Politicians back gun control; constituents load up on firearms

Marin Independent Journal ^ | 10/01/2006 | Tad Whitaker

[neverdem]

Fire explodes out of a .357 short barrel pistol. Marin's anti-gun reputation is not keeping away residents who are buying firearms and taking shooting lessons. (IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel)

Alan Chu and other students practice aiming and squeezing the trigger of their firearms during a pistol class at Bullseye Shooting Range in San Rafael. (IJ photo/Jeff Vendsel )

[Cobra64]

[stevio]

It's human nature, guns are cool.

[Disambiguator]

This, from the same region that brought you Barbara Boxer.

[paul51]

"It's fun," she said. "It's not a bad thing."

My kind of woman

[stevie_d_64]

"He speculates that the chaos that reigned in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina may have spurred many people here and throughout the country to arm themselves just in case police aren't around when help is needed."

Chaos created by whom???

New Orleans was a powder keg waiting for a spark...And to think that some people were shocked and surprised at the outcome???

Balderdash!

[Alia]

Been there at the Bullseye! :) It's clean, well run, indoors.

[Alia]

Oldtimers call upon memories of Marin County's rural roots when they talk about the days when almost everyone owned a gun. Shooting ducks in Richardson Bay was a popular pastime for kids 50 years ago.

I grew up in Marin, and my first paying job in life -- was shooting crows. $.25/pair claws. I was 10. Every kid in my area had bb guns. We could go on up into the hills, camp for a couple of days, as long as we had our bb guns, dry socks, and knew how to avoid the angry bulls.

Marin was once so safe, and so sane.

[ConservaTexan]

I grew up in Marin, and my first paying job in life -- was shooting crows. $.25/pair claws. I was 10. Every kid in my area had bb guns. We could go on up into the hills, camp for a couple of days, as long as we had our bb guns, dry socks, and knew how to avoid the angry bulls.

That is awesome!

[JoanneSD]

I was thinking the same thing.. don't tell senator babs

[Alia]

It was the most perfect place to grow up, IMHO. Hills and nature, patriotism -- drop dead beautiful topography. Lots of WWII vets preventing us from all acting stupid. The "ugly" entered through Public Education. That is where and how Marin was changed into something resembling the Nightingale's cage.

[ConservaTexan]

The "ugly" entered through Public Education.

How true!

[traviskicks]

"and there aren't any targets featuring photos of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein - like gun stores sell in other parts of the country."
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lol!

[calex59]

"and there aren't any targets featuring photos of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein - like gun stores sell in other parts of the country." ---

CA law bans any target that resembles a human form. When we go to the range if we shoot on silhouettes we have to fold the head down so it won't look like a human. The police are the only ones who can shoot on silhouettes. Talk about PC gone wild!

[Mane in Virginia]

"No matter what hobby you have, you get into it," he said. "Collecting guns is not different."

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Atlas Sneezed]

"The silhouette targets are mostly green or blue so blacks don't take issue with black targets"

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I have never met a person whose skin was the remotely close to the color of the black ink printed targets.

I have seen plenty of dark silhouettes that were as black as ink, regardless of the race of the person.

[Hardastarboard]

What is that powder, about 30 grains of 7828 in a hand gun?

[SauronOfMordor]

CA law bans any target that resembles a human form.

Have a Tyranasaurus target

[MarkL]

Beware the Fire Bunny!

Mark

[MarkL]

What is that powder, about 30 grains of 7828 in a hand gun?

Probably a slow burning pistol powder, like WW 296. Even in a 6" barrel S&W Model 29, there's a huge fireball when I fire a heavy load.

Mark