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DonP

(6,185 posts)
12. Did my part
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 03:10 PM
Mar 2016

This weekend I wrapped up another Illinois concealed carry class and qualified 5 more shooters. Three of them had never fired a gun before and will be buying their first gun in the next few weeks. All are employees of an Apple Store. "Nerds with Guns?"

One of them begged me to sell her the Ruger GP100 that she borrowed to qualify. "It doesn't have much recoil".

Another class starts next Wednesday after work.

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That must be why every year there are so many fewer gun deaths AllyCat Mar 2016 #1
gun deaths due to accidents and homicide gejohnston Mar 2016 #3
I was going to correct you, but it has been done. Thoroughly. nt Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #10
Or, fewer and fewer people are admitting that they have a firearm in their home, GGJohn Mar 2016 #2
I believe those would be legal households JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #4
Out of the roughly 300 million guns in the US SecularMotion Mar 2016 #5
A very good question. JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #6
Make up your mind? DonP Mar 2016 #7
Statistically speaking... CompanyFirstSergeant Mar 2016 #8
Together we can work to reverse this trend....introduce a new shooter today. ileus Mar 2016 #9
Did my part DonP Mar 2016 #12
GP100.....well it will also keep her from blowing away in a storm. ileus Mar 2016 #14
A lot of the students use it, to shoot ... not as a boat anchor DonP Mar 2016 #15
My wife has a 642 for her EDC, when we target practice I load 2.7gr of titegroup ileus Mar 2016 #16
That's the same as my "fun" loads, 2.6 to 2.8 Titegroup under a 158 grain SWC DonP Mar 2016 #17
I wonder if Bill's stats are from the same sources predicting the Mich. primary. Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #11
Wonder how valid that point is after the huge increase this past fall/winter. jmg257 Mar 2016 #13
The local judge... CompanyFirstSergeant Mar 2016 #18
Billy is full of crap. NT pablo_marmol Mar 2016 #19
Bill is full of shit. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #20
clinton is half true, but still damning for gunworld jimmy the one Mar 2016 #21
Did you think we wouldn't notice this bullshit was recycled? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2016 #22
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