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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arenathlete" data-source="post: 1144105" data-attributes="member: 4624">You guys continue to refer to these SHTF scenarios, could you be more specific and site some recent ones please???Let me find ones you've referenced:Okay, so you're waiting for the "South will rise again" insurgency???  If that's the case why shoot the 5.56NATO?So would I, but then again, I ain't the police; so I must be one of those gun-toting rednecks.This is exactly the type of discussion that needs to occur on a gunboard, where else can we argue these points???BTW, I never said SWAT was the only ones that need a ar-15; I dropped the 5.56NATO for the 7.62NATO because I'm a fat-body and if SHTF for me, I'm a BIG target so I'll at least give them 5 minutes of hell<img src="/images/smilies/image1249.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cannon:" title="Image1249    :cannon:" data-shortname=":cannon:" />Again, far-reaching scenarios that have such a low statistical occurrence, yet they keep being brought up as common-place situations.The CO on-site should've given a green light to the sniper, unless you have some seasoned operators then I wouldn't do an entry.  And Aw...hell yes they should've shot that *******.Yes, of course; but you're gearing up for scenarios that you have a 0.0001% chance of actually pulling the trigger on a carbine, aren't there some other more pressing issues to be training???Let me finish by saying this: I appreciate law enforcement, in fact, I think pay should be doubled immediately for the job you are asked to perform but I would also squash all pensions.  We should pay up-front for the work you guys put in and not make you wait on pensions, but I digress.</blockquote>

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