Facebook flog - Jul 9 2014

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Link: Jul 9 2014, 19:46
Disclaimer: This blog entry is verbatim, as originally posted on LKH's Facebook. Copyright belongs to Ma Petite Enterprises.

Target showing first hits for new guns. Jon may have won me to .45 ACP at long last.

Comments

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

I hate guns a lot but I could sort-of see this being of professional value if Anita still had anything to do with guns; the early books did seem to have quite a lot of discussion of weaponry.

However, Anita's entire life seems to revolve around shagging various semi-humans these days, not guns, and then there's always the Merry series which doesn't really seem to have been particularly weapony at any time, so Merry fans can reasonably be expected to have no interest in LKH and her husband, Jon, shooting targets.

Given a Merry novel has just come out, I'd expect more posts about hair dye and ways to braid your ankle-length tresses.

[rodentfanatic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't understand why this is on her professional blog...like most of the things she posts

[shadwing.livejournal.com]

The problem with the way guns are discussed/used in the Anita Blake books, is that the information is FACTUALLY correct, it's way off base in terms of PRATICAL usage. I believe in Affliction she was stated to carry at least 5 firearms, 3 pistols, a long rife and a shotgun all by different manufactures and at least 2-3 different kinds of ammo. A Logistical NIGHTMARE since clips and ammo are not universal between weapons so she would need to find a way to carry all that extra ammo in such a way to it would be easy to find and load in a high stress situation and NOT get the clips mixed up. She also stated she needed to carry all this stuff because she was a Marshall. Lets not get into that Anita has neither the height or the body type to comfortably carry all this crap.

My quick checking on what LEO's carry (especially in a SWAT Assault situation) is usually have two (and only TWO) weapons, a Primary depending on the role in the unit, and a secondary (usually a pistol) and maybe a non-lethal weapon.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I barely know one end of a gun from another but I find it hard to imagine how a person of five feet or whatever she is could carry a concealed rifle. Is it down her leg? How does she hide it inside her thigh-high stockings? I suppose the barrel is pointing at her foot? Is it masquerading as a stocking seam? Or is this an excuse for pervy thigh boots? PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.

THen all the other guns and ammo would have to be strapped about her person somehow. I want someone to draw this.