tartanphantom

  Good point-- at least for the present.

I have a buddy that lives in Philadelphia PA-- while not a full-blown hoplophobe, he had very little experience with firearms, and was generally fearful of them, primarily due to a scary childhood experience. His general take on firearms was the usual "respect your right to own guns but public safety trumps all" mentality.   Well, he was in town last weekend, and my fiancee and I decided to take him to OK Corral in Woodbury. We went late Sunday afternoon and the place was practically empty, most likely due to the oppressive July heat.   Started him out at the pistol range with simple stuff like a Ruger Single Six, and gradually moved him up the scale to a P226, and a Taurus Judge-- handling empty firearms first to get a feel for each of them before ever putting the first round in. My fiancee is an NRA certified instructor and CRSO, and she took him through each firearm at a relaxed pace, explaining (and making him memorize) the 4 rules of firearm safety, and explaining in detail the differences between each gun. Come to find out he's actually pretty good with a pistol.   Before we left, we visited the rifle range, and again started him out easy with a Henry .22-- after running through a couple of boxes of .22, I broke out the Mosin M44, just for a demonstration-- I didn't intend to let him fire it since I didn't want to lose the progress we had made that day by scaring him out of his wits. However, after I ran five rounds through the M44, he was standing there, with his mouth open in awe at the sound and the muzzle blast. He actually insisted that he have a chance to shoot the Mosin. I reluctantly explained that this rifle was nothing like he had shot so far that day, and it probably wasn't a good idea... I lost. As I conceded, I walked him through the basics of the unloaded rifle, explaining how to hold it, how to sight it, etc. just as we had done on the pistol range.   The biggest reward was the huge grin on his face when he fired his first shot with the M44. It was so worth it. As we drove home, he kept saying how much fun he had, and how glad he was that he had experienced and patient instructors. We discussed the possibility of him owning a gun in the future, and while he said he probably wouldn't, he did sheepishly admit that we had changed his mind (positively) about quite a few of his misconceptions about guns...   So, while he's not a converted firearms enthusiast yet, at least we're off to a positive start! :up:

  I dunno-- I prefer the original Cape Fear with Robert Mitchum... Mitchum always played a great psycho villain-- had a great role in Night of the Hunter as well.

  Right... or you may have to answer to the Coca-Cola company...

Another vote here for "Dr. Strangelove"... I've seen this movie 76 times and counting....

Hides his .22 stash in the adult diaper section at Walmart.

Has fantasies about Bloomberg involving Jell-o, peanut butter and spider monkeys.

Thinks "Napoleon Complex" refers to a secret French military base.

  It's working now for me.   What does the "LP" column stand for in the survey results?

  Yup. Abolish the unneccesary TICS altogether and go with NICS... like just about every other state.

Goes crazy whenever he hears "Pop Goes The Weasel".

Is a card-carrying member of the "Choom Gang".

Can't get the survey results to load at all in either Firefox or IE 11.

Too many people for the likes of me... have fun though!

sweet! :up:

Congrats... you won't regret it. Bersa's UC series are way underrated.

Done

Yup, the one is Murfreesboro is history.   "Me & Puleo down by the schoolyard..."

Welcome to TGO from a fellow 'Boro resident.   If you've never been to OK Corral in Woodbury, I'd highly recommend it. Way better than an outing to the Hobson Pike range. Also, if your wife might like meeting once a month with a local Ladies-only shooting group (non-competitive and  quite casual), my fiancee heads one up here in town. Let me know if she's interested.

  If the mercury doesn't get you, the plutonium will!~ :taunt:

What? Already? seems like they are having this show every other weekend now...

Contrary to popular belief, Sushi is WAAAAY more than just raw fish.   127 million Japanese can't be wrong-- Sushi/sashimi is the #1 meal there. Me? I eat it quite often.

I mentioned that it made thegunfeed.com this morning--   I just looked on thegunwire.com this evening and it's linked there as well.

Just saw where the story was picked up by http://thegunfeed.com/ under the link title of "Random act of journalism: Well-armed women…"