Anselmo

The Kmart commercial is just a reflection that gang fashion has moved into the mainstream.

SCOTUS says we have the right to keep and bear arms in our house. It's not a right if you have to ask permission.

I think the LEO training is more the psychological training to take action and take charge of a situation than the actual handgun shooting. The golf range is full of great golfers. Actually performing when under pressure during play on the coarse is psychological.

Obtaining FID in NJ, patience once must have. Keep bugging them. You'll get it eventually.

How is that democracy?

I guess that is sensationalism but it's not the media; it's the police that are calling it domestic terrorism.

Exactly. You're going to do what you need to do to protect yourself and your family. I'm not going to lose any sleep worrying about lawsuits or prosecution. Are there any examples of a clean home defense action where the home's resident was sued or where the home resident was charged by an over zealous prosecutor?

I have the Hogue grip on my M&P 9. Like it a lot. http://http://www.ho...roducts_id=7330 Had it on my M&P45 but it made the grip too big for me. Just right on the 9mm. It's not a thin rubber sleeve. It's a solid rubber wrap around replacement for the stock insert and locks in place with the grip tool.

You are correct. Common sense prevails again.

It's sensational news. Dressing up like the joker and opening fire with an AR15 in a crowded movie theater is news that gets reported.

Did you go to the Waffle House?

I'm prepared either way.

Shocking, isn't it.

Your level of distrust is interesting.

I have the full size M&P9. My firing pin was a little sticky when I first shot it and had a couple FTFs. Took the pin out and cleaned it and no more problems. It takes 2 minutes and youtube will show you how to do it. Great gun.

Don't worry about the trigger feel or accuracy. If your wife is letting you pick it out, she's not interested in trigger feel or accuracy. It's something to have nearby at night when you're not home. It will scare 98% of people away. I'd get a 3" Ruger. Never shot the Ruger but shooting the S&W is like shooting a BB gun.

Back up sights are usually fold down and snap up into place should your red dot or other optic break. I fold down the BUS when using the red dot.

If you get the 15/22, buy the short 10 round mags. They have the follower button thing and it makes it much easier to depress the spring and load the magazines. Long mag: Short mag:

This is fantasy.

Some people shoot a lot. Some people are wackos that hoard ammo. Maybe 1 or 2 people are truly crazy and stocking up for some mass murder thing. Even so, Holmes didn't bring 6000 rounds with him to the theater. Even if I started to stockpile a boatload of ammo, what exactly would the "authorities" say to me? What objective criteria would they evaluate me on? They'd need a warrant to even talk to me. I plead the 5th and then what?

SEPTA is in PA.

My point is that one can rationalize the adequacy of .22 all day long but should something scary go down, you'll be wishing you had something more powerful.

Idiots, morons and scum of the earth are not excluded from the Bill of Rights. Lots of people protest within the law and I hear about them. Million Man March for one.

Ready Aim Fire in Bristol has IDPA once a month. No match in August but starting in September. It's very beginner friendly and they don't enforce any complicated rules until you want them to. In other words, you show up and shoot whatever you have. The distance is about 10 yards. If you're good at playing Simon you should be ok. It's a lot of 2 shots in left target, 1 shot in middle, 1 shot in right, Move to next station, take cover, etc. You have to remember the choreography. Some of the guys shooting are very good at this. They are fast and accurate.

.22 is all fine and dandy until you hear a window break in your house at 4am.