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I held a gun for the first time!
4/4/2012 | POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Posted on 04/04/2012 8:46:47 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN

I was visiting a friend who owns two guns and I held his Baretta. I thought I'd be nervous but I wasn't.

What is the proper stance when firing a gun? I know how to hold one correctly.


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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
What is the proper stance when firing a gun? I know how to hold one correctly.

You extend your arm, turn the gun sideways, and fire....... Or watch Tombstone, Powers Boothe's best movie. (/joking)

Seriously, I recommend taking a concealed carry class, even if you don't plan to carry. There's a couple of different stances. I usually use something similar to a Weaver stance, although my dominate arm isn't as extended.

61 posted on 04/04/2012 9:39:45 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Time for brokered convention)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

“Welcome to the Party Pal”!


62 posted on 04/04/2012 9:43:02 PM PDT by crazydad
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Be careful that you don’t end up like A. Weiner.


63 posted on 04/04/2012 9:43:58 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: mylife

Hey there I gots me one of them....


64 posted on 04/04/2012 9:45:57 PM PDT by crazydad
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To: crazydad

Its a fine design.


65 posted on 04/04/2012 9:55:27 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Doesn’t matter where you are. The first rule of gun safety is to ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS treat a gun like it is loaded even if it clearly isn’t.

That means you don’t wave the gun around as you are talking or point it anybody in general. Point it away, up or down from everyone else. Even when cleaning it!

You always keep your finger off the trigger until you are committed to firing it. And before you fire it you should have a good idea of where it will go if you miss or it over-penetrates.

Once you get that rule down and in your head and practice it consciously all of the other gun safety rules will be a piece of cake!

Have fun and stay safe!


66 posted on 04/04/2012 9:59:04 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: smokingfrog
I love the first half of that movie.

"This is my rifle, this is my gun....."

67 posted on 04/04/2012 10:01:22 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Time for brokered convention)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I know to be extremely careful. There is no way I would ever take a chance.


68 posted on 04/04/2012 10:13:17 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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To: bramps
That's a great scene. I had never even heard of that movie but now I want to see it. Here's a vid of Cruise training for it.

Collateral Tom Cruise training 4:26

69 posted on 04/04/2012 10:15:35 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

Please go take a series of classes and learn from an NRA-Certified Instructor, BEFORE you hurt anyone including yourself.


70 posted on 04/04/2012 10:18:13 PM PDT by Adams (Fight on!)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
"I was visiting a friend who owns two guns and I held his Baretta. I thought I'd be nervous but I wasn't."

"I didn’t fire it. It wasn’t loaded. I just held it to see what it would be like."

I would really like to help out, really I would, but your posts were so 'loaded' I'm afraid it would only get me banned. ;-)

71 posted on 04/04/2012 10:19:12 PM PDT by IYellAtMyTV (Je t'aime, faire du bruit comme le cochon.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Take a class, become familiar with what you have.....

And when your ready....


72 posted on 04/04/2012 11:16:21 PM PDT by SERE_DOC ( “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” Tho)
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To: SERE_DOC

It’s gonna be a while before I’m ready for that! A LONG while!


73 posted on 04/04/2012 11:21:11 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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To: mylife
Taurus 92's are almost as good as Berettas, and are more reasonably priced. Beretta made handguns for the Brazilian army in Brazil. After the contract was done, Beretta sold the factory to Taurus. Same tooling and everything.

CC

74 posted on 04/04/2012 11:30:47 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Q: how did you find America? A: turn left at Greenland)
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To: ottbmare; POWERSBOOTHEFAN

That’s JPFO... Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership

http://jpfo.org/


75 posted on 04/05/2012 12:06:01 AM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

for later...


76 posted on 04/05/2012 12:10:59 AM PDT by JDoutrider
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
The Baretta is a, "gateway" gun. Soon you'll be wanting to hold a Barrett!
77 posted on 04/05/2012 2:12:13 AM PDT by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN

All right, all right - you may hold my gun. Just be sure to squeeze it, don’t yank it.


78 posted on 04/05/2012 5:31:03 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: TigersEye

It’s a great movie. Very under appreciated, including the performance by Tom Cruise. He’s quite an interesting, very lethal character. Vincent.


79 posted on 04/05/2012 6:20:54 AM PDT by bramps (Newt is the one)
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To: tumblindice

lol...I see someone’s been watching “Sons of Guns”...


80 posted on 04/05/2012 6:29:10 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (If we had a President, he'd look like Newt.)
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