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DO NOT POST DIRECT DPS PHONE NUMBERS!!!

Last post by Charles L. Cotton « Mon May 16, 2016 3:42 pm
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by Charles L. Cotton » Mon May 16, 2016 3:42 pm » in Site Announcements, Questions & Suggestions

Don't even think of posting the direct line phone numbers to the DPS Director or anyone else within DPS. If the number isn't available on the DPS...

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A laugh and a lesson.

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by Charles L. Cotton » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:38 pm
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One of my flying magazines (AOPA Pilot) has a regular monthly column entitled Never Again. In it are stories of close calls for pilots, most of whom...

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Never Again!?
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Analysis of a mass murder

Last post by cyphur « Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:57 pm
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by seamusTX » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:55 pm

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If this site requires registration, you can probably get a user name and password from .

This is one of the recurring nightmares: random, violent...

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I've been to a rave before, when I was in high school. Kind of boring to me, I feel asleep. Woke up to 4 bangin hot chicks doing lines of coke two...

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Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:57 pm
Paypal does not allow use for firearm purchases

Last post by djwdjw « Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:29 am
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by propellerhead » Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:37 pm
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PayPal does not allow you to use their service for firearm purchases. It is spelled out in their . I tried to purchase a gun from someone in North...

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It really isn't any of Paypal's business...

Any more than it's your bank's business, or your credit card company's business. Paypal plays like they...
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:29 am
Putting grease on the 1911

Last post by KD5NRH « Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:35 am
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by j1132s » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:18 am

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Somewhere along I hear people using grease as lube for their 1911s and having good results. Since I seem to be continuously lubing my 1911s (somehow...

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You know, it won't look so bad if you just stick with blued guns like normal people. :razz: If you must have a stainless gun, at least have the...

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Last post by KD5NRH
Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:35 am
How not to handle a carjacking

Last post by Venus Pax « Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:38 am
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by seamusTX » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:57 am

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This page contains video of a carjacking that occurred yesterday:

(Windows only).

There are two things to notice: (1) It happened fast, about 22...

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I tell all women I know to never go with a kidnapper. Take your chances in the parking lot. Fight like crazy.

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Last post by Venus Pax
Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:38 am
Eleven Simple Rules for Survival

Last post by Venus Pax « Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:33 am
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by seamusTX » Mon May 29, 2006 5:26 pm

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Rather than jump on some existing threads that got me thinking, I thought I would start a new one.

This advice is based on my modest experience of...

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I make it a habit to look all around me when I'm out and about. If I see someone acting strangely, I will make sure he knows that I see him. I may...

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Last post by Venus Pax
Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:33 am
Teaching new shooters...

Last post by Paladin « Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:40 pm
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by j1132s » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:45 pm

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This happened a month ago, but thought I'd share it. Hopefully it'll prevent somebody from repeating my mistake.

I have tought a few new shooters...

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It's not so much that I allow unsafe handling with airsoft... as that when unsafehanding inevitably occurs... there isn't much danger or much anxiety...

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Last post by Paladin
Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:40 pm
Militec-1 synthetic gun oil, handle with care

Last post by XD_Dan « Wed May 17, 2006 10:40 pm
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by HighVelocity » Tue May 16, 2006 2:36 pm

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I did something stupid and hopefully telling everyone here about it will save somebody from repeating my mistake.

About 2 weeks ago, I purchased...

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Atta boy! ;-)

Indeed!

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Last post by XD_Dan
Wed May 17, 2006 10:40 pm
breaking in the kahr and fooling around

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by j1132s » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:18 am
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Thought I'd share it here, since it's really funny and painful.
I've been shooting for a long time and have never had
anything interesting to share,...

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Actually, I heard out from some friends that the range I go to doesn't allow all those holds too. And they don't allow rapid fire. I didn't know this...
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Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:54 am
A really bad day (long)

Last post by stevie_d_64 « Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:31 pm
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by Flatland2D » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:10 am

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Here's an example of how a couple bad mistakes can all combine into one bad day. I think it's a pretty funny story now that it's over, but I wasn't...

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Pretty soon my posts are going to be nothing but a bunch of signature lines... :lol:

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Last post by stevie_d_64
Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:31 pm
Target Identification

Last post by cxm « Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:31 pm
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by Charles L. Cotton » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:55 pm
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I saw a post this morning on PDO about a father whose 10 year old son made him think there was an intruder in the home. It had a good outcome and it...

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From reading your post it sounded different than what you describe in the follow up... when you say safe I see large 800 lb. boxes with combination...
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Last post by cxm
Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:31 pm
DEA agent gives a gun safety lesson, don't do what he does.

Last post by 1TallTXn « Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:12 pm
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by Paladin » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:13 am

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DEA agent giving speech on gun safety states he's the only one in the room professional enough to carry a Glock... and proves himself wrong.

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I watched the video and read the report from Snopes.com and I don't think that guy should be in the LEO line. He calls the gun a glock 40 AFIK Glock...

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Last post by 1TallTXn
Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:12 pm
No "it just went off" excuses...

Last post by Paladin « Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:42 pm
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by Paladin » Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:55 pm

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Negligent Discharge...

No it just went off excuses... an experienced shooter's cautionary tale

Well... I've always heard it's not a matter of if,...

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It's probably cause I'm not professional enough to carry a Glock forty :wink:

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Last post by Paladin
Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:42 pm
Looks like a good place to post this one

Last post by RPBrown « Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:45 am
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by OverEasy » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:02 am

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I was headed to Houston the other morning. On the way out of Magnolia I noticed trash flying around up ahead. It was flying out of the back of a big...

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Hope the trash wasn't paper work from any of his classes

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Last post by RPBrown
Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:45 am
I hope never again.

Last post by longtooth « Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:50 am
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by longtooth » Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:27 pm

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Went to the gun show today in Passidena. Got a new holster. Out to the truck & returned. The officers at the door wanted to see it again. I showed &...

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OK guys, thanks for all the info, incouragement, & help w/ the problem. (A few chuckles along the line too.) Here is the morning drill report & I...

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Last post by longtooth
Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:50 am
Second Rule of Gunfighting

Last post by Charles L. Cotton « Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:25 pm
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by Charles L. Cotton » Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:39 am
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We all know the first rule of a gun fight - bring a gun. Well, here is the second rule - be able to get the gun you brought out of its holster!

I...

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I believe the sharp part of the flat-top edge is snagging on the part of the holster that's boned into the ejection port that makes the pistol seem...
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Last post by Charles L. Cotton
Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:25 pm
Murphy's Law.

Last post by Baytown « Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:18 pm
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by MoJo » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:41 pm

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The discussion of press checks prompted me to toss this one out. How many of you have actually seen Murphy's Law in action? Not just in regards to...

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Imagine if you will a firing line with 15+ officers shooting a qual course and 14 guns go off and one clicks. It is amazing how 14 people can find...

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Last post by Baytown
Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:18 pm
Could have been worse

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by elpaso45 » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:39 am

Had the Christmas from hell last year. Flew to Kentucky to bring daughter and granddaughter home while son in law went to Korea. Drove back to El...

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Last post by elpaso45
Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:39 am
Gunfight 101

Last post by TraCoun « Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:32 pm
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by Baytown » Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:52 pm

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A certain officer I know, not going to mention my name here :oops: , responded from the jail to a 911 disturbance call. Got there and had to go hands...

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This also brings to mind a line from the original Godfather movie .... :wink: I won't quote it here. But Baytown, ask me tomorrow, I'll tell you what...

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Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:32 pm

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