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God Bless Our Troops!!!
FATIGUE A NIGHTMARE WAITING TO HAPPEN
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HOW TIRED IS TOO TIRED?
I would like to ask every member who carries or operates a firearm to consider the following...
LIVES are at stake when we strap the big iron on our hip (to quote Marty Robbins) if we are too tired to function safely and rationally.
It has been shown in studies that a tired driver is often as dangerous or more dangerous than a driver who is over the legal limit (drunk or impaired). This begs the question...how tired is too tired?
In the military we had a strict bottle to throttle rule (12 hours from last drink to any equipment operation). This was for the safety of every one around us. We also had a very strict crew rest policy to prevent us from using flawed judgment when maintaining or operating multi-million dollar aircraft and other expensive hardware. (again lives are at stake and it was to protect every one around us)
Let us look at a few facts.
1. When fatigue sets in your decision process is compromised in both speed and assessment accuracy.
2. When fatigue sets in you "SEE" things without fully comprehending the big picture.
3. When fatigue sets in it is nearly impossible to focus and many of us have learned to navigate through the situation on "AUTO-PILOT" due to military or first responder type training.
Now lets look at a couple of different situations...we've all been there...
Driving at night just trying to put some road behind you; when you realize that the next rest stop is 75 plus miles away. You are now in nodder-ville and driving by center-line turtle and shoulder buzz stripe braille.
You have just worked an extended shift due to a rush order at "the plant" (12 plus hours) and when you get home the wife wants to go to the outlet mall because you don't work the next day.
In either situation you may be too tired to responsibly carry a firearm. I want you to realize this is coming from a very gung-ho gun guy who would carry at every available opportunity. I think that whether or not you are too tired is a call that only you can make. It is my wish that you would perform some sort of self check to determine a go; no go type matrix in your thought process. It could mean the difference between the accidental shooting of a kid with a toy gun or you yourself getting shot because you could not react to a very real and present danger and being able to confront a stressful situation while maintaining control and doing all the right things.
Nutshell...please ensure before you head out the door that your head is 100% in the game...all of us are counting on you!
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HOW TIRED IS TOO TIRED?
I would like to ask every member who carries or operates a firearm to consider the following...
LIVES are at stake when we strap the big iron on our hip (to quote Marty Robbins) if we are too tired to function safely and rationally.
It has been shown in studies that a tired driver is often as dangerous or more dangerous than a driver who is over the legal limit (drunk or impaired). This begs the question...how tired is too tired?
In the military we had a strict bottle to throttle rule (12 hours from last drink to any equipment operation). This was for the safety of every one around us. We also had a very strict crew rest policy to prevent us from using flawed judgment when maintaining or operating multi-million dollar aircraft and other expensive hardware. (again lives are at stake and it was to protect every one around us)
Let us look at a few facts.
1. When fatigue sets in your decision process is compromised in both speed and assessment accuracy.
2. When fatigue sets in you "SEE" things without fully comprehending the big picture.
3. When fatigue sets in it is nearly impossible to focus and many of us have learned to navigate through the situation on "AUTO-PILOT" due to military or first responder type training.
Now lets look at a couple of different situations...we've all been there...
Driving at night just trying to put some road behind you; when you realize that the next rest stop is 75 plus miles away. You are now in nodder-ville and driving by center-line turtle and shoulder buzz stripe braille.
You have just worked an extended shift due to a rush order at "the plant" (12 plus hours) and when you get home the wife wants to go to the outlet mall because you don't work the next day.
In either situation you may be too tired to responsibly carry a firearm. I want you to realize this is coming from a very gung-ho gun guy who would carry at every available opportunity. I think that whether or not you are too tired is a call that only you can make. It is my wish that you would perform some sort of self check to determine a go; no go type matrix in your thought process. It could mean the difference between the accidental shooting of a kid with a toy gun or you yourself getting shot because you could not react to a very real and present danger and being able to confront a stressful situation while maintaining control and doing all the right things.
Nutshell...please ensure before you head out the door that your head is 100% in the game...all of us are counting on you!
