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In a neighborhood, as opposed to out in the country, I'd be reluctant to fire a rifle into the air at a small, moving target. Bullet has to come down somewhere if I miss. Possibility of "collateral damage" would dissuade me. Shotgun? How high, how far away? Falling birdshot is less likely ...

I leave my carry pistol on the nightstand next to me at night. Otherwise it is on my person. If I have to leave it in the truck to go into a "posted" location, I take the slide stop out and with me. Pistol is disabled - can't be fired, so it really is not a pistol any more, it is a slide t...

RoyGBiv, I agree that the remarks attributed to Rep. Yarmuth are scary, but I think it is great that the RJC called him out. People change, political parties change, outlooks change. I remembered a quote from Hubert Humphrey about the Second Amendment and googled it. In about 1960 or so, that mainst...

Cool, and I appreciate your consideration for her security.

And I'm glad to read of "a number of academic shooting friends"!

AndyC, Seems like you have good taste too! A professor... of what? Physics, Economics, Math, Psychology, - not finger-painting I bet! One of the High Master match rifle shooters at our club teaches Mechanical Engineering at Rice. So the stereotype that all academics are anti-gun has some holes in it...

I'm tickled silly that there are so many of us here on the TexasCHLForum! And I think G26ster and rotor are right - being pro-control is more a matter of urban eastern upbringing than religious / ethnic background or anything else. Not everyone who arrived at Ellis Island kept going into the United ...

Actually I don't think Browning designed the CZ75. I think a pair of brothers who worked for CZ (embarrassed not to recall names, and to be too lazy to look it up) designed it. Still, it is an evolutionary step. ...and to tell the truth, as much as I like, trust, and respect the CZ75B, and carry it ...

Not hiding here... by my surname most people take me for a plain vanilla German - until they get a look at my face... To keep this gun-related - some mornings when I holster my CZ75B, I remember that CZ supplied weapons to the new state of Israel (even before the state was declared) - from behind th...

Man, cb1000rider, you said a mouthful there! Thanks for the clarity. And the calm.

Not this one either! And if you think all or most Jews are pro-control / anti-gun, or are all liberals, have a look at David Horowitz's webzine: http://www.frontpagemag.com/ I don't want to irritate Charles by devolving into politics but it chaps me that people swallow the idea that Jews in general ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903600/Every-single-French-Jew-know-left-Paris-Editor-Britain-s-Jewish-Chronicle-claims-people-fleeing-terror-hit-French-capital.html Mass exodus of Jews from France. If you can't get a gun to protect yourself, the police are unarmed, and your being targeted...

You could put a MechTech upper on your 1911 or Glock http://www.mechtechsys.com/

Here is a link that might be interesting: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/0107/Paris-Hebdo-attack-France-awash-with-black-market-weaponry-video A far-use quote from the article: "Unlike relatively lax US gun regulation, French laws are highly restrictive, especially for assault weapo...

Actually, once the feral hogs start rooting up the pasture, you realize that not all bad neighbors are human. But at least you can shoot or trap the hogs. And eat them.

Jim, I'm sorry for your loss.
May his memory be a blessing.

Andrew