Why I Carry a Gun

[Linedog]

  Well I guess I'll have to enter the fray Here.  This is something I know more about than my Fat Girl (Valk Related).  I was a Federal Agent for 30 years.  Twenty of those years I carried a Glock.  In the early years I carried Smith Revolvers.  I spent 4 1/2 teaching Firearms to Air Marshals, Secret Service Uniform Officers, and  BIA Officers at the Federal Firearm  Training Acadmey,  Artesia, NM. The first two years of the Air Marshal program those folks shot in excess of one million rounds.  These are people that are paid for their gun handlig skills and accuracy in shooting.  The gun they carry is the H@K.  This is an outstanding weapon.  Very few malfunctions.  I agree with some of you that a gun is just another tool in toolbox.  I always considered it as such. They aren't the big bad gun every liberal thinks of.  Its just a tool.  A good knife man can kill just as fast as a gun carrying knucklehead.  In fact if he has a knife within 20 feet of you he can kill you in an instant rherefore, he's a dead man.  It's a perfectly legal  shooting. There's precedent set and you should walk.  Unless of course your in California and San Fransisco. 

I like revolvers, but I carry a Sig 45.  As for concealed carry, you should carry a gun you familiar with have trained with.  If you can't tap, rack, and get back on your sight picture, maybe you shouldn't be carrying.  Poor gun handling skills will get you or some innocent person killed.  Its worse than not carrying a gun at all.  You should be able to handle that gun and know where EVERY shot is going when it goes down range,  The sprey and prey method  is unacceptable.  The one shot for effect, and look around  for recognition is also unacceptable.  By the way, if you have to use that gun be sure your in the right.  People out there are looking for any excuse to crucify you.  Finally, if you have to shoot, two to the body (otherwise known as double tap) and one to the head!  It's all business and no hesitation!  IMHO  Linedog    

[MacDragon]

Well I guess I'll have to enter the fray Here.  This is something I know more about than my Fat Girl (Valk Related).  I was a Federal Agent for 30 years.  Twenty of those years I carried a Glock.  In the early years I carried Smith Revolvers.  I spent 4 1/2 teaching Firearms to Air Marshals, Secret Service Uniform Officers, and  BIA Officers at the Federal Firearm  Training Acadmey,  Artesia, NM. The first two years of the Air Marshal program those folks shot in excess of one million rounds.  These are people that are paid for their gun handlig skills and accuracy in shooting.  The gun they carry is the H@K.  This is an outstanding weapon.  Very few malfunctions.  I agree with some of you that a gun is just another tool in toolbox.  I always considered it as such. They aren't the big bad gun every liberal thinks of.  Its just a tool.  A good knife man can kill just as fast as a gun carrying knucklehead.  In fact if he has a knife within 20 feet of you he can kill you in an instant rherefore, he's a dead man.  It's a perfectly legal  shooting. There's precedent set and you should walk.  Unless of course your in California and San Fransisco. 

I like revolvers, but I carry a Sig 45.  As for concealed carry, you should carry a gun you familiar with have trained with.  If you can't tap, rack, and get back on your sight picture, maybe you shouldn't be carrying.  Poor gun handling skills will get you or some innocent person killed.  Its worse than not carrying a gun at all.  You should be able to handle that gun and know where EVERY shot is going when it goes down range,  The sprey and prey method  is unacceptable.  The one shot for effect, and look around  for recognition is also unacceptable.  By the way, if you have to use that gun be sure your in the right.  People out there are looking for any excuse to crucify you.  Finally, if you have to shoot, two to the body (otherwise known as double tap) and one to the head!  It's all business and no hesitation!  IMHO  Linedog    

Well put Linedog... I'm sure we all hope it never has to come to pull and fire... but if there is no other out... the two bolds up above says it all.

[fudgie]

Not a Block fan ( ) i'll stick to my XD9 subcompact. Great weapon, with only 2 complaints. I've been checked at the local range for incompatible ( too big) calibers for the range. ( the 2.5 inch barrel can be a bit loud. , and when starting with a cold weapon the shells eject straight out the side, but as the weapon heats up the ejections start working up towards the 12 o'clock position, so you end up with hot brass flying up over your head. ( keeps people from standing too close, but sucks when you drop one down the back of your shirt....

next time it starts ejecting upwards try re-adjusting your grip.

Lucky for me I'm left handed. I also shoot gansta style so all my brass falls directly to the floor. 

[BigAl]

Mini 14's ahh yes.

Pure fun in a gun.

I have the acurracy shortened version with the NRA logo on the bottom of the comb.

Hougue Grip covers the entire rifle.

Free scope rings and two 20 round magazines.

Part of the retail sales goes to the NRA, donated by Ruger.

Why a shorter barrel is more accurate only Ruger knows.

It is my favorite.

Ruger NRA Version MINI 14 , I like it.

[The Anvil]

Glock? Love em and  they shoot beautifully. But I won't carry a gun without a manual safety so I chose H&K instead as my carry piece.

They don't?  Let's see.  There is a safety lever on the trigger that prevents the trigger from moving rearward unless it's depressed.  That's manually operated.  The firing pin safety is pushed out of the way by the trigger bar when the trigger is pressed.  That's manually operated.  The drop safety moves the trigger bar down when the trigger bar is fully rearward.  That's manually operated.  Three safeties that are manually operated progressively and instantaneously re-engage when you take your finger off the trigger. 

However, no safety on a firearm beats the four primary firearms safety rules.

1.  Treat ALL firearms as if they're loaded at ALL times.
2.  NEVER point a weapon at anything you DO NOT want to kill or destroy.
3.  Keep your stinkin' finger OFF the trigger unless your sights are on target AND you are ready to fire.
4.  Be sure of your target, what's in front of your target and what's behind it.

Follow these rules religiously and you will be fine with any firearm.

Marty

man·u·al
   /ˈmænyuəl/ Show Spelled[man-yoo-uhl]
–adjective
1.
done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
2.
involving or using human effort, skill, power, energy, etc.; physical: manual labor.
3.
of or pertaining to the hand or hands: manual deformities.


The dictionary. It's FAAAAAAN-TASTIC! 

is that from the same dictionary you received your firearm training from ?  Come back and share when you are older,GROWN UPS is talkin here.    

You're both clueless. And neither of you have any idea where I got my firearms training from. But I like it that way. You're digging yourselves deeper and deeper.  

But more importantly I was simply stating my personal preference. Point being is that you have a separate manually operated safety that requires separate action from simply pulling the trigger. That would be #2. And as one of the few people on this board who'd been in an armed confrontation or shot at someone/been shot at/been in a physical struggle with a firearm involved I have developed my own reasons for requiring this feature on my weapons. You don't have to like them. I think it's kinda whackadoo that some of you keep firearms in every nook and cranny of your homes. But I kept it to myself.

[Scott in Ok]

I'm gonna lock this thread and let it fade away.

NOT because someone did anything wrong or that anyone on the staff agrees or disagrees with the topic/discussion.

But because I'm getting bombarded with emails complaining about that guest troll "Big Turkey".  I know, and most of you do that Big Turkey is BigAl who has, several times, deleted his account and then started over with a new one later.  That leaves his old posts listed as a guest and makes it confusing for everyone else. (By the way, you can no longer delete your own account)

Have a nice 4th of July folks.

-Scott