[verga]

Ping worthy

[deweyfrank]

Good post. Thanks.

[grobdriver]

Excellent read - sent to wife.

I'm very conscious of the fact that I have only 9 rounds in my 1911 (and another 8 on my belt). A friend quotes his Texas Ranger dad about getting in a bad situation, "Just put lead in the air, Jim - just put lead in the air".

That may be fine for a couple of shots to see if it disperses a group, but I hope if the time ever comes I'll have the discipline to make deliberate, aimed shots count and let the 230 grains do its thing.

[libstripper]

I really like what Jane did with situational awareness and obviating the threat instead of risking confronting it. I had a similar experience a year or so ago where I did not have to display the defensive weapon I carry in my vehicle. It was about 7:00 at night and I was just pulling into a parking space at a Petsmart in a small shopping area that also contains a Kroger's. As I puled in I noticed a very ratty old car next to me that appeared to have been slept in. Even worse, to the right I noticed one that looked almost as bad, but that was occupied by four young males who looked like they had just gotten out of the county jail or were planning to do something that would get them into jail. I had both of my dogs with me, one an 85 lb. Pitador and the other a 110 lb. Great Dane. I decided to use canine persuasion rather than pulling my weapon. First, I opened the front window on the passenger's side to let them see the Pitador, then I opened the rear window on the passenger's side and let them see the Great Dane. Both dogs just looked at them, doing nothing else. Nevertheless, one look at both dogs was all it took. They started their vehicle and bugged out. To this day I think I may have prevented a rape or other crime by scaring them away without displaying my firearm. Of course, two big dogs are a pretty god pair of weapons, too.

[theBuckwheat]

Concealed Firearms Do Not Make Us “Safe”

Liberals live in a world where even truth itself is subject to desire, whim and the need to always carry the agenda forward.

The truth is that Concealed Firearms Make Us SAFER. They are the last-resort option that sometimes by circumstances is the only option. Yes, sometimes circumstances don’t allow that option to be taken.

In another context, on an other subject in a different venue, liberals would be the first to scold anyone who should know known about a risk and didn’t take advantage of a legal option. Take the case of health insurance. At one point, the entire justification by liberals to pass ObamaCare was that some people don’t have insurance, and that they choose to not buy insurance. So, when they get gravely ill, they go to the ER and expect others to pay. Shame on them, we must pass this law so they will have a means of being taken care of.

By this logic, everyone who is able, must carry their own primary means of self defense. Shame on them for having to call upon the government to rescue them when they should be able to rescue themselves.

For some strange reason, this logic doesn’t not carry any weight with liberals.

So, when large number of people are so blatantly inconsistent, what is going on? Obviously the examples they choose to use and those they avoid exist not for the sake of the narrow example, but that the example supports a commonly held agenda. The only consistent feature is the agenda. Liberals live to satisfy the agenda, whatever that might be at the moment.

[The FIGHTIN Illini]

Thumbs Up!

[submarinerswife]

National Rifleman is my favorite magazine. The NRA has excellent articles every single month.

My favorite page, what I refer to as the "good ending" pages, is filled with truncated stories of everyday people around the country who faced down killers and criminals with their guns. I read it with a smile on my face.

[Lion Den Dan]

I am here to tell you that an agressive attack will most probably un nerve your opponent. In the realm of simulator, the attack won’t necessarily work but in real life, it has worked many times more than it has failed.

[DoodleDawg]

The problem is that a significant minority who conceal carry will ignore this advice and bring discredit to the vast majority who follow it.