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I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. It hurt, but its made me a better person. I've understood for a while that since I can't carry a gun legally, that leaves me with a knife and my body for weapons. While I know that, I' just on the edge of really understanding it. A friend of mine...

All my life I've been left handed and left-eye dominant. I've shot this way constantly. And until very recently, I've been pretty sure that my right eye was the worse of the two, even though I have 20/20 vision. So tonight when I was handling a friend's Mauser 98, I put it to my left...

I'm doing a research paper for a State & Local Government class that will advocate federalizing the Shall-Issue licensing system on the grounds that state regulation of firearms violates the Second, Tenth, and Fourteenth amendments simultaneously. All that is beside the point for now. I've...

This is something I've been wondering about for a little while, actually. Specifically, pistol-whipping a person with a polymer-frame pistol. I know, guns are for shooting, not slapping. Bear with me. The question is, has anyone broken the frame of their polymer frame pistol? If they...

Here's the hypothetical: There is a family that owns a house in the suburbs of a reasonably safe town. The family consists of a man and his wife, both in their mid-thirties. They have two children who just started high school; one boy and one girl. The only firearm in this household is a...

Here's the hypothetical: There is a family that owns a house in the suburbs of a reasonably safe town. The family consists of a man and his wife, both in their mid-thirties. They have two children who just started high school; one boy and one girl. The only firearm in this household is a...

Bear in mind that the context for these statements is that you are in a situation where you could directly affect a third party's safety, and this third party is completely innocent. If your answer depends on whether you know the innocent or not, please select whichever answer you think...

My brother is a member of a gun club about 45 minutes from where we live. Has been for 2 years. He was allowed to bring guests, and he brought myself and my older brother as guests today. Gun club president shows up, tells him there's no guests allowed. That's a new one on us, but fair...

Here's what's up: You're walking to your car, its daylight, and on the sidewalk in front of you, you see a very big guy, linebacker build, on crutches. He's moving along in front of you, and you overtake him just as you get to your car. He's black, about 6'6". He's wearing a white polo...

I got a call from my buddy in the Marines the other day, and he was looking to get a squadmate a birthday present. he wants to give him 6, 20 round magazines for his personal AR-15. Trouble is that they're at Camp Pendleton in California. He asked me if I could ship them out to him, and...

This is a question that just popped up recently, for me. Lets say, as a hypothetical, that you're walking around in a downtown area at night with a group of about 4 people, which includes yourself. Say you're there for an outdoor concert, or whatever. The three other people who are with...

I've been on this forum for a little while now, but this is my first time posting in this particular branch. I'll do my best not to make a mockery of myself. At least until there are more people here to watch. I've been looking for a handgun for concealed carry use when it finally passes in...

When I was at SHOT in February, I applied for membership with the NRA. Paid my registration fee, submitted all the paperwork. Since then, I have heard exactly nothing from them. Absolute silence. No member ID number, no letter of acknowledgement, nothing. Until Friday. Then they sent...

There are lots of .45 pistols out there, but only two models really have my attention. the .45 Glock compact, I think it's the 38, and the 1911. Trouble is, a 1911 that sells for 900 dollars is out of the question. I'd prefer that model, because I've handled a number of them and I agree...

I've been mulling this one over lately. Politicians are definately a threat to second amendment rights, but they're the enemy that gets all the attention. I can't help but think that another enemy of 2A is just flat out apathy. How many people out there really care enough about RKBA to go...

Since I can't legally carry a firearm with me in Wisconsin concealed, and open carrying just rubs me as a bad idea, I do carry a knife with about a 5" blade, non-folding. So the question is, does anyone know any drills that can be conducted with a knife to train to defend oneself? Maybe...

I just recently bought my first shotgun. I'm not really a huge fan of them, but I know the basics and I figured it would be a really good thing to have. I got a very cheap single shot, break action Stoeger in 20 ga., because I'm a tall, light guy who doesn't need his world rocked and his...

I just turned 21, and for my birthday I was given a handgun. It's a very small, very cheap Phoenix Arms .22LR single action that was my boss's wife's first self-defense weapon. I wouldn't hesitate to call it a saturday night special. So the question is, what do I do with it? Will this...

As most of you know, the Concealed Carry bill in Wisconsin was defeated. So the questions is, without a firearm, what's your next alternative for carrying a weapon to defend yourself? Its a theoretical question, so let me lay out the situation. First, the weapon isn't for home defense...