Gunny Goodness

Some selected quotes from an interview with R. Lee Ermey, aka "The Gunny":

On military sidearms:

The reason I think the military went to the 9mm is because you can carry a lot more ammunition. But then, they lost the concept of why in the hell a staff NCO or an officer is armed with a sidearm in the first place. When you're out of ammunition for that M16, M14, M1 or whatever the case may be, and those rascals are coming up over the berm, the pistol, it's something you can shoot these guys with and it's a one-shot situation. You lay a .45 slug right in the middle of somebody's chest and they're gonna stop. With the 9mm, you gotta shoot them three or four times to get their attention. Might as well have a .22 Magnum.

On kids and guns:

My father taught us gun safety and what we should do. Nowadays, it's gotten to the point where kids are 15 years old before they ever fire their first weapon. I was out pheasant and duck hunting by myself with a 12-gauge single shot, old breakdown shotgun when I was 8 years old.

On the armed citizenry:

I think if everybody was armed, there would be less crime. If I'm a robber and I think you might have a gun, I'm gonna think twice about approaching you or taking your car from you.

On waiting periods:

This is the age of computers; they have all of my information on the computer. And why do you have to wait 15 days? I have handguns at home two miles down the road. So why do I have to come in and fill out this ridiculous paperwork and wait 15 days before I can come pick my gun up?

Preach on, brother Gunny!

(h/t Unc )