Not that I would advocate for anyone to do this, but…my job means I have to carry a loaded and ready firearm every day at work. As such one thing that we need to know about is weapon retention and what someone might do with that weapon. We also used to be taught about what to do if a firearm is pointed at us. In certain situations that firearm could be centimetres away from my face. Action is always quicker than reaction so a technique we used to be taught was to hold arms up as in the surrender position then with the arm closest to the inside of the firearm in one swift movement move the barrel away from the face. By the time it’s taken the perpetrator to realise what was happening and to get a round off the barrel of the firearm is nowhere near your face. At the same time I would have to jump onto the perpetrator and pummel the **** out of his face and to prevent them from firing the gun any more. Now, that reaction also comes with its own consequences. I have to know that my actions don’t impact others around me. The bullet intended for me might just go and kill or seriously injure someone else. I don’t care about the person with the gun but I do have a duty of care to others. Another way of doing it is to put my hand over the top of the gun barrel and to move it out of breech. That way when the trigger gets pulled the firing pin doesn’t connect with the percussion cap on the bullet and therefore can’t be fired. Or another alternative is to put my hand, specifically the webbing between my thumb and forefinger between the cocking lever (if there is one) and the rest of the gun. It has the same effect but will give me a painful hand. At least my face would be intact though! All of this also assumes that I understand the workings of and the type of firearm being pointed at me. These methods haven’t been taught for at least 15 years now, though. Like I said, I wouldn’t advocate it. I’d rather advise that you either comply with their demands or run like hell in the opposite direction!!
Another thing that has left me slightly incredulous. I know that young kids believe in Santa (or Santy, depending where you come from), but I knew at 10 years old that he wasn’t real as did every one of my mates. So to read this and kids of that age today still believe that he is real when the internet is so inveigled into everyday life makes me wonder. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgr9v1ppglo
Children have wonderful complicated imaginations and infinite capacity for believing in things that aren’t real. … … like watching drawings or computer generated images and crying over tge heroine in Frozen. They’re children whose brains are still developing and thankfully still unaware of many realities in life … … which is why people who believe children should be able to choose their gender need to be slapped into reality. When we had a swimming pool I convinced the kids we were taking in ‘a rescue penguin’, it wasn’t difficult because they wanted to believe it. Before I knew it they were choosing names and deciding where it would sleep at night
Oh I get that Smug. I guess my incredulousness is more at the reaction of some of the parents that were quoted in the article. Although we do live in an age where some people worship at the shrine of the perpetually offended, so I don’t know why I’m surprised.
Nooooo You're trying to tell me that Santa doesn't exist I can comprehensively disprove that theory About a week before Christmas a large sack, sometimes two large sacks, appears in my wardrobe full of presents, so there! Granted all the presents are for my wife and they are exactly what she wants for Christmas, he's a clever fella is Santa
I’ve just been banned from posting comments on my local news site (Perth Now). I must be doing something right.
The irony of someone telling kids Santa isn't real while telling them about Jesus and God eh? I'm not religious but have nothing against anyone who is, just joke on my part. I can understand why parents would be upset but doubt the bloke even realised until the kids cried
I'd have gone off it like, and probably ranted about Santa being just as believable as the majority of religious stories. Both my girls still believe in it and it's wonderful. One is 10 and the other is 8, I'm dragging it out as long as possible I knowing it's probably the last Christmas the eldest believes.
Are any posters familiar with Heightington Village, the one between Bishop and Darlington? Wondering if it's a nice place to live, asking for a friend.
