HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
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> > Hutch, it's really too bad you weren't there to
> > help.
>
> I’ve handled my share of drunks from time time
> even an Iron worker that followed me to a local
> water hole after a disagreement at a jobsite.
>
> but honestly what if this attack had not been a
> drunk and rather an armed terrorist bent On
> recreating Another Cantara loop disaster and
> polluting Shasta Dam. The crew would have been
> defenseless. You gotta think outside the “guns are
> bad” and the cowboys and indians BS. A weapon in
> the hands of a well trained individual during a
> crisis in an asset.
>
> > Unfortunately, the crew probably wasn't able to
> > implement your solution, to just shoot this
> drunk.
> > The Book of Rules still likely prohibits non
> law
> > enforcement personnel from playing with their
> > "guns" on duty. I knew some who did, though.
> > Hell, the "gun runner" used to sell them
> on-duty
> > to my then girlfriend...yikes!
> >
> sounds like a cool chick shoulda kept her!
>
> > The last time I saw an SP employee publicly
> > celebrate "bring your gun to work day", was at
> > West Colton. The individual was a switchman,
> who
> > had what was a particularly bad shift, being
> > harassed, by a well documented a$$hole psycho
> > yardmaster, that the company refused to remove
> > despite many documented incidents. And, right
> > after that really bad shift, and about a half a
> > pint of whiskey, this individual decided to
> shoot
> > Pinky
>
> My Great Uncle carried a WW2 Luger in his grip on
> the
> Santa Fe out of Clovis NM. It was also well
> documented in Linda Niemann’s two books about
> working on “the friendly”
>
> > As the drill sergeant used to say: "This one's
> > your weapon, that one's your gun, this one's
> for
> > fighting, that one's for fun..."
>
> Was “Gunney” R Lee Ermey your drill
> Sergeant?
>
>
> Either way I’m sure Cantara Loop will soon be
> fenced off with security patrols. Soon to be
> another railfaning spot lost due to the actions of
> an idiot.

Be like Drew. Carry a gun. Shoot one's own self.