07-26-2020, 01:53 PM
NRA stickers on your doors are an invitation to get broken into. You are basically advertising that "Hey, there are guns here!" The wanna-be thieves will watch your house and learn when there is nobody there.
If you do decide you want to get a handgun, first take a class to learn how to safely handle and shoot firearms. They are readily available in most places. And for a first handgun, I always recommend a revolver over an auto-pistol. There are a few less things to screw up for a beginner. For example, there's an all-too-common tale of the gun newbie who made his auto pistol "safe" by merely removing the magazine. Then a friend, kid, roommate, whatever or the gun owner him/herself picks up the gun and squeezes the trigger while messing with it. Or drops it. BANG! Oops... forgot there was a round in the chamber. With a revolver, you empty the cylinder, it's empty. Even so, always assume any gun is loaded and handle it accordingly.
I got my first gun because my work occasionally took me to nasty parts of town, at night, by myself. I'm not big and bad and now I'm too old to run fast, so I carry an extra tool in my kit. Haven't yet had to pull it in 40-odd years and Lord help me never need to. But it's there if things go sideways.
Thing was, I found that target practice to be REALLY, REALLY FUN. Add to that the fact that I'm a techno-geek who is fascinated by mechanical gadgets. I somehow seem to have accumulated a large number of firearms of every description. New and old. I especially like the ones with unusual designs or features. Anyone know of a Dardick Model 1500 pistol at a reasonable price? [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png[/img]/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" title=":D" width="20" />
Oh, yeah. All but one of the "small states" here in the Northeast US require some sort of permit to buy ammo, as do other states which are controlled by a Socialist regime.
