Rule 6

Uncle has been talking about Firearms Rule #5 - Do not try to catch a gun.


I'm thinking that the rebels in Libya may have discovered Firearms Rule #6 - Do not shoot your automatic weapons into the sky when there are ground attack aircraft in the area looking for targets.

NATO said Saturday that it was investigating Libyan rebel reports that a coalition warplane had struck a rebel position that was firing into the air near the front line of the battle with Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces.

Here's a hint, Abdul:  fighter pilots don't like heavy caliber tracer fire from the ground.  It makes them nervous, and their bomb release thumb just might twitch a bit.