Kel-Tec P32 odd colored frames
- Thread starter PATH
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I, too, find the toyish appearance of the P32s with the colorful frames disturbing. I suppose they sell well because of the novelty factor, but I don't like the potential for confusion with the inert plastic training guns that are colored red or blue to distinguish them from real guns.
Hold on a minute
Greetings,
With the belt clip, the gun looks like a pager or similar device clipped inside the belt line. Only a tiny bit of the frame is visible. Isn't color a good camoflage for belt devices? Who would suspect that a purple bit of plastic was a .32 pistol instead of a pager?
Camoflage doesn't have to be green.
Regards.
Greetings,
With the belt clip, the gun looks like a pager or similar device clipped inside the belt line. Only a tiny bit of the frame is visible. Isn't color a good camoflage for belt devices? Who would suspect that a purple bit of plastic was a .32 pistol instead of a pager?
Camoflage doesn't have to be green.
Regards.
Jody Hudson
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PATH, I decided not to purchase one for the same reason. The light blue one we have in the shop has very uneven color and with the weight it seems too toy like and I had the same exact concern as you.
However the other points made here are certainly valid too.
However the other points made here are certainly valid too.
Will Beararms
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Can you say Pimpgun? There. I thought you could.
Pimp guns and downright dangerous. Appealing to children as a toy and the flash factor on a blue and white gun is horrible.
The only thing worse are those Taurus 92 Clones and model 38's with the gold plated "control knobs".
Pimp guns and downright dangerous. Appealing to children as a toy and the flash factor on a blue and white gun is horrible.
The only thing worse are those Taurus 92 Clones and model 38's with the gold plated "control knobs".
Jody Hudson
New member
John,
Your point is well made, of course. My concern is that someone at the range, or a BG, just might not grant the little toyish piece the total respect it deserves. Hopefully we would not make an error in having untrained kids around the house or guns not secured if there are. My option has been to have my children trained in shooting and safety from the age of 2, 3, and 4 respectively -- so that THEY are the ones who most often correct the adults who have lapses in safety.
As my daughter said, this Christmas, when someone asked if the Makarov I received as a gift had been checked for cartridges... "Yes, I was watching him and Daddy always checks first." So does she and she has since she started shooting at age 17 months. Of course then I had to operate the firearm for her and her responsibility was to ask me to check it and for her to do the looking after I did. She is 9 now and enjoys telling the other students in her class that she has a pistol and a rifle as well as a sword and several knives. So far she has not had a safety infraction, I can't say that for ANY of the other folks who work or shop in the gun shop.
The toyish look of the pistol just seemed too likely to me to be taken too lightly.
Good point though as I said John.
Your point is well made, of course. My concern is that someone at the range, or a BG, just might not grant the little toyish piece the total respect it deserves. Hopefully we would not make an error in having untrained kids around the house or guns not secured if there are. My option has been to have my children trained in shooting and safety from the age of 2, 3, and 4 respectively -- so that THEY are the ones who most often correct the adults who have lapses in safety.
As my daughter said, this Christmas, when someone asked if the Makarov I received as a gift had been checked for cartridges... "Yes, I was watching him and Daddy always checks first." So does she and she has since she started shooting at age 17 months. Of course then I had to operate the firearm for her and her responsibility was to ask me to check it and for her to do the looking after I did. She is 9 now and enjoys telling the other students in her class that she has a pistol and a rifle as well as a sword and several knives. So far she has not had a safety infraction, I can't say that for ANY of the other folks who work or shop in the gun shop.
The toyish look of the pistol just seemed too likely to me to be taken too lightly.
Good point though as I said John.