Granted this one will really only resonate with people who know the three real-life gun trainers involved (Two still living, now that Col. Cooper has passed,) but I do, and when I heard it today (courtesy of Gabe Suarez) I just couldn't stop laughing. And those of you who, like me, are familiar with these three shooting legends should understand why immediately.
The story goes that Jeff Cooper, Chuck Taylor, and Massad Ayoob are all sitting in a bar discussing shooting techniques and equipment when a hoodlum walks in, pulls a gun, and demands everyone get on the ground.
All three men jump to their feet and blaze away at the gunman who instantly falls dead at the front door with multiple holes in his chest and head.
Cooper holsters his 1911 and says, "I have slain the goblin...the sky is bluer, the beer is colder, and the world is a better place".
Taylor says, "No Jeff, you have it wrong, I smoked him with my Glock 17 (serial number XYZ-123) with the 1,232, 017th round fired through it", as he holsters it in kydex.
Ayoob looks around and says, "You all heard it--they claimed it. I'm outta here".
Don't know any of them personally, but know their reputations well enough to laugh out loud. At work.
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