On 8/17/07, Loathe wrote:... > agree on the caliber. .45 is my round. I'm currently looking at a > Springfield XD45. I've wanted one for a while.
My buddy just got one. Loves it. He's been doing exercises with an Army Ranger and having a blast, they were practicing the car-jack shoot and some shoot behind and turn stuff (pretty slick). Seems to be just having a blast. He's invited me to go with them, sometime maybe I will. Sounds fun. Thing is, don't just buy a firearm and throw it in the closet. Like > anything in order to be able to use it well you need to practice. Range > time, draw, load, reload and clear a malfunction exercises, dry fire > exercises. Yeah, practice practice practice. If you've got kids, teach them gun safety as well, starting early. I'm still debating having one in the house... I *do* have a daughter, who looks like she's going to be pretty cute. A Mossberg *is* customary... But part of me is like, paranoid. I'm like, if I get one, I'll just get a pistol, and a concealed carry, and just wear the damn thing all the time- sleep with it under the pillow, etc.. *sigh* probably not the answer either. My pops kept them in a safe, while we were kids, but that wasn't very fast access... I dunno. I love guns, but I've never had the burning desire to own one, besides maybe gramp's m1 rifle- but that's sentimental, and so long as it's in the fams, I'm cool. BB Guns, Blow Guns, hell yeah. Crossbows and bows and whatnot(usually home made), atalatles- sure. A sword? Sign me up. Mostly cuz you can't just go out back (in the city) and plink stuff, now that I think about it... but having kids... eh... *scratches head* =] If you are serious about contingency planning, you also need to think about > where you will go, how you will get there, and what you will do when you > get > there. Hell yeah! Have some long-term little stashes buried around the country, in places where only GPS will lead you back. Several dests/routes, which no one person knows all of. (One or two that everyone knows, but encrypt the rest. ;) Jerry's idea about the paperwork is good- in a portable *proof safe (Keep the fake stuff stashed in a couple of the seekrit lokayshens, with some gold). Maybe a mountain-bike or two, and an analgesic. A Bathrobe & some of those Useful Knowledge type of books, heavy duty. Maps. A compass. Etc.. Ha! Yeah, I've got like, some first aide kits, and that's about it. Sike! I've also got all of Angus MacGyver's exploits, and Hatchet, in braille. Why braille? In case I grab and test the flashlight laser, versus the flashlight. Yup. We're prepared. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240707 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
