
>complaints ranging from weapons policy to quality of food service.
>However, thusfar, no one has complained that they were bored, and no
>one has had an injury requiring more than a band-aid.
Thats great. No injuries is the way to go. However with real vehicles
and real guns you will have something happen. It may be a burn from
touching a hot manifold while making a repair or some M1 thumb, but I
realize that these things are dangerous. Every time I drive the Dingo
on a slope or around a turn in reverse, I think about my approach
angle and estimate whether I could tip it or not.
>If you truly feel that you cannot enjoy showing your vehicle without
>the satisfaction of knowing that at a moments notice you can drop a
>cartridge in your weapon and squeeze off a round, then indeed you
>would have been bored at any of these.
Some of its a matter of cost. I'd rather not have to have a dummy
duplicate of every weapon in my inventory. Making a dummy No4 MK1
would be far more than getting one for real unless I take one that's
a lamp post. That would get quite expensive and cumbersome as far as
transport and shipping to.
The rule should be no live ammo. Otherwise you're going to far in my opinion.
>Those on the other hand, who enjoy showing or demonstrating their
>vehicle, either without weapons or with non-firing weapons, seem to
>have a great time.
That's great. I'm more likely to be at re-enacting/MV events anyhow.
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