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Just finished watching. Wayne held his own, but really needs to work on his rhetoric and public presence. It wasn't that what he said wasn't true, but like the NRA in general, they're still off in their windage in framing the question and getting it over teh plate. The could invest in a...

M2 OOPPs! fergot where I wuz, moving to Legal & Political [This message has been edited by Mike in VA (edited March 19, 2000).]

I just picked this puppy up on Wednesday and was able to get to the range with my brother in law (1st time shooter). I loaned him my SIG 226 (wanted to start him off right), and then I proceeded to have some fun with my new toy. I must say it is an impressive little gun. I put an assortment of...

Christmas is coming and I've got teh 'I wants'. I've got SIGs, Berettas, H&K, Kimber S&W in the gun locker, but (save the H&K) no plastic fantastics. The G-26 looks like a nice CCW piece, I shoot 9mm well, so tell me, is this a good place to start with Glock Perfection and the safe action...

Watching the news this AM, saw some weenie from the state AG's office was talking about getting tough on felons with illegal handguns. It seems that they've discovered that the Federal laws have 'teeth' with mandatory sentences, vs. MD laws that only allow for a five yr sentence, all of which...

My bedroom gun is an H&K USP45C, which I'm quite happy with - nice balance, accurate, reliable. It also has a nice set of rails on which one might mount a laser aiming device, which has some appeal. My previous experience with lasers was a cheapie Beamshot with a truly mediocre set screw...

While I was out this PM I had a call from a nice lady from the "TODAY" show doing a follow-up on the public reaction to the gun raffle at Hobart Academy in NC. She was looking for someone who found out about it off the internet and was interested in why I was so motivated. Unfortunately, by...

Let's forget kicking on 'Rosie and move on to something that will make a difference. HCI/VPC etc. make way with lots of [misdirrected] emotional appeal, we need to come back with better/more emotional stuff. It's pretty clear that the sheeple are comatose when it comes to intellectual or...

Tacoma Park, MD, a very liberal PC community in suburban DC tried to put an initiative to the ballot for last Tuesday's election to ban hanguns from within it's city limits (They're already a nuclear-free zone). Fortunately, a local judge prevented them from doing so, saying it was...

Just heard on the news about another office shooting. Some guy went amok in an office building on the waterfront, shot 4 people (1 dead, 3 wounded), then fled on foot into a residentail neighborhood. Police are searching door-to-door with K-9. A shame, of course, but also more fodder for...

First time in a month I was able to get a couple hours off duty as Nurse Mikee and go exercise the my new Kinber Compact. This gun continuew to live up to its reputation. I ran 100 rnds of Federal 230 gr Nato match loads and 50 rnds of S&B 230 gr, then some mix and match mags of REm GS 185 +P...

Just a heads-up - After a couple months off, there's a new column. I look forward to my monthly fix, glad to see the Col. back on the beam, see http://www.cybersurf.co.uk/JeffCooper/ M2

Ladies & gentlemen, citizens of VA - here's the text of a letter I sent ot state senator Janet Howell regarding the proposed changes in the law that would totally ban CCW on school property (it's currently legal to be armed if you're dropping kids off at school or just passing by) - Please feel...

First things first. Thank you all for all you prayers, kind thoughts and good wishes, you had a major impact with a great outcome - Marci underwent 8+ hours of surgery, but the Dr. got virtually all of the tumor with little, if any complications. There was an artery running thru it (though...

This isn't gun-related, and I feel a bit awkward, but I feel the need to cast a wide net. My wife, Marci, is undergoing surgery for a brain tumor Monday morning. It's a meningioma of the framen magnum. The good news is that it's calcified with no vascularization (no blood supply), and we've...

This week's B-Week has 'close-up look' at the Firearms industry (please take your maalox/valium before going any further). It is a bias and stupid article, followed by an even more uninformed editoral at the back of teh rag. though they treat teh economics and threats sort of accurately, one...

I live in N. VA just inside the beltway neaqr rt 66 and have kind of enjoyed the sound of all the heavy motorcycles (normally don't like traffic noise and am happy when the trees leaf out in the Spring to cut it down). Yesterday my wife and I headed out to go to the Bay for a sail about 9:30...

When I was dating, I had no idea how much danger I was in. I caught up with an old friend in Philly while i was there this week, he has a very pretty 14 y.o. and is kinda worried - his plan - 10 Rules For Dating My Daughter Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be...

Can anyone point me at a good (economical) source for these gems? I have a bunch of family birthdays coming up and I thought I'd gift all those who have tried to 'borrow' mine appropraitely. I know about http://www.photonlight.com/, anyone know of anyone cheaper. Thanks, M2

I surf several Firearms BBS' and find several recurring themes. Prominent among them is that we are afraid of losing the right to keep and bear arms, a most legitimate concern, IMHO. The follow on to that is 'we gotta do something' and then we regail each other with the same old arguments...