JimConway
Instructor
Political Correctness (PC) has Raised it's Ugly Head, in firearms training.
We have taught and been taught that a convenient way to carry a
long gun while armed with a handgun is African Carry.
African Carry means that the long gun is carried with the muzzle
down on the support side shoulder. To the best of my knowledge
this technique, oddly enough, originated in Africa over 50 years ago
As an aside, American Carry means carrying the long gun on
the strong side with the muzzle up. I am sure that you can see
the problem with this method.
Over the past month I have heard, but not confirmed, that the
African Carry method is still being taught at a number of
major training schools but being call something else. It is my
understanding that the new name is being used to be more PC.
I do not know the new name, but I think it is something like
"Support Side Muzzle Down Carry"
After Obama held his health care reform rally in Portsmouth, NH,
my wife wrote a letter to the editor that described the individual at the rally that was carrying both a long gun and a hand gun. She correctly used the phrase "African Corry" to describe how the long gun was carried. While the letter was printed, the editor removed the words "African Carry" from her letter.
The reason that the editor gave for the change was that the offensive words were not PC
This is flaming stupid, when you consider that the word "African' refers to a location, or rather a continent. Ther is nothing either racial or demeaning in these two words
We have taught and been taught that a convenient way to carry a
long gun while armed with a handgun is African Carry.
African Carry means that the long gun is carried with the muzzle
down on the support side shoulder. To the best of my knowledge
this technique, oddly enough, originated in Africa over 50 years ago
As an aside, American Carry means carrying the long gun on
the strong side with the muzzle up. I am sure that you can see
the problem with this method.
Over the past month I have heard, but not confirmed, that the
African Carry method is still being taught at a number of
major training schools but being call something else. It is my
understanding that the new name is being used to be more PC.
I do not know the new name, but I think it is something like
"Support Side Muzzle Down Carry"
After Obama held his health care reform rally in Portsmouth, NH,
my wife wrote a letter to the editor that described the individual at the rally that was carrying both a long gun and a hand gun. She correctly used the phrase "African Corry" to describe how the long gun was carried. While the letter was printed, the editor removed the words "African Carry" from her letter.
The reason that the editor gave for the change was that the offensive words were not PC
This is flaming stupid, when you consider that the word "African' refers to a location, or rather a continent. Ther is nothing either racial or demeaning in these two words