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Should I Buy a Gun?
American Thinker ^ | November 17, 2011 | John Fricke

Posted on 11/17/2011 12:34:11 AM PST by neverdem

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To: neverdem

Guns are for killing.

I don’t want to kill anyone.

But I will.

Take classes, go to a gun store, and get what you are comfortable with. The classes should have guns to practice with.

Do this IF you are prepared to pull the gun out when you are ready to kill someone out of necessity. Guns are not for just scaring bad people away.


101 posted on 11/17/2011 7:38:30 AM PST by ReagansShinyHair
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To: frposty; Dead Corpse
Believe me, the Judge is no joke. I bought one two years ago and it performs as advertised. No ... you're never going to pick off riders on horse back at 200 yards, but it's plenty lethal up close and personal. Maybe not for big game, but it's gonna stop and drop anything on two legs, anyhow.

At the range, I typically train at 3, 5, and 7 yard intervals and quickly make mince of the target. Wide choice of ammo. My favorties are #4 .410 shotshells for snakes and varmints in the field. For self-defense I prefer Federal's .410 000 Buck (4 ball load) as well as Remington's .410 PDX load pictured below. It's really nasty and NO JOKE !!


102 posted on 11/17/2011 7:50:29 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: Iron Munro
And the sound of a 12 ga. shotgun being cocked will strike fear in the most determined home invader.

...and give away your position. Besides some of these thugs are so stupid, they wouldn't know what the sound was anyway.

103 posted on 11/17/2011 7:55:05 AM PST by Stentor ("All cults of personality start out as high drama and end up as low comedy.")
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To: TheRightGuy

Winchester makes the PDX < /nit picky freeper gun guy> ;)


104 posted on 11/17/2011 7:56:03 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim
doh ... i just went to the Winchester site to snag thed\ link ... 10am and there's still a coffee shortage
105 posted on 11/17/2011 7:58:41 AM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: Donnafrflorida
Gave myself a helluva black eye.

______________________________

I did the same, only I was playing naked beach volley-ball.

106 posted on 11/17/2011 8:00:24 AM PST by moose-matson (I keep it in my head)
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To: TheRightGuy

All them bullets look alike. ;)


107 posted on 11/17/2011 8:00:36 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: neverdem

The finest site on the web (IMHO) concerning firearms and ballistics.

http://www.frfrogspad.com/

http://www.frfrogspad.com/safety.htm

‘nuff said


108 posted on 11/17/2011 8:03:59 AM PST by CodeJockey (Barack 0bamacide... Destroys economies on on contact!)
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To: neverdem

Thanks for the ping!


109 posted on 11/17/2011 8:14:11 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: TheRightGuy

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot41.htm

Whatever...


110 posted on 11/17/2011 8:16:55 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Steampunk- Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today)
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To: Kit cat

For your information a .177 pellet gun will kill someone if the shot is placed right. Only problem is that 1. the shot has to be placed in the heart (bypassing bones) or through the eye and socket into the brain. Furthermore, it does not have any knockdown power.

Larger calibers have increasing knockdown power in direct relation to the bullet size. Knockdown power is what INSTANTLY stops the target from coming at you before it is wasted.

A small 380 is good for close range and will do the job. The larger calibers are larger and heavier guns but do the job with guaranteed success.


111 posted on 11/17/2011 8:21:03 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: neverdem

Go to a gun range and try it out: as you become more proficent, you will feel more comfortable with the weapon.


112 posted on 11/17/2011 8:22:26 AM PST by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: frposty; Dead Corpse

Based on all accounts I’ve seen from the experts in the area, you are much less likely to have legal problems if you happen to kill a perp to stop the threat he is presenting than if you just happen to wound him.


113 posted on 11/17/2011 8:30:41 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Dead Corpse

>>OMGWTFBBQSHTF

OK, that’s a good one. I’m going to remember and use that in the future.


114 posted on 11/17/2011 8:32:36 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Kit cat

I bought my first gun this year. I got a Smith & Wesson 38 revolver. I decided since I was not very experienced, the revolver was a good choice. The number of things that can go wrong is not too many, it’s comfortable for me to shoot, the ammo is readily available.
Now that I have a little more experience, I want a 9 mm.
I will probably get some sort of shotgun when I get a little more experience.
I *will* get a concealed carry permit before the end of the year.

Practice with your gun - whatever you decide to get.


115 posted on 11/17/2011 8:33:29 AM PST by iceskater (I am a Carnivore Conservative - No peas for me. (h/t N.Theknow))
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To: DH

One gets a black eye when said person puts butt of gun against ones face.
yeah don’t say it!!! I actually am blonde.


116 posted on 11/17/2011 8:47:02 AM PST by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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To: neverdem; sickoflibs
If Occupy wants to burn liberal inner cities to the ground, a lot of Republicans will simply shake their heads. If Occupy spreads beyond that and seeks to do direct damage to traditional Americans in our communities, then Occupy is going to find out fast that the rules of the past, where people like us relied solely on authorities to defend us, won't be in effect. I will be blunt. If they want a fight, they had darn well be ready for what punching back looks like. There is a reason "Occupy Cheyenne" didn't make any real noise. It's not the cops with tear gas guns that would be the problem -- it was the pickup trucks that drive the roads of very conservative southeast Wyoming every day with stickers that say "Hell ya' that's a real gun in that gun rack."

It is that unrest that has settled over me. I have never quite felt this way.

Great post, neverdem...

117 posted on 11/17/2011 8:56:03 AM PST by GOPJ ( Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans.... Will Rogers)
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To: FreedomPoster

Yep. Zero chance a dead perp is going to be able to hit you with a lawsuit. Also, dead perp’s family isn’t going to have much of a legal leg to stand on when the criminality of said perps actions cannot be disputed by dead perp themselves.


118 posted on 11/17/2011 9:05:29 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Steampunk- Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today)
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To: FreedomPoster

I first saw it on AR15.com. Who really knows where memes like that start though... For a great many of them, I am certain alcohol is involved. ;-)


119 posted on 11/17/2011 9:07:06 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Steampunk- Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today)
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To: neverdem

Mr. Fricke is a prime example of what happens when a nation doesn’t have a draft.


120 posted on 11/17/2011 9:24:50 AM PST by OldPossum
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