Today's mass shooting brought to you live from New York City

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I got it!!

Aleks is clearly the Nose Hill Park gentleman.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by Aleks

No someone else brought it up as a question to the validity of my experience. I simply answered yes

Security guard it is. Actually I am 99% sure he is either a Brinks armoured car guy or works security in a hospital where I have seen them wear a vest.

Regardless his evasiveness makes him seem like he is completely full of crap and my guess is his experience is closer to someone taking a swing at him than being in a perceived life-or-death struggle. Even if he was he is making the assumption that everyone who carries a weapon is actually trained in how to use it safely and effectively something that he can not guarantee to be the case.

[Phanuthier]

I'm betting firing range officer. Depending on where he works, I bet I know who it is too.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I got it!!

Aleks is clearly the Nose Hill Park gentleman.

At least he isn't one of those smart alecks.

[handgroen]

i think i solved the mystery

Spoiler!

You work the hamburgler prevention beat

[metallicat]

Seal Team Six? Did you kill bin Laden aleks?

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by flameswin

..and another thread becomes all about this god damn aleks guy. We get it, guns are awesome and you're awesome with guns, and anytime something goes wrong with guns, we musn't blame the poor guns, but the people, etc.

Reminds me of a Jon Lajoie quote.

Guns don't kill people. I kill people. With guns.

[metallicat]

I'm sure he just wants people to keep fawning over his job, so I'll jump on the bandwagon and assume he's mall security. I know of a guy at WEM and he talks about the pitfalls of trying to prevent people from jumping into the submarine tank. It's a tough racket.

[Old Yeller]

Originally Posted by Aleks

Keep in mind that I put more rounds through my pistols in one session

I think he's nothing and this is just a euphemism for masturbation.

[CalgaryFan1988]

With the amount of experience Aleks has, there is only on explanation of his secrecy.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by valo403

What exactly do you do that makes this an accurate statement? There are very few occupations where that is the case.

he is a security guard

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

he is a security guard

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

umm, bull####. that's EXACTLY what police are trained to do. they go through years of ongoing firearms training that specifically instruct them how to control their emotions and make sure they hit the bad guy and not an innocent bystander. either these cops are at fault for forgetting that training and shooting their gun like an idiot gang member, or the department is at fault for not providing the proper training to these idiots. i hope every one of those injured victims sues the city for all they can get

A moving target on a crowded street is hard to hit with a handgun regardless of HOW much they are trained.

Not sure what you expect them to do. The shooter had proven himself to be a threat and they were probably given orders to shoot to kill.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Azure

A moving target on a crowded street is hard to hit with a handgun regardless of HOW much they are trained.

Not sure what you expect them to do. The shooter had proven himself to be a threat and they were probably given orders to shoot to kill.

I think you missed the key part of this...

Originally Posted by Rerun

Jason Bourne... is that you?

[Aleks]

Sorry I missed a bunch of this last night, doing real things like playing hockey rather than bickering on the internet . And to all of the above, all very wrong...

[RedMileDJ]

Originally Posted by Aleks

Sorry I missed a bunch of this last night, doing real things like playing hockey rather than bickering on the internet . And to all of the above, all very wrong...

Translation: I stopped refreshing the page, and logged out, because people were calling me out on my BS.

[SeeBass]

Originally Posted by Aleks

I'm not here to advertise my occupation. I can assure you I've saved some, I've lost some, I've broken even on many more.....Considering the variables, I'm happy with that

If you'd like to sleuth it up a little, it was named one of the top 10 most dangerous occupations (in the US, unfortunately there is no real grading like that in Canada).....

Elephant trainer

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by Aleks

Sorry I missed a bunch of this last night, doing real things like playing hockey rather than bickering on the internet . And to all of the above, all very wrong...

You're a clown. Congrats on derailing another thread to feed your massive ego.

[Aleks]

Originally Posted by SeeBass

Elephant trainer

Ding ding ding!

[Aleks]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

You're a clown. Congrats on derailing another thread to feed your massive ego.

Clown was also incorrect . My comment was simply pointing out that trained firearms handlers aren't immune to poor judgment/execution, and to debunk the second amendment comment that was irrelevant. My qualification for having this opinion was questioned (I have never asked anyone else the same, not have I called names or resorted to personal attacks), so I answered as best as I'm comfortable, and will leave the slew of reactions as they are..this is a forum, we can discuss, we won't always agree, but you have no reason to doubt my claims based on the fact I'm unwilling to divulge personal info about my occupation. I'm not here to make stuff up, and am unsure of what this has to do with my ego. If it was I'd have pictures of myself in uniform in my avatar, my username would reflect it, my Sig would say it, and I'd talk about it all the time. Alas I'm here as a flames fan, taking part in a primarily political discussion because I'm bored. I'm simply sharing anonymous personal experiences of situations I think we can agree few people will be in. Make more sense?