Posted on 05/26/2009 9:27:18 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
I won't make that mistake again.
"We want to interfere in our neighbors' lives, we just don't want them to know we did it and face possible repercussions.
The Woodsmen in question belonged to my father in law. He passed on to the great target range and woodworking on the other side a couple of years ago. His sons each took a Woodsman, but they also gave me one, actually a or Match Target Model, with the heavy slab sided barrel. Haven't fired it since then, but it sits in my safe. I was honored when they brought it upstairs from the safe the very day of the funeral. Mother in law approved too. She also paid me a compliment that day. One of FinL's cousins had car problems (it was February and colder a well digger's azz) the morning of the funeral. The car got towed in to the local dealer (around 20 miles, the funeral was in a small town with no car dealers), and he needed someone to drive him to go get it. Mother in law said "one of the boys can take you", my wife volunteered "Gato can take him", and MinL said "I was including him in "one of the boys".
I would like to start off saying I have know Mr and Mrs Valentine all my adult life . He is the consummate professional at his craft , and quite the gentleman as well . In fact , he has never said word one about this to me . As it really isn't any of my business is it ? No more so than people halfway across the country , or the world for that matter .
The odds of anyone ever collecting a round from his range are zero . NADA ZIP . I see all the hand wringing and what ifs in this thread from people with little to no understanding of what is actually occurring at that range . Or any range for that matter . Guns are very similar to cars wherein everyone who drives them is an expert on fixing them . Well at least they used to be . LOL
Part of the problem the neighbor is having is the simple fact that we will resist the left’s attempts to move out here and turn this into Austin , or San Antonio for that matter . This fellow moved to escape retribution for shooting a gang banger (and poorly at that ) and then has the unmitigated gall to lay into a firearms instructor . He should be spending more time at his neighbors range , and less time whining . He wants what he wants , and thats pretty much as far as he can see .
As an aside , I found the claim of canon-fire to be rather humorous , and I have been accused of the same thing , but it was just Tannerite in my case , and I am certain it was a 50 at the range in question . I was once in a group that was accused of sending rounds over someones house ( nearly a mile away) She told the deputy she had heard them “Whizzing overhead” .
He was explaining this to us as he eyeballed nearly 10,000 dollars of skeet guns . We invited him to come back for mesquite smoke spare ribs as soon as he returned from his trip to inform her that filing false reports was a crime . he passed on the BBQ , and we never heard another word out of her . She figured “ A gun is a gun is a gun ...right ? “
“Who is going to know if I am lying ?” And much like the pontificating I see here and elsewhere , the simple answer is .....someone who knows better .
“A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.” Shane
“Don’t shoot fast, shoot good.” Clint Smith
I talked to Mr Valentine yesterday and the new guy on the block spent close to 30,000 dollars in vain . “Boolits” are still being “sprayed” ... But there was no requirement that he reimburse legal expenses . He still cant shoot , and now his neighbors KNOW he is a weenie .
Wonder if the “neighbor” got help from the anti-gunners?
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