Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “What Does Tactical Actually Mean?” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/what-tactical-means/.
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This. Calling anything “tactical” means you can charge twice what it’s worth and the “kewl kids” re going to be lined up saying “Take my money”I think the SAA along with an 1873 carbine was real tactical "in the day." Metallic cartridges pushed firearm design way forward in the latter half of the 19th century. Firearms today are more advanced than those black powder guns. The word tactical is overused to the point of meaninglessness.
The clinical definition of “ Tactical” differs wildly from the commercial definition. I think the author tried to allude to this point but it came off as an advertisement for SA 1911s, which undermined his effort in my opinion.The article seemed a bit off as it pertains to Tactical, I thought anyway... I thought it was going to define their opinion of what Tactical was, then it sort of tapered off talking about other things.
Just my opinion, but Tactical is in your head, it is a state of being. I like the phrase "where strategy meets mindfulness." I feel like things like guns, knives, how and where to CC, Awareness etc, are all sub-categories of a Tactical mindset.
Obviously there are physical aspects to being 'Tactical', with training probably the largest and most important.
Agree. The word "tactical" is abused to the max to, as you say, sell stuff to be cool. One example was TV commercials advertising tactical sunglasses for $19.99 claiming these were used by the military especially spec ops types. The unknowing would by this mall kiosk type glasses not realizing the real deal would probably run $180 to $200 retail. I guess the purveyors of this product were looking for high numbers of the gullible. Latest example: YouTube has ads for a "tactical" mosquito killer. Kills thousands! I may be out of the loop, but I have never seen a single device to zap thousands of mosquitos. Here is the actual system which is procedural and chemical repellent driven:This. Calling anything “tactical” means you can charge twice what it’s worth and the “kewl kids” re going to be lined up saying “Take my money”. Today you can buy tactical socks, skivvies, etc. Really? THAT is going to make you “tough”
? You’d be far better off buying non tactical stuff and using the $$ saved to buy ammo and actually Practice
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