Posted on 01/04/2006 9:24:44 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
I'm your Huckleberry :)
"Inexperienced gun owners tend to be very hesitant to use, or even carry, their guns, so I seriously doubt they contribute significantly to unwarranted gun injuries and deaths. When I'm working on talking sense into a non-gun owner or an owner who doesn't carry due to feeling they don't have enough skill to handle a gun safely in a tense situation, I always point out that they can benefit tremendously just by carrying an unloaded gun, since at least 2/3rds of successful defensive uses of a gun don't involve firing. Then try to find more time and opportunity to practice, and start carrying loaded when after they've built up their skill and confidence level."
It takes alot to astound me, but you have. Are you nuts? I am really lost for words.
Yep, it's completely under the control of a Demonrat-appointed board who don't even need to supply a reason for denying you your permit.
And all filing fees are non-refundable, to add injury to insult.
Free Republic posting rules prohibit me from posting my true feelings in regard to this system!
Think it through. There are a huge number of people who are just plain scared of guns, because they were trained to be as they were growing up. If somebody manages to convince them to get a gun (usually after the person in question or a close relative or neighbor has been the victim of a violent crime), some of them do, but they are still very nervous about guns, have very little experience with them, and often little opportunity to get training and practice. They may manage to bring themselves to keep a loaded gun in the house, but still can't see themselves carrying a loaded gun. While they're getting their heads rationalized on the topic of guns, which often takes years, they really will have a much better chance of defending themselves successfully with an unloaded gun, than with no gun. Not to mention that carrying an unloaded gun gets them gradually comfortable with the idea of simply carrying a gun. I certainly carry a loaded gun, but I understand that baby steps are often important in getting people heading in the right direction. It's awfully hard to be scared of your own gun that you checked yourself and know absolutely positively is unloaded, and that makes carrying unloaded a manageable baby step for many people.
Brandishing an unloaded gun is just about the worst advice you can give someone. The fact is, you should never brandish it unless you are willing and likely to have you use it. Anything else is foolish.
Pulling an empty gun on a criminal intent on harm will get you killed for sure, or at the very least end up with him taking your gun from you so he can use it in later crimes. That is a proven fact.
80% of potential attackers will stand down in the face of a gun, the other 20% will immediately try to kill you. If you run into one of the later, you better be locked, cocked, and ready to pull the trigger.
Durn, none of my revolvers have safeties to flip on and off.
pull hammer back and let down repeatedly, cycling the chamber. will give you that positive click, something to do with idle hands, and just as much likelyhood of blowing a hole in your leg.
just make sure you do it with a full cylinder... trying to remember where that empty chamber to leave the hammer down on can be a pain, and could get ya killed if you need to use it and you drop hammer on an empty chamber while being charged. :)
gross.....
Very nice compilation. Thanks! :)
In other words, if you're approached by someone planning to attack you, an unloaded gun will work 80% of the time. Actually, the major studies on this topic find a range of about 65-75%, but still pretty good. I'm not suggesting that people should prefer carrying an unloaded gun over a loaded one. I'm saying they should prefer carrying an unloaded gun over NO gun. How often does NO gun scare off a potential attacker?
You and I are perfectly comfortable carrying loaded guns, but there are a LOT of Americans who are presently terrified to be anywhere near a loaded gun (and quite a few who are terrified to be anywhere near ANY gun). THOSE people would be taking a big step forward if they started carrying an unloaded gun, and it's a whole lot easier to convince them to do that, than to convince them to carry a loaded gun. Hopefully, over time, they'd become comfortable enough with guns to carry a loaded one, but in the meantime, carrying a 65-80% chance of successfully defending against an attacker is good progress, and will help remedy their irrational fear of guns.
True, but have you ever had the pleasure of a colonoscopy?
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Just put your middle finger on the trigger, partially depress, and spin the cylinder with you index finger instead.
(extreme sarcasm)
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