May I, Please? It's not "cocked and loaded"

[CatWoman]

it's "locked and loaded"

lock-and-load
Interjection

(US, slang) A command to prepare a weapon for battle.
(US, slang) Prepare for an imminent event.

Origin

Originated in American English, supposedly as an instructional command to prepare an M1 Garand, the main rifle used during World War II, for battle. the expression was popularized 1949 by John Wayne in the movie Sands of Iwo Jima. Various similar phrases predate it, including in transposed form as “load and lock”. It is disputed whether the command "lock and load" was ever used by the US military in WWII. The term, "lock and load" was used in the US Army as late as 1969 and was also used in Vietnam.

The most common theory connects this order to the operation of the M1 Garand rifle. Before loading the ammunition clip into the rifle, the operating rod handle is pulled to the rear until the bolt is securely locked open. According to the M1 Garand Manual, loading the clip without first locking the bolt could result in an accidental discharge of a round. In the 1943 training film (Rifle Marksmanship with M1 Rifle) the instructor orders first "Lock" then "Load".
A transposition of "load and lock" - to load the ammunition clip into the rifle, then to lock the bolt forward (which forces a round into the chamber, readying a rifle for firing).
Condensing the M-16 firing preparation commands of "LOCK a magazine in the magazine well, then LOAD a round into the firing chamber by pulling the charging handle to the rear of the weapon."
The use of flintlock rifles, which required the hammer to be locked back at the half-cock position before placing primer in the pan.
Alternatively, a Sporting Magazine from 1821 had the complete flintlock expression as "brush the dirt away from the lock, and load ...".
From artillery usage: to 'lock' a gun into firing position before loading.

[zackymilly]

1. Well, you still have to cock it.

[CatWoman]

2. you cock it after you load it

[zackymilly]

5. Then "load and cock" instead of "cock and load"

[customerserviceguy]

19. More like "cock and bull" coming from Cadet Bone Spurs. n/t

[boston bean]

22. poppycock!

[dchill]

4. Nah - he went off half-cocked.

Which I'm sure is typical. And mandated by circumstances.

[rogue emissary]

3. This is a well thought out and researched post.

Shorter version, Donny's simply an idiot.

[zackymilly]

7. I didn't realize donny said this, so it should have been "cockeyed and loaded"

[rogue emissary]

13. I'm tired of trying to figure out what the hell he means.

[Maine-i-acs]

6. he's conflating it with "half-cocked"

half-cocked
/ˌhafˈkäkt/
adjective
1.
(of a gun) with the cock partly raised.
2.
only partly ready; poorly prepared.
"half-cocked solutions often change things for the worse"

Based on the old flintlock muskets which had three positions:
"discharged" post firing meaning the frizzen was down
"cocked" meaning the flint (aka cock cause it looked like a rooster's head) was all the way back and ready to fire
or "half-cocked" meaning the frizzen was closed but the flint was only partially pulled back.

Being Half-cocked kept the powder dry but was not a good ready position. Going off half-cocked meant you pulled the trigger when you didn't mean to.

[maxsolomon]

9. It's also "Sites", not "Sights"

He's a lazy Ignoramus.

Next he'll be saying "Jive" when he means "Jibe"!

[dlk]

10. Once Again, Our Ignorant President Broadcasts His Lack of Knowledge to the World

He never ceases to humiliate and embarrass our country.

[johnp3907]

11. Cocked up, actually.

[sir pball]

12. There's also "cocked and locked"

Meaning a semiautomatic handgun with a round in the chamber and the hammer cocked in the firing position, with the safety switch locked on. Also a state of maximum readiness just short of finger-on-the-trigger.

Sounds like pudding-brain heard both "locked and loaded" and "cocked and locked" before and spewed a random jumble. What else is new.

[Me.]

14. He AlWays Speaks About

what's uppermost on his mind

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Guess Trump's just obsessed with a part of his anatomy

[keithbvadu2]

23. Not as much as subject matter expert Little Marco Rubio.

Not as much as subject matter expert Little Marco Rubio.

[Midnightwalk]

16. Ummm.......blocked?

I think he was all ready to attack and someone like Putin but maybe a general pulled his chain.

Must be frustrating.

[LuckyLib]

17. Trumpster's locker room talk.

[underpants]

18. Usually you get loaded THEN cocked 😉

That’s what a friend told me

[CatWoman]

25. hey you!!!

[underpants]

28. 😁

[Champion Jack]

20. Isn't Cocked and Loaded....

the latest Stormy Daniels flick?

[flotsam]

21. Still in use in army basic training in '72

The command "lock" means to insert a magazine and assure it is held in place by the release detent...The "load" command is to pull back the charging rod to actually load a round into the chamber. This is on the M-16, "load" on an M-1 is different but achieves the same result.

[CatWoman]

24. thanks

[Triloon]

26. He mis-spoke. He meant to say, "Cocked and blocked"

[OneBlueDotBama]

27. Cocked & Loaded

are the secret service names for Donny jr & Eric...

[underpants]

29. THREAD WINNER

[OneBlueDotBama]

30. I stole it

my wife repeated it to me, it came from David Jolly on MSNBC.

[pintobean]

31. Cocked & Loaded is the title of LA Guns' 1989 album

And, Tommy Bolin used the phrase in '76 in his song "Post Toastee".

TOMMY BOLIN
"Post Toastee"

Well my mind has been overflowin'
'bout some things that don't seem right.
And my gun is cocked and loaded,
I hope I get me some sleep tonight.

Well I don't know what went wrong,
It seems like nuthin' is right.
Well I don't know what went wrong,
I hope I get me some sleep tonight.

So take it nice and easy,
Leave the coals in the pit.
Don't let your mind post-toastee,
Like a lot of my friends did.

Just keep me out of L.A.,
Things are crazy out there.
From people that I been meetin',
Seems I got to beware.