Hi, Well here in Minnesota you have to get a hand gun permit to carry a hand gun. Well I'm thinking of going and seeing about getting a permit to carry wondering how much krap they will give me for being blind... ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:30 AM Subject: 45/410 Re: [BlindHandyMan] shotguns in the home
An old friend had an interesting piece for home protection. It is a small hand gun that takes either a 45 cal or a 410 shotgun shell. It has about a 4" barrel It had a leathal range of about 15 feet. It was a great point and shoot weapon. Since he passed away I wonder where it ended up. He had an awsum gun collection but that was his favorite piece for home protection. He kept it ready to go in his bedroom night stand. Downstairs was his 357 also ready to go. Chet was sighted but often stated that I would have no problem using that 45/410 in the home. He also had it where his wife could quickly access since as he said it was a point and shoot weapon. That was the only time I saw such a gun. Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Stephan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:43 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] shotguns in the home My experience was completely different regarding accuracy. The best shooting I ever did was with a little .38 Smith with a two inch barrel. I did sraw-point-and-shoot, and when I actually tried to aim, my results deteriorated significantly. Presumably, this is because a short barrel mimics finger pointing, which is something we all can do. And, most of the time, you're going to be within ten feet of whoever you're shooting at, this is particularly and hopefully true for a blind person. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of GenePoole Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 12:08 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] shotguns in the home I'm not sure if this point was made, however, a small semi automatic like, say, a .38, is not very accurate beyond a range of around 10 feet due to the fact that most of them have real short barrels. Your best bet is to get something like a 9mm glock or a .44, though the latter ones are kind of hard to get hold of. Shot guns are not good in home defense weapons. It's like smashing a butterfly with a hammer. A good 9mm pistol is a much better defense weapon than a shot gun, for the following reasons. One, loading time. You have to break open the shot gun, put in the shells, put it back together, aim, then fire. A process which takes anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds, even a minute if you don't know what you're doing. Two, maneuvreability. Also contrary to popular belief, it's almost impossible to get a good shot off from the hip and hit somebody with any degree of certainty. That kind of shot only looks good in the movies. You'll also be doing a lot of collateral , and unnecessary, damage. Yes, shotguns are really awesome weapons. But they don't belong in the home. Use a shot gun as a perimeter defense, not a close range weapon. ----- Original Message ----- From: clifford To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:47 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] shotguns in the home Dear List members: Shotguns are among the deadliest of weapons at close range, and make no mistake, a twelve gage with any type of shot will take out a sheetrock wall and do damage to a person on the other side. I live 20 miles from the sheriff's office and I feel that it is necessary to keep a firearm around for home defense, in case some person decides to break in to our home at night. I am not a marksman, but with seven shots of double ought buck shot, I can be assured of covering a rather large area. One problem which I have found with revolvers is the noise from the blast. With a short barreled revolver, the crack hurts my ears, and I could not hear to tell what is taking place after the first shot. With an automatic pistol and a similar length barrel, the noise is a good deal less and I for that reason prefer the Simi-automatic pistols. A Simi-automatic 22 rifle is also a fairly quiet gun, and they can achieve rapid fire with larger clips. I truly hope to never fire a weapon against anyone, but if the choice is to allow someone to break in or to shoot them, then they are toast. One of the difficulties which we face is trying to anticipate the future, and to what extent we will all find it necessary to defend our homes. Home intrusions are becoming more common, and the meth heads are becoming more brazen. Hopefully, this is a spike in that type of activity, but if it doubles or triples in the next decade, I will be glad that we acquired fire arms in advance. 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