Posted on 10/12/2006 12:05:09 PM PDT by domenad
I am positively ripping over here right now. About an hour ago, my wife calls me to tell me that someone behind her in traffic got out of the car, slammed his fist on her window and threatened her for not blowing through a "Yield" sign fast enough. This is the third time something of this nature has happened. Florida is growing at a meteoric rate, especially the Tampa area where I live. As with all growth, some is good and some is bad, and a surge in the number of physically aggressive, downright threatening people on the roads is one of them.
I've always supported the rights of any non-felon to own a weapon, even though for some reason I never chose to own one for myself. This is probably because I'm a large individual who is experienced in martial arts. My wife, on the other hand, is petite and has a bad back, making a physical confrontation unwise as well as unadvisable. In the back of my head, I always secretly figured on some level that my family and I were safe enough that we did not need firearms. Today has proven me wrong, and so I am turning to my fellow Freepers for advice - what weapon would be ideal for a woman in a car to own? What safety precautions, such as trigger locks would you recommend, in light of the fact that the weapon will be largely carried in a car? What laws are applicable? It would be simple enough for me to pick up a book (and believe me I intend to), but some things need to be filtered through human experience to get the most out of them.
"It is not as hard as it sounds it just takes time and patients."
LOL Let's hope more patience than patients.
You must mean in Sussex County. It's the only real Republican county in Northern New Jersey. If someone saw that in Hudson county, you'd be having the BATF,Hudson Co. Sheriff's Dept. and NJSP a knockin' at your door. Silly, only police are allowed to have guns in NJ. /sarcasm.
Without a doubt a 45mm
I carry one of those Airweights and practice with a glove.
I'm not too worried about the sting to my hand if I shoot someone. However if you can't recover from the first shot that is a different matter. But you can find that out with practice practice practice.
..only the brand new rookies
(western morris)
Doogle
WTF is that?
Good God man! Overcompensating or something?
Just kidding.
Seriously though - what is that behemoth?
I practice with gloves also.I know the sting would not bother me in a self-defense situation. Its the shooting practice that gets to me. (100 rounds thrown out and my hands get tender)
I am a pretty big guy and even after 50 rounds in that kind of a gun I would get tired too. IMHO those little framed guns just aren't really much fun to shoot but you do it because you need to, not because you want to.
Oops... am=an Sorry
I do not recommend carrying a gun if you have any doubt that you can kill another person, and I do not recommend carrying a gun unless you have a good sense about when killing is an appropriate response to a threat. If a gun comes out in a fight, bet on some one dying
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you are using the wrong words, you dont CCW to kill, you carry CCW to defend you life or life of family or otherrs.
You want to go to jail just keep talking kill issue, or most certainly will get someone else in much trouble.
I do agree you must be able to pull the trigger.
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see post 79 for fully realization of what it means to CCW and how to carry yourself.
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