We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:37:16 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification That's what CAPT H titled his email where he sent me this link to a photo essay on the Women's Village Defense Committee's in India. Imagine that - providing state-of-the-art weaponry to persons who are *not* full-time government employees (because, as we all know, being a government employee means you are by definition gifted with better judgement and superior intellect and impulse control - hey, just ask us!). Here's a better shot with fuller context. Yep, along with some AK's, those are home-built Indian INSAS'. Gun Trash had the first correct answer - however, CAPT H, having pointed out the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:02:39 -0600 The ladies in the foreground appear to be having difficulty obtaining the proper sight picture. As long as I'm in the neighborhood... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63195 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63195 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:29:00 -0600 Well I don't know if they frighten the enemy, but by god their weapons handling skill are inducing an involuntary bowel movenment in me. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63184 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63184 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:41:15 -0600 Trigger: "3. anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions." Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63179 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63179 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:23:10 -0600 Dunno about AFSis, but I'd classify 'em as dual-threat bludgeons... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63172 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63172 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:57:54 -0600 how do you classify these? Oh, and under the top one? That's a spike, not a trigger, btw. -the Armorer]]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63164 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63164 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:54:12 -0600 A couple years ago, an old woman in an obscure Indian village decided she wanted to learn to shoot. After much grief from the village men, she learned to shoot a .22 (which actually did look like a .22). Then other women became interested, and off it went. Was an offbeat TV news item, primarily because it had an interesting after effect -- the number of wives dying of strange causes dropped to almost nothing in that village. Not surprised to see interest cropping up in other Indian women.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63156 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/08/the_weapon_ques.html#comment-63156 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:58:08 -0600