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Posted on 05/05/2004 7:57:51 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
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On the other hand, now that she's tellin me to divide the 4 o'clocks she's stopped tellin' me that my maters need more dirt...
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Cool.
I'd be unlikely to carry a gun, but having one in my apartment could be a good idea. If I could find a good gun safety course in the area.
I bet some of the regulars on this thread would be happy to advise on a good gun for a young lady...
If you wouldn't plan on packing it, I'd get you a bigger heavier pistol like this one for the first gun, because the heavier the gun, the less it kicks, and the more accurate you are.
Later, when you want to wear it, you can try the little snubby lightweight guns or semi-autos ;~D
How long are you sticking around after wedding moot?
Shooting range-moot?
Where I'm going to be living is an incredibly safe town. Very little violence or anything. But... in my apartment, at night, alone, a gun would at least give me peace of mind. Once I know how to use it. Since I won't be having little brothers around, I wouldn't be afraid of other people getting hurt.
But I don't think I even could 'pack' - I'm pretty sure guns aren't allowed on university grounds. And I wouldn't be that comfortable with it, either.
Heh, you know, I'm going to be pushing to hold Entmoot '05 in Colorado...
Coupla years with some real Coloradoans should take care of that.
Well, after Inauguration Moot that may not be a bad idea.
Of course... Here too. Statistics about the odds of being broken into mean very little when there are noises outside.
But I don't think I even could 'pack' - I'm pretty sure guns aren't allowed on university grounds. And I wouldn't be that comfortable with it, either.
You won't know until you have the option and you see the way it changes how you ~think~. I had mine at school. Didn't carry to class either in my situation, but you may reconsider it depending on what the situation is walking out of a night class to parking.
I'm flying out Tuesday morning. :-)
Well, then we have Monday! We can go out to the gravel pit... no red tape there.
Guess I'll figure it out. I've still got a bit of 'guns go off accidentally and kill people' mentality that I picked up from my mom - she doesn't mind other people having guns, but is scared of them herself - but I imagine I'd get over that.
In about 15 minutes with me at the range you'd get over that... I'd love to take your mother too.
My room-mates at school were the same way. If you've never been around them, they are forboding and unknown. I love bein' around people the first time they fire one. If it is done right, and the emphasis is on safety and they see how under control the situation is, I have never had newbies and even gun fearing liberals ~not~ have a really good time. And it changed their minds on guns.
You mom had different concerns with little ones around too. They change the whole situation.
Well, I've used a gun before (target shooting. I liked the rifles much more than the pistol). And like I said I'm probably going to get one. I'll just look into the local organizations and stuff. There must be some basic course I could take one Saturday...
And yes, I completely respect my mother's position, because kids and guns are a bad idea. At this point, six of the seven of us could be taught not to play with guns; but the little guy just doesn't have the same action-consequence sequencing yet. He'll do things that he knows will get him in trouble, and he can't keep his hands off things.
However, when we girls eventually start dating, I bet Dad gets a rifle.
Well, I've used a gun before (target shooting. I liked the rifles much more than the pistol). And like I said I'm probably going to get one. I'll just look into the local organizations and stuff. There must be some basic course I could take one Saturday...
And yes, I completely respect my mother's position, because kids and guns are a bad idea. At this point, six of the seven of us could be taught not to play with guns; but the little guy just doesn't have the same action-consequence sequencing yet. He'll do things that he knows will get him in trouble, and he can't keep his hands off things.
However, when we girls eventually start dating, I bet Dad gets a rifle.
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