....your momma puts "ammo" on her Christmas wish list.
K's former boss....she's now working "upstairs"....for some reason recently decided she wanted a concealed handgun license. She successfully completed the classroom portion and passed the shooting part as well with a gun she rented from the gun range. Now she wants to buy her own semi-automatic pistol. Trouble is, she knows nothing about handguns. Tomorrow morning I'm taking her to the Gun and Knife Collector's show in Dallas and will try to give her a crash course in what she needs to know about firearms, especially about safety. I'm afraid her out shopping for a gun by herself would be like the little naive lady at the unscrupulous car repair shop.
She's not that big of a lady and she keeps talking about getting a .45. She mentioned that her rented gun jammed several times during her test, which tells me her wrists might not be strong enough to handle the recoil from a .45. I'm going to try and talk her down to a 9mm. I hope she'll listen. Then comes live shooting at a range, and finally care and cleaning. When I get through with her she'll be a regular Annie Oakley. ;)
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Late edit: K's boss called to say she's sick. This is twice she's asked me to take her, and twice she's been "sick". Maybe she does need to go gun shopping by herself after all.
you changed your layout! No more airplane theme? lol Somehow rain doesn't fit Texas......
ReplyDeleteLook carefully, Dorrie....it's mountain in the background. Think Colorado, where we someday might be able to hang our hat's. :)
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I've never even held a gun but I'm moving in that direction.
ReplyDeleteCrikey, having grown up in England and living now here in France, it's so strange to read a blog about going gun shopping.
ReplyDeleteI still get a shock when I see les Gandarmes carrying guns.
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Yes, SP, we have a lot of guns here. Fortunately almost all are in the hands of solid, law-abiding citizens. Unfortunately a relative few are in the hands of some real scumbags. They're the ones we're protecting ourselves from. And once the "tootpaste is out of the tube", so to speak, it isn't going back in. I have several guns, am proficient in their use, and have never even come close to being in a position of having to use one. For that matter very, very few police officers ever have to even un-holster their guns, either.
ReplyDeleteStephen....gun ownership isn't for everyone. If you're uncomfortable with guns, just pass them by. But if you do ever get a gun, by all means take a thorough gun safety class.
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