lots a questions, lemme see if I can tackle some of them.
MissileCop
Yes, going to graduate school.
I packed all my possessions into a car, and drove 3200 miles. Now I'm living in a dorm. my guns/ammo are being stored by the campus armory, until i get my own place.
Fly320s
from what I gather IPSC is about 1.25 hr north of hanover in VT. theres lots of IPSC/IDPA in southern NH. Unforunately, the nearest good 3gun is all the way down in Harvard, Mass and upstate new york... I'll deal though.
gezzer
"For your AR think Bushmaster, the barrels are made in NH and the rest in Maine keep it local."
Too provincial, I'll probably buy mostly JP, CMMG, and LMT componentry.
silverlance
Never moved out of your county? how old are you? Moving isn't that hard. Depends on what field you are in. If oil exploration is your thing, NH probably won't work. If you're a techie, you can live in Southern NH and commute to Boston, MA (which partially defeats the purpose of moving to NH, but oh well). Basically, find a job here, then rent an efficiency until you find permanent housing.
edave
thanks for the heads up.
JesseJames
from the perpective of a gun nut that loves freedom, CA is really that bad.
My plans as a gun nut are to learn to hunt deer, shoot as much IPSC and 3gun as I can afford, maybe take up highpower again or start tactical. Oh and get a CCW...
Vic
the flag already has a bear on it (bear was the animal of the USSR right?)
STAGE 2
I call BS on this one. California started to have crazy gun control laws as far back as when Reagan was gov. Things picked up in the 80's, gun nuts didn't start leaving until the mid 90's. By 1999 the Democrat majority in the legislature was so solid, gun nuts or not, the assault weapon ban was going to pass, and it did...
California is just a far-left state, so it has gun control laws, a few thousand gun nuts fleeing to greenier, more gun-friendly pastures hasn't made a bit of a difference.
Steve Pearson
I'm not a small stater, but 1.5 hrs is still a long distance for me. In Berkeley I had high power, IPSC, 3gun, bullseye, PPC, all within about a 15 to 30 min drive. That totally spoils you.
atek3