Recent content by Gunpacker

Been a bit ill lately, watching a lot of TV. One of the shows was an examination of a crime where a police officer was shot at night by a either his partner and brother or a suspect firing a 30-30 Marlin from 217 yds in the darkness. Now, there were several things about the shooting to...

I have to sympathize with your plight and applaud you for following the path of common sense. I too am a Conservative, and even so, abhor many of the "Republican" inflicted assaults to our people. I can only stand george bush when one holds him up to the al gores, john kerrys etc, of the...

Quote: "Remember, when seconds count, the police are only minutes away." Unquote. I would just add that only some cities with dense police coverage can get a "few minutes" response time. In cases where Sheriff's Dept state patrol and in many jurisdictions where officers cover huge areas...

Maybe you could explain the reason your buddy was shooting at the man. Seems like there was nothing resembling a threat to life at the time, even if he was walking across a yard that he didn't own.

Yep. If you wanted to know even more about the .270 cartridge, you read O'Connor. If you wanted to know a lot about lots of guns, hunting stories, police tales, or good humor, you read many of the other authors mentioned here who had wide firearms interest like most of us.

See if you can let her try a lever gun in pistol caliber. Those are light recoiling, especially in 38 Special/.357 Magnum. You get the fun to shoot with a boost from larger bullets with attendant bigger splash. Little more expensive than .22, but you have a really effective gun capable of...

I love reading Keith for the same reasons, Cain R. Always entertaining as well as providing Elmer's view on calibers, velocities, and bullet construction. I always felt that he had a pretty unassailable position, that bigger bullets at higher velocities will kill better and quicker. I disagree...

Quote: "If I were in a life threatening situation, (the only reason to point a gun at anyone), you can bet that my finger would be on the trigger, in a position to fire instantly. Just try to take a full proper grip on your gun with finger extended, then move it to the trigger. You can't do it...

It was probably one of those "automatic" nail guns that should be banned anyway. Nobody needs one of those.

"Finger off the trigger" is a condition for glocks and like made firearms with no safety, and for guys that wave guns around without real cause, like cops making an arrest of a non threatening person for a non violent crime. Seems like today's cops want to stick a gun to everybody's nose. I...

Quote:"1. The staff seemed very young. They were knowledgable and ran everything safely but they I do not think that any of them could be much older than 21 if that." http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=287598 End Quote. What more could anyone ask than that??

Regardless of where cops are from, complaints are common when you arrest people daily. I know for a fact that most are made in an effort to "blackmail" PDs and police officers into changing charges, or just to make life difficult for an officer that was legitimately doing a difficult job...

Great thinking for one so young Nolo. Hope your teacher gives you the credit you deserve. :)

Hmmmm, what if someone doesn't even have a range around? Lots of folks don't. Does he feel that they should be ineligible to own?? Not to mention lots of other reasons that are obvious to a thinking person. I think that I may have to agree with your assessment of your brother.

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," makes sense to me in some cases. For instance, if someone intentionally hurt someone near to me (for no good reason), I would happily give them the same in return. Now, laws and all being what they are, I might be persuaded differently by the fact that...