Old Glock guy

Isn't it just like liberal politicians to seize a tragedy to promote their wish list of arbitrary gun control measures? Seems like since a couple of Fridays ago, they've all been out there pitching their agendas, without feeling any need for reason or rationality.

I bought my first couple of shotguns for HD, a Mossberg 500 Persuader with 7+1 capacity and a 20" barrel; and a 590 A1 with an 18.5" barrel. At first, I was just content to go out and blast holes in paper with them. At some point, I thought it might be fun to try shooting some clays. So I headed up to Thunder Mountain, where they lend you guns to use at no additional charge if you purchase ammo from them. Turns out, busting clays is a lot more fun than I ever could have imagined! With that in mind, you might consider one of the field/HD combos tha comes with interchangeable barrels. I'm not a big fan of wood stocks on SG's, but since you indicated a possible preference for them, you might also like to know that the combos have wood stocks.

That was great! Gotta love The Onion.

And that's why we have such a tough fight ahead of us!

Apparently, he's unaware (or more likely, just doesn't care), that SCOTUS has ruled that 2A applies to individual rights, not just militias.

Nice proactive move on the part of CR.

Yes, I've heard about that. Interesting that a case of a heroic CCW holder minimizing a tragedy has received hardly any coverage.

I'm secretly hoping that the Feds will use our NJ laws as a model for a new AWB. (I believe we're rated around the second toughest gun laws in the nation.) It would suck for gun owners in the rest of the country, but at least we wouldn't notice any difference.

Lots of good info here: www.survivethecomingcollapse.com (I have no idea why that did not come up as a link, so I guess you will have to copy and paste it.)

Good post, but you (and we) are thinking about it logically, while the antis are playing on emotions to push their agenda. I'm sure that all of us on both sides of the debate are in agreement that we need to do what we can to prevent such tragedies in the future, but those of us applying reason can see that keeping guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens is not the answer.

This is a good point. I can't tell you how many people I've spoken with, some of whom are somewhat sympathetic to 2A rights, who have said, "No one needs to own an assault weapon." The media throw that term around so loosely, that I would bet most people don't even know what it means. Without having read all of the past 19 pages on this thread, I have no idea if another point has been covered. Some have asked whether or not there are enough sympathetic legislators to enact another AWB or whatever else; but if you listened to Obama last night, he said something to the effect that he will use the powers of his office to get past politics to do something about this situation. Is it just me, or does that sound like an executive order coming? Not only that, but I predict he does something within the next few days, while public sentiment in support of it is still running high.

So where did you take it, and how did it go?

I'm away this weekend, but like BLF, I'm hoping to catch up with you guys sometime soon.

Great article indeed. Thanks for posting it.

Let him call for a ban on cars while he's at it. Hell, those things kill people!

I could not have said it better. Love mine!

Thanks NJScott. I wondered if anyone would get that reference.

Thread over. Oh, and watch the mag capacity on your rifles. I believe you're limited to ten rounds in NY.

I realized right away what your "violation" was. And yes, RO Heather is a fine looking young lady.

I thought it kind of a shame that the good looking woman in that new group was killed off so fast. Couldn't they at least have kept her around for another episode or two? Hey, anyone else here watch The Talking Dead? If not, I would highly recommend it (although I may well have said the same thing earlier in this thread).

Better hope he had Glocks in there. He could just take them out and start shooting!

This is all true. The other big advantage I can think of for a red dot sight is that it makes it much easier to shoot with both eyes open.

Having done a bunch of training with GFH, including those classes, I can tell you with some confidence that you're gonna love them. BTW, be sure to take a look at The Wombat's list of what to bring, as it is spot on.

Wow, you guys are a tough crowd! I thought it was a really good episode, including lots of gun fighting. And how awesome was it when Michonne killed The Governor's zombie child, then turned him into Bazooka Joe. (Hey, at least he didn't end up like Moe Green!)

I don't know, I kind of like 'em, mostly for the reasons others have mentioned. In most basic terms, they're simple to operate and incredibly reliable. I have four of them.