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GMR · May 26, 2002, 04:46 PM

HMMM I guess not all branches of the military are the same because in my experiance there was nothing lazy or complacent about weapons handling in the Marine Corps. God help you if you wanted to act like a fool with an firearm because you would find yourself in an extremely humiliating and sometimes very uncomfortable situation. I saw some nasty nasty things happen to morons who were careless about muzzle discipline even though we had no ammuntion! Before we could even touch an M-16 a whole day was spent preaching about weapons safety. Safety on the range or during live fire was paramount because what good is it if you are the best marksman in the world if you are an idiot and kill your own guys??

May 26, 2002, 04:46 PM	#11
GMR Junior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: IL Posts: 13	HMMM I guess not all branches of the military are the same because in my experiance there was nothing lazy or complacent about weapons handling in the Marine Corps. God help you if you wanted to act like a fool with an firearm because you would find yourself in an extremely humiliating and sometimes very uncomfortable situation. I saw some nasty nasty things happen to morons who were careless about muzzle discipline even though we had no ammuntion! Before we could even touch an M-16 a whole day was spent preaching about weapons safety. Safety on the range or during live fire was paramount because what good is it if you are the best marksman in the world if you are an idiot and kill your own guys??