That's a good point, Archer; and one that's not talked about as often as buying stuff. Waking up each morning and going to sleep each evening with oppressive debt hanging over us is, indeed, a form of self-victimization. No one likes to feel like a victim, and in fact there are euphemisms and...
Page after page after page of 'Top Ten 9mm Pistols,' and only ONE mention of the SIG P210. To make up for that, here:
(Of course, none of those are mine… but maybe one day.) :yesway:
Excellent analysis here. Particularly, the point about the rounded shape of a revolver (and its concealability) is something which is easily dismissed until you appreciate it in action.
actaeon277, that's a good question... and I don't know exactly. But I'll guess that the medical community asks about firearms as a sort of child-related risk factor simply because the relatively small number of firearm deaths involving children are disproportionately (and sensationally, often)...
Mcolford, exactly. I'd like to think that the questions just get the wheels turning, as you say, about child safety in the home, but without the parents having to give some kind of detailed, quantified, reply. Believe me, I value my discretion and privacy a lot - like many of you.
There have been enough child deaths involving firearms that this question, unfortunately, is relevant. It may only be relevant in an infinitesimally small number of cases, but of course how are doctors supposed to divine which gun owners are reckless and clueless, and which are responsible...
Dude, those are serious warning signs that things may only get worse. I'd forget about some of that magazine-sounding advice and really think carefully about your situation.
(Now that you've hooked some of us, of course you're now obliged to keep us posted!)
OP, as others have said, malicious disregard for club property, unfortunately, is a problem for many ranges - whether public, private or by some other form of membership.
Where I shoot, I can promise you that if I saw what you described, as you described it -- with shooters willfully...
Every time one of these threads comes up, I post the same POS gun I bought.
Kel Tec .32
(Now, having said that, I should point out that I bought one of the first P32 models they produced, and it's possible that subsequent models have improved. But I'll tell you, for me the damage is...
+1
And getting zero sympathetic understanding about your unused table fees does feel like insult to injury, I'm sure. Surely the show's take can afford to give back to one of its vendors out of recognition that you were faultless - and in fact, only trying to follow their own parking...
Just as another data point, I've been happy with a FM Optics (I think it's called) red dot sight which I picked up from the good folks at Bradis. The price was well under a hundred bucks (that's all I could afford at the time).
I've been using that sight on a rimfire pistol -- frequently --...
I stopped by the table Friday.. didn't see a target to sign. I did enjoy meeting SmileDocHill. LoveMyWoods was on his cell.. or I would've introduced myself.
I bumped into a couple of other MCFG regulars. And over the years, I've gotten to know several of the vendors. There are a lot of...
Ahhh, the first gun show.. The next phase of your initiation is now complete. :whistle:
Another one of my favorite stops at the 1500 is the book vendor with many long tables of gun esoterica, parallel history accounts, extra terrestrial-inspired political theory, subversive economic...
I spent all afternoon at the show and had a great time! But even when you don't buy a gun or other major purchase, it's amazing how a couple hundred bucks will still just evaporate... it's like, where the hell did it all go exactly? :dunno:
Exactly.
If Obama is re-elected -- even as an 'unaccountable' 2nd-term president -- he'll go into his second four years with a very strong economic mandate from the electorate. He knows that he can't burn up any political capital from Republicans over the contentious issue of gun rights; he...