Posted on 07/27/2015 3:42:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
I apologize for taking gun ownership so seriously.
The author using Dr Suess as a vehicle to deliver her message, escapes me. Sorry for being so fuddy-duddy. It’s not cute. It’s not funny.
The Bersa 380 is lady-friendly, well-made, and reasonably priced.
Yeah, that notion is ridiculous. An attacker can be through your door in seconds, single-digit seconds. If they pick locks or come in through an unlocked door they could be in the room with you before you even know they are in the house.
People talk about carrying with one in the chamber so you are ready. If there is concern about the 1 to 2 extra seconds required to rack a slide and then get on target... What do you think the extra 20 to 30 seconds needed to get to the safe and get your weapon are going to cause?
When I carry, I carry 15+1 - with a round in the chamber. When I'm home, there is a weapon literally within arms reach. If I ever need my weapon, I will need it bad. Being prepared may give me an edge in time, and those extra couple of seconds could be critical. Yes, I have a safe. The safe is for if/when there are little kids visiting. Then I keep one weapon on me, and the other "ready" weapons go in the safe.
Let’s stick to the title of the piece - What Gun Should I Get?”
Simple answer: More than one. Buy weapons that fit your hand(s), with which you’re familiar and comfortable and weapons that function reliably, i.e., ALL the time. Make sure they’re weapons in calibers for which ammo is readily available and keep plenty of ammo on hand. Finally - and most importantly - be absolutely certain that, if you have to arm yourself in the defense of you and your family, you are willing to take a human life.
If you can’t decide, just buy one of each that you fancy.
As he pulls a replica pistol?
Sounds like suicide by cop to me.
“With my gun secure in its safe and criminals on the loose,”
How about with my gun just within reach? :-)
Great post. I hope people are listening.
Thanks.
Great post. Thank you.
The article may be flawed, but it gets people thinking and that is a step in the right direction.
Do you seriously think people will make decisions based on a parody article or a cartoon? I don’t. I wouldn’t buy a car or a house or even a new toaster based on a random article, especially not an article that is not serious and fact-laden. But the article might get me thinking about the topic and talking to people and reading and after I educate myself, I might decide to buy a car or a house or a toaster ... or a gun.
I'm the guy that says if you have one child, you're operating at a loss ....
two children is only a break-even point and three is barely enough to slowly get ahead
Have 8 kids like our grand parents did .... AMERICA WAS THE BALLS AND NO ONE COULD TOUCH US
I think about strange things like that
Do what I do. Buy them all. Guns have feelings too.
Or too stupid to be around.
I was getting worried.
“That one.”
From the get-go, the article/writing, seemed to me, to be geared for a five y/o. That’s how it struck me, perhaps such a serious topic needs to be dumbed down for today’s millennials Your point taken.
That makes my hand hurt just seeing the pic.
I ask about YOU; not the author.
You just can’t beat the Founders’ logic.
As a collector I’ve many guns
But that doesn’t mean I can’t have fun
It may seem silly, it may seem daft
But we old farts we still can laugh
Of course it is serious but it’s not dour.
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