
Originally Posted by
Failure2Stop
Having a "KISS" rifle/carbine is different between owners. As Matt Edwards alluded to, having a KISS gun is to have only those items that enhance functionality in your use. To some, that means nothing more than iron sights and stock handguard, because they never moved past that point in training or employment. To others, that means two white lights, two optical aiming devices, a BUIS, an IR laser and flood, a visible laser, and a VFG to keep their hand in position to use it all. Sure, dude 1 will probably be able to hold his own when it comes to the 200 yard standing slow-fire, but will be completely outclassed in the dark, engaging threats from 2 to 300 meters. In the first instance "Simple" means in relation to the very narrow band of employment that the user has for his gun. In the second, "Simple" refers to the easiest and most efficient means to achieve impact on the enemy in any given circumstance.
When people show images of a stock carbine and call it (with a degree of self-righteousness and condescension) KISS, what I read is "Incompetent", and the acronym is more suited to: Kept Irrelevant and Self-Satisfied.
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