I just purchased my first firearm in 9 years.
Smith M&P, 9mm medium frame.
it’s pretty sweet.
doing the concealed carry class next weekend.
Nice…!!
The socalist state I live in frowns on the CCW. They seem to have a bit of a hard time understanding the Constitution.
True. However they see nothing wrong with criminals having concealed carry…I have yet to see them do any thing functional to stop them anyway.
yea, been looking at it since early this year. the gunshop owner said he thought it might make pistol of the year for 07.
my girl started going to shoot at the range all on her own a few months back and decided she was going to purchase and carry so we are doing the class together.
she decided on the compact version of the M&P after looking at the Glock and the Taurus Millenium series…LOL, I guess we’re Mr. and Mrs. Smith now 
We’ve even started talking about building a range in the basement.
Screw conceal carry!:mad: Carry it low and exposed if you want to discourage the low lifes from messing with you.
Welcome to the CCW fold.
BTW, Keep track of how often you actually carry. I cut back after many trips back to the car when I’d remember handguns were a no-no in certain restaurants.
well, a month or so ago a drug deal gone bad resulted in a kid dead in the street…my street.
and lately, I’m actually seeing drug deals go down at a couple of spots within a 1/4 mile of the house as I drive home.
so, while I haven’t owned a firearm of any type since 2001, i’d been feeling it might be time again and then the tale end of 07 ended up being pretty weird around here.
but, yea, in NC, you can’t carry anyplace that serves alcohol. plus the usual schools, banks, liquor stores.
Guns, Smoking what else is our Government going to take away ??? Oh I know ALL OF OUR RIGHTS. Can you say Heil Hitler or Heil Prez. KC
Mateba Autorevolver
http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2006/05/mateba_model_6_.html
Attempting to procure one as we speak.
[QUOTE=kwaichang;835179]Guns, Smoking what else is our Government going to take away ??? Oh I know ALL OF OUR RIGHTS. Can you say Heil Hitler or Heil Prez. KC[/QUOTE]
well, smoking in public should be banned. if you want to kill yourself, you should not include others.
but that’s the libertarian in me.
[QUOTE=Vash;835181]http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2006/05/mateba_model_6_.html
Attempting to procure one as we speak.[/QUOTE]
wierd…but anything in a .454 is worth a pull of the trigger…but the carbine versions are just plain ugly.
I did look at this:
http://www.springfield-armory.com/armory.php?model=24
very sexy, but not at $1100
next on the list is probably a shotgun, Mossberg 500 is just fine.
then probobly the Socom 16 version of the M1A. I like the Socom II version but it’s not really worth the extra money after I got to hold both. The 16 will do the trick for a heavy round good to 300 yds.
all of this by the end of the year…just in case we are looking at this come Jan 09:
[QUOTE=Black Jack II;835159]The socalist state I live in …[/QUOTE]I thought you lived in the US? 
[QUOTE=Oso;835189]well, smoking in public should be banned. if you want to kill yourself, you should not include others.
but that’s the libertarian in me.[/QUOTE]I agree, but I don’t see any problem in smokers running smoking areas in bars… my government does. But then I would probably ban smokers from receiving any free health care for lung, heart, stroke or depression problems.
what I hate is having to run the gauntlet of smokers all clustered within 10 feet of the doors on nonsmoking places.
but, I’m irritated when the smoke from the neighbors smoking on their front porch drifts over.
i’m pretty much big on do whatever you want but in no way should your activities affect anyone else in any way. freedom of _______________. is fine till it infringes upon someone elses freedom to live as they wish.
a lot of people around here have the bumper sticker “At least I can still smoke in my car!”
yea…but roll your ****ing window up!
[QUOTE=Oso;835196]what I hate is having to run the gauntlet of smokers all clustered within 10 feet of the doors on nonsmoking places.[/quote]LOL, personally I think punching someone blowing smoke at you is self defence!
but, I’m irritated when the smoke from the neighbors smoking on their front porch drifts over.
I live in apartment and I get irate about that on my balcony… (I don’t get angry about pretty much anything, and especially things I can’t change, but I just see red about that!) and extremely irate if anyone smokes in front of my daughter (in which case I will say directly).
The freedom of ___________ as long as it doesn’t encroach on others’ freedoms is the argument that by logical extension brings me to the healthcare conclusion. People smoking and drinking too much puts enormous strain (drinking in the UK costs the health service in excess of 13 billion pounds a year, without counting indirect costs to the infrastructure in general like days off) on my government’s budget, thus my taxes, thus my quality of life.
People who want healthcare should have to take a health check to qualify…
Oso,
What kind of carry rig are you using? One problem with most full size hand guns are too big for my needs (very concealable and with easy access) so I was carrying a AMT .380 backup in a cross draw but went back to my old Colt Detective Special also in a cross draw.
Here’s what I’m looking at now for a daily carry.
http://www.snubnose.info/docs/m642.htm
insert percieved opinion difference here
[QUOTE=Oso;835177]well, a month or so ago a drug deal gone bad resulted in a kid dead in the street…my street.
and lately, I’m actually seeing drug deals go down at a couple of spots within a 1/4 mile of the house as I drive home.
so, while I haven’t owned a firearm of any type since 2001, i’d been feeling it might be time again and then the tale end of 07 ended up being pretty weird around here.
but, yea, in NC, you can’t carry anyplace that serves alcohol. plus the usual schools, banks, liquor stores.[/QUOTE]
Sheeyat, legal guns in the street aren’t any better than illegal guns in the street. Sad state of affairs, where we modernize a clause in our Constitution, which was drafted to protect Americans in an era where there wasn’t stable economics, govt., military, or police, and the threat of invasion was still imminent.
So why do you need a concealed carry permit? 'fraid of Za-Germans?
[QUOTE=rogue;835201]Oso,
What kind of carry rig are you using? One problem with most full size hand guns are too big for my needs (very concealable and with easy access) so I was carrying a AMT .380 backup in a cross draw but went back to my old Colt Detective Special also in a cross draw.
Here’s what I’m looking at now for a daily carry.
http://www.snubnose.info/docs/m642.htm[/QUOTE]
haven’t decided yet.
I’ve carried a Taurus PT92 in a shoulder rig just fine and used to carry a Star Firestar 9mm in an inside the waist holster…umm, illegally at the time.
I didn’t get the large frame, but the medium frame which is bigger than the Star but smaller than the Taurus. I’m not a small person so I’ll be ok with this in any rig with the appropriate layer of clothing over it.
[QUOTE=Mr Punch;835197]LOL, personally I think punching someone blowing smoke at you is self defence!
I live in apartment and I get irate about that on my balcony… (I don’t get angry about pretty much anything, and especially things I can’t change, but I just see red about that!) and extremely irate if anyone smokes in front of my daughter (in which case I will say directly).
The freedom of ___________ as long as it doesn’t encroach on others’ freedoms is the argument that by logical extension brings me to the healthcare conclusion. People smoking and drinking too much puts enormous strain (drinking in the UK costs the health service in excess of 13 billion pounds a year, without counting indirect costs to the infrastructure in general like days off) on my government’s budget, thus my taxes, thus my quality of life.
People who want healthcare should have to take a health check to qualify… :D[/QUOTE]
yea, sometimes I feel like dragging adults from their cars full of children and smoke and stick their faces in their tailpipes.
it seems like we agree on the smoking thing.
[QUOTE=NJM;835207]insert percieved opinion difference here[/QUOTE]
to which you are entitled to.
[QUOTE=Shaolin Wookie;835227]Sheeyat, legal guns in the street aren’t any better than illegal guns in the street. Sad state of affairs, where we modernize a clause in our Constitution, which was drafted to protect Americans in an era where there wasn’t stable economics, govt., military, or police, and the threat of invasion was still imminent.
So why do you need a concealed carry permit? 'fraid of Za-Germans?[/QUOTE]
because I want to and can legally do so.