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Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:57 pm
by highdesert
I've never had any problems where I live, the crime rate is very low and police response during the day is good, less so at night. I have a handgun and loaded mags available in the house, but I've never needed them. I got a small gun safe that I can put in the car if needed. The county sheriff where I live does issue carry concealed weapons licenses based on personal protection/self defense, but I don't feel the need and it's a lengthy process. I have non-resident permits for out of state, but I don't always carry. I do like to have a gun in the car and in the hotel room. There are a lot of desolate stretches of highway in the western states and even if there is a cell phone signal in an emergency, police may be an hour or more away.
I too hope I'll never have to shoot someone, but sooner or later we all have that conversation with ourselves usually with what-if scenarios.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:42 am
by CDFingers
I like a double action revolver. Secure and safe. .357 does the job. The GP100 is pretty heavy, though. I've worn it in the house a few times.
It's probably an irrational emotional reaction, but I feel better owning guns. I honestly can't remember what it felt like not to own guns (8 years old). I'd never ever thought about self defense until 9/11. It had always been targets. After 9/11 I'm all, "dang."
CDFingers
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:10 am
by atxgunguy
Heavy is good. Heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work, you can always hit them with it.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:00 am
by eelj
sikacz wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:58 pm
eelj wrote: Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:33 pm
A co worker of mine once threw a back pack in the back of his car an it set off a can of bear spray. It was a late model Volvo and it was totaled, destroyed the interior of the car.
What did it do? Deteriorate the material? Or leave scent?
The entire interior was so foul smelling that it had to be replaced. The insurance company just totaled the car.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:10 am
by Bucolic
Sounds like a Seinfeld episode.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:08 am
by max129
featureless said:
Now back to feels, I feels like I like stainless-n-wood the best.
Interesting. I have a stainless S&W 686 with beautiful wood grips. But I would rather have the 586 - I love the old school blued steel and wood grips look.
high desert said:
There are a lot of desolate stretches of highway in the western states and even if there is a cell phone signal in an emergency, police may be an hour or more away.
I am with you on this one. If you drive from Las Vegas to Ely Nevada, you can go the whole trip without seeing a trooper - and it is a long trip.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:18 am
by TrueTexan
The Bear Spray reminds me of the joke I heard years ago in Jackson Hole.
How you can tell the difference between Black and Brown Bear Scat.
Black Bear Scat have leaves, twigs, berry remains and smells like the forrest.
Brown Bear Scat has bells, bones and smells like hot peppers.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:56 am
by highdesert
I prefer the feel of a full size semi auto 9 mm. My choice for the range or to have in a vehicle but not to carry. Fun to shoot, they are easy to strip and clean and just feel comfortable in my hand.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:55 am
by Phaedrus
Well, I still just really like guns.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:07 am
by CDFingers
Phaedrus wrote: Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:55 am
Well, I still just really like guns.
Succinct.
CDFingers
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:13 pm
by eelj
One thing about my gun ownership that I did not mention is just the right to own one. I'll carry on my property not for personal defense but as a statement that I can.
Personally if we ever lose that right this country would not be worth living in.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:17 pm
by VodoundaVinci
The feely side of gun ownership.....I own a couple Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless pistols. When I'm going to Society Functions or Weddings, Funerals, Receptions, and the like I usually wear a suit and need discretion and maximum concealment with class. I'm always warmed and satisfied to tuck a Colt .32 ACP in an Appendix holster custom made and hug nieces, nephews, widows and newly weds with this 8+1 pistol of 100ish years manufacture. I'm armed and feeling comfortable with a 100 year old pistol in prime condition under my Tux/Suit and nobody knows or cares.
That's my feely side of gun ownership - owning classic firearms and carrying same with utter discretion and class.
VooDoo
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:43 pm
by YankeeTarheel
TrueTexan wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:18 am
The Bear Spray reminds me of the joke I heard years ago in Jackson Hole.
How you can tell the difference between Black and Brown Bear Scat.
Black Bear Scat have leaves, twigs, berry remains and smells like the forrest.
Brown Bear Scat has bells, bones and smells like hot peppers.
I heard it as black bear, brown bear, and grizzly bear!
While I enjoy shooting, enjoy a difficult dis-assembly and re-assembly of a firearm, love shooting my "cowboy gun" Marlin, I am still always uneasy every day having to have guns in my house.
I truly thought I would live my life and die and never own a gun and I was totally perfectly happy with that.
Then November 8, 2016 brought disaster, and the next day we agreed immediately that we needed to arm ourselves.
The fact that I am uneasy with guns in the house, is, in my opinion, actually a good thing. I don't ever want to be easy with them--I've used power saws since I was a teenager, over 45 years, many as a professional carpenter, and STILL treat them like a lion or tiger than can turn and do serious damage in a split second. I've only had a firearm for about 2 years and they are always locked up, unloaded (albeit with full magazines in the same secured location), and I never look, examine, or fool with any without FIRST assuring they are unloaded. Every.Single.Time. And NEVER if I've even had one glass of wine or beer, much less harder stuff.
Guns' primary function is blowing destructive holes in living creatures, and, for me, that means other human beings threatening me and my family. That's an awesome, frightening responsibility and I hope (I'd pray but I'm Agnostic) that I will die of extreme old age never having had to exercise that primary function. So I never want to be blasé or careless about them.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 11:29 pm
by K9s
I think, for me, the "feel" of gun ownership is mostly "fun" because of 45 ACP. I love shooting and never thought I would want anything more than 9mm (except .357 revolvers), but 45 ACP is just a whole different feeling of FUN TO SHOOT! 45 ACP and .357 Magnum also give me a sense of security that I don't feel with any other caliber. That is probably why I carry 9mm. I don't want to feel invincible and 9mm is a "work" round, not a "fun" round. For me. YMMV
On the "self-defense/home defense" side, I think the real turning point for me was Charlottesville. For all the good reasons I should be worried about safety, that really drove home the point that I am on my own in a Red State.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:45 am
by SeaDragonTattoo
If you had told me 4 years ago I'd be a gun owner, I'd have told you you're batshit crazy if you think I'd ever have a gun in my house. Took my first shot on Dec 2, 2015, and now own 5 pistols, carry every day, became an intro to pistol instructor through the LGC, and am President of the Illinois Chapter. How's that for changing one's mind??
I've had a bit of private instruction, and found a range where I can holster train/move however I want in a separate combat range. One particular instructor, a couple years ago, was working with a friend and me. During some office discussion time, he was frank with us after having shot with us a few times. He looked at my friend, who had her CCL but hadn't carried yet, and said "you'll never pull the trigger, even if your life really depends on it." He looked at me and said "I have no doubt you will." We both nodded our heads in full agreement.
I had someone get in my car last Spring. He just walked up to the driver's door, opened it, and got in while I had been in the trunk contemplating how to get a large Amazon shipment down the block and up 4 flights to home in one trip. Took me by surprise, that did. I pointed my gun at his forehead and told him to get the fuck out of the vehicle or get a bullet to the face. He quickly complied and headed down the street. I called police and holstered my gun back into concealment. Whether I was carrying after police arrived never came up. They didn't even bother to check my license.
So yeah, my "feels" for gun ownership are 100% positive. I've been surprised with friends and family and coworkers being overwhelmingly positive about what I'm doing. I was even gifted a neato tiny vintage pistol and 500 rounds of ammo at Christmas. I had a coworker just yesterday mention new consideration about ownership for home protection after the story of how the abduction of Jayme Closs went down. I said yes, when seconds count, police are minutes away. Let me know whenever you want to try the range out and talk through how to do things safely at home with the kids.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:22 am
by sikacz
SeaDragonTattoo wrote: Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:45 am
If you had told me 4 years ago I'd be a gun owner, I'd have told you you're batshit crazy if you think I'd ever have a gun in my house. Took my first shot on Dec 2, 2015, and now own 5 pistols, carry every day, became an intro to pistol instructor through the LGC, and am President of the Illinois Chapter. How's that for changing one's mind??
I've had a bit of private instruction, and found a range where I can holster train/move however I want in a separate combat range. One particular instructor, a couple years ago, was working with a friend and me. During some office discussion time, he was frank with us after having shot with us a few times. He looked at my friend, who had her CCL but hadn't carried yet, and said "you'll never pull the trigger, even if your life really depends on it." He looked at me and said "I have no doubt you will." We both nodded our heads in full agreement.
I had someone get in my car last Spring. He just walked up to the driver's door, opened it, and got in while I had been in the trunk contemplating how to get a large Amazon shipment down the block and up 4 flights to home in one trip. Took me by surprise, that did. I pointed my gun at his forehead and told him to get the fuck out of the vehicle or get a bullet to the face. He quickly complied and headed down the street. I called police and holstered my gun back into concealment. Whether I was carrying after police arrived never came up. They didn't even bother to check my license.
So yeah, my "feels" for gun ownership are 100% positive. I've been surprised with friends and family and coworkers being overwhelmingly positive about what I'm doing. I was even gifted a neato tiny vintage pistol and 500 rounds of ammo at Christmas. I had a coworker just yesterday mention new consideration about ownership for home protection after the story of how the abduction of Jayme Closs went down. I said yes, when seconds count, police are minutes away. Let me know whenever you want to try the range out and talk through how to do things safely at home with the kids.
Yep!
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:49 am
by joshnickmc
I really resonate with your experiences, YankeeTarheel and SeaDragaonTattoo. I bought a Marlin Model 60 in 2015 so that I could plink at the range for a hobby. I grew up with no guns in the house but had exposure to shooting at Boy Scout events.
The plinking hobby has grown up over the last three years. I live in metro LA and I'm convinced that FEMA won't come to help us quickly after a massive earthquake. Especially not under this administration. Now we have a locked, storage bin outside full of food and water. The three rifles and the handgun are locked up too, but the clips are loaded and ready to go in case things get sticky in a disaster. I've also done CA's hunter safety course and intro pistol and rifle courses along with some personal instruction. I never anticipated being a multiple gun owner. I do sleep better knowing they're on hand so that me, the wife, and the kids have a level of immediate protection.
Re: The "Feels" of gun ownership
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:00 pm
by max129
SeaDragonTattoo wrote:
"you'll never pull the trigger, even if your life really depends on it."
Funny - those are the exact words my wife and I agreed upon. She would never pull the trigger. So we both stopped trying to get her to like guns. That was a really good decision.
