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IDPA Nebraska Saturday 6 September 2014 Thunder Alley Lincoln

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bullit:
PM sent to you jthapkido. ..

OnTheFly:

--- Quote from: Lorimor on September 03, 2014, 06:29:05 PM ---It's a conspiracy designed solely to sell vests.... ugly, hideous vests.
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Now THAT made me laugh out loud.  Not to worry.  Only the fashion challenged from Texas would buy such a thing.

Fly

OnTheFly:

--- Quote from: jthhapkido on September 03, 2014, 03:33:34 PM ---Why not?  (Since many people use them.)
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Because IDPA is intended to shape a person's habit pattern through positive reinforcement of proper use of defensive pistol skills in a course of fire...as long as you are only carrying on your hip and wearing a vest that you would never be seen in public with. So...you know...just like if you are carrying and had to use your handgun in self defense...except...different...but realistic.  ;)

Fly

Lorimor:

--- Quote from: OnTheFly on September 03, 2014, 09:45:13 PM ---Because IDPA is intended to shape a person's habit pattern through positive reinforcement of proper use of defensive pistol skills in a course of fire...as long as you are only carrying on your hip and wearing a vest that you would never be seen in public with. So...you know...just like if you are carrying and had to use your handgun in self defense...except...different...but realistic.  ;)

Fly

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No way a game can be realistic, unless somehow Waingro is involved:



(Rumor has it that this will be one of the stages for Saturday's match.)

Aldo:
Okkkkaaayyyyyy...... I know that at the moment IDPA Nebraska has been hosting only Tier 1 (local club) matches....but it does have intentions of wanting to be at least at a Tier 2 host (sooner rather than later)... thus, I contacted the IDPA Area Coordinator a couple of months or so ago and asked him about polo shirts or race shirts, etc at matches as long as the handgun, etc are concealed.

The response was that we could allow the polo, etc type shirts at Tier 1 matches, but they wouldn't fly for the Tier 2 and above matches.  :o  And this is coming from an individual who has been involved in local, state, regional, and national matches over a lengthy period of time.

Thus, I will take sole responsibility as the Match Director for IDPA Nebraska for making the executive decision to have our matches in compliance with Tier 2 and above so that those shooters who participate are "practicing" in the IDPA match environment with the garments that would be expected of them at those upper level matches.

A shoot-me-vest or a construction-worker-don't-run-me-over vest is NOT required.  8)  One can use a button down shirt (from top to bottom) that the shooter needs to move out of the way as if it were a vest in order to acquire his/her handgun and magazines as long as the arm raised compliance is met.  At matches, I don't always wear a vest...I have worn my long black button down shirts (as I do when I am walking around in my real life) and I have even worn a long clinic gown to simulate being in a health clinic environment (which so happens to be what I do part-time and where I am allowed by the owner to carry concealed).

I have been to only one Tier 3 match, and no one of the 165+ shooters had anything but a vest.  I will be at a Tier 2 match next month with bullit, and we will certainly make observations and ask questions.

I can also certainly go up the chain to IDPA HQ and get a final clarification as HQ is very intrigued with our nomad type of approach of starting and spreading the sport in Nebraska by not being wedded to a single range (IDPA Nebraska was granted its own Club Member ID # which is atypical since usually it is the range that has the club #), but I stayed with the Area Coordinator's remarks because of his close and long-term relationship with IDPA HQ.

Ok, I'm off to the range to set up the match for tomorrow.  Let the acid rain responses begin as I will come back wearing my IDPA-compliant and acid resistant jacket and hood and face mask!  ;D

Staying positive!!!

Aldo

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