Don’t let anyone tell you things like this only happen in the movies. Here’s proof that you really can shoot the guns out of people’s hand. Catching bullets in your mouth and some of the Remo Williams tricks are still up for debate.
A military sniper team aiding local law enforcement shot the pistol out of this suidical man’s hands. The man was likely distraught due to recent news related to something fitting his stereotype. Continue Reading…
They kept the legend alive and compiled the entire rantings of the legendary “GECKO45″ from various tactical forums. This may be one of the funniest forum posts you’ll ever read.
From LonelyMachines.com:
This is a collection of the wisdom posted on the internet by a guy calling himself Gecko45. It all started back at the end of the halcyon summer of 2001, and his posts have created a certain urban legend that many refer to as the Mall Ninja. Hang out at any gun shop, gun show or shooting match and you’ll see one of these guys; you might even see a group of them since they are known to associate in the wild.
The Mall Ninja is easily distinguished by an abundance of “tactical” gear, such as fatigues, a thigh holster (with, of course, a Glock), combat boots, bandolier and other accouterments that you’d usually only see on a SWAT operative. Median age is usually 19-25, and they tend to boast about their various exploits with certain Special Forces units, all of which they’re too young and idiotic to have joined (real Special Forces types don’t brag). They typically have opinions on everything, regardless of expertise, they are uniformly poor shots, and they tend to exhibit a frightening lack of safety training.
The shadowy and shrill figure known as Gecko45 is the holy Dalai Lama of these dolts, but trust me, there are more. Many, many more.
Anyhow, I went looking for the original GlockTalk thread, and I found that it’s no longer archived. For a time, it was mirrored at mallninja.com, but sadly, the site is now down. Luckily, I had a copy of the thread cached (as well as a great one from the HK91 forum), so I figured I’d post it here. I’ve only kept Gecko’s posts (with one hilarious exception), since I don’t have permission from the folks who responded to him, but needless to say, he got grilled. A few folks even played along to get a rise out of him.
All in all, good fun. I’ve added emphasis to the parts that deserve particular attention, and a bit of commentary in italics. I’ve left all spelling and grammatical errors intact, painful as they may be.
From LonelyMachines.com:
This is a collection of the wisdom posted on the internet by a guy calling himself Gecko45. It all started back at the end of the halcyon summer of 2001, and his posts have created a certain urban legend that many refer to as the Mall Ninja. Hang out at any gun shop, gun show or shooting match and you’ll see one of these guys; you might even see a group of them since they are known to associate in the wild.
The Mall Ninja is easily distinguished by an abundance of “tactical” gear, such as fatigues, a thigh holster (with, of course, a Glock), combat boots, bandolier and other accouterments that you’d usually only see on a SWAT operative. Median age is usually 19-25, and they tend to boast about their various exploits with certain Special Forces units, all of which they’re too young and idiotic to have joined (real Special Forces types don’t brag). They typically have opinions on everything, regardless of expertise, they are uniformly poor shots, and they tend to exhibit a frightening lack of safety training.
The shadowy and shrill figure known as Gecko45 is the holy Dalai Lama of these dolts, but trust me, there are more. Many, many more.
Anyhow, I went looking for the original GlockTalk thread, and I found that it’s no longer archived. For a time, it was mirrored at mallninja.com, but sadly, the site is now down. Luckily, I had a copy of the thread cached (as well as a great one from the HK91 forum), so I figured I’d post it here. I’ve only kept Gecko’s posts (with one hilarious exception), since I don’t have permission from the folks who responded to him, but needless to say, he got grilled. A few folks even played along to get a rise out of him.
All in all, good fun. I’ve added emphasis to the parts that deserve particular attention, and a bit of commentary in italics. I’ve left all spelling and grammatical errors intact, painful as they may be.
This is a Doodiepants favorite. We have no idea who created this “End of the World” Shockwave Flash animation. But the site that made it famous, EndofWorld.net has no idea either.
It’s not safe for work(NSFW). It does use the F-word a few times. But heck, it’s about nukes and the end of the world! Is there a more appropriate time for the F-word? Nuclear Holocaust? Hello 2012!
THAAD is the best thing we’ve got going for us. Three layers of missile defense and a kinetic energy hammer that wails on it’s target. I really like the name of this weapon. Good choice!
I like when he says: ‘THAAD is on hunt, but will he kill his prey? Oh there it is. He Nailed it!”
The first video is from the deep dark sewers of Cameron Village in Raleigh, NC. Someone sent a snake camera down and created a video that looks strangely like a colonoscopy.
Thanks for the video – I had not see it before. No, these are not bryozoans! They are clumps of annelid worms, almost certainly tubificids (Naididae, probably genus Tubifex). Normally these occur in soil and sediment, especially at the bottom and edges of polluted streams. In the photo they have apparently entered a pipeline somehow, and in the absence of soil they are coiling around each other. The contractions you see are the result of a single worm contracting and then stimulating all the others to do the same almost simultaneously, so it looks like a single big muscle contracting. Interesting video.
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The second video is just good old American fun. Some people find something similar in the bayou but don’t really know what it is. They think it looks a lot like balistic gel so there’s nothing left to do but shoot it with a Springfield. Watch that video and an explanation of what the first monster is after the jump.
One guy is a doodie pants for letting someone shoot them at that distance, even with body armor. One guy is a stud for taking one to the head and laughing about it (and fighting in a war of course). Language NSFW in the first one.
I don’t know who gets the brown star here, the cop or the old lady. It looks like they were both being dumb. Still funny though (settle down, she didn’t die).