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I carry

Posted by jceockwood 8 years, 10 months ago to Politics
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I am a concealed carry permit holder in my state and I carry a sig p238 an a daily basis. What are the thoughts in the gulch on this topic and if you carry what do you carry?


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  • Posted by woodlema 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Cool beans, then shoot first ask questions and warn them later.

    BANG BANG BANG...STOP FREEZE!!!
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  • Posted by woodlema 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You might want to read up on the constitution a bit because what Gays did was TOTALLY reinforce that specific interpretation.

    Article 4 Section 1 United States Constitution.

    http://constitutioncenter.org/constit...
    Article IV, Section 1 ensures that states respect and honor the state laws and court orders of other states, even when their own laws are different. For example, if citizens of New Jersey marry, divorce, or adopt children in New Jersey, Florida must recognize these actions as valid even if the marriage or divorce would not have been possible under Florida law. Similarly, if a court in one state orders a person to pay money or to stop a certain behavior, the courts in other states must recognize and enforce that state’s order.


    Similarly North Carolina provided me the RIGHT to carry concealed meaning ALL other states must recognize that right also.

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  • Posted by strugatsky 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Respectfully, I suggest checking the law and precedent cases with respect to warning shots - you may end up being arrested and charged, instead of the assailant. The law seems to concider that if you shoot a warning shot, that means that your life is not really in danger, therefore you get arrested. Morality aside (the law is not concerned with morality), you are better off killing the assailant than either warning or wounding one.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 10 months ago
    I always wonder that people are willing to discuss their arms and habits on the internet. I would think this would be a good topic on which to be silent.

    Jan
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  • Posted by strugatsky 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm not talking about a half an inch off. When unacostomed shooters pull a heavy trigger, they often tilt the gun and shoot a couple of feet off target. And you only have 5 or 6 shots...
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't require too much accuracy, as I only plan to use it at close range. However, I'll try to see if I can get my local arms dealer to let me get the feel of the Sig if he has one.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't think that inference is valid. Marriage, once done, is not a permission but a status, which can't be taken away and which other states are required to recognize. A weapons permit, though, is permission and can be taken away, just as a driver's license can. I know that state reciprocity of driver's licenses is not universal -- Hawaii will not allow anyone under 18 to drive, even with a valid license from another state.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 8 years, 10 months ago
    My state doesn't allow carry yet, but there are pending cases that may change that. If allowed I would carry a fairly large revolver. (I don't know where to get instruction on taking a semi-auto apart. Revolvers are much simpler.)

    I would never open-carry, though, it needlessly scares the public and can result in laws and rules changing against us. And I agree with allosaur's take about not wanting to be the first target.
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  • Posted by Ranter 8 years, 10 months ago
    Yes, I carry. I carry a Nato 9mm semi-auto pistol, M1911 style. Open carry is legal in Pennsylvania, and we have "must issue" state law on concealed carry permits, so I have a permit. I prefer to carry concealed.
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  • Posted by Flootus5 8 years, 10 months ago
    If one buys the century + old SCOTUS interpretation of the 14th Amendment, then the 2nd Amendment is the concealed or open carry law of the land.
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  • Posted by strugatsky 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My wife has a similar issue. It is very difficult for her to rack the slide. Out of dozens of guns that we tried, the SIG P238 is by far the easiest to rack. Amazing machining quality; good gun. Only drawback, in my opinion, is the high precision, e.g., low tolerance of anything being out of spec, including ammo. I think that it's a better choice than revolvers, which require heavy trigger pull, often affecting accuracy.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 10 months ago
    I have a CCW, but don't carry. My hands are small; the double-stack magazines in the common 9 mil's are uncomfortable for me to shoot, so I go with a single-stack 1911 in .45. And yes, I know how to clean it ;)
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    Posted by woodlema 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    From what I read polygamy, bestiality and any other form of "love" we are commanded to be tolerant of.
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  • Posted by Zero 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I would be surprised if many are "not." The right to defend yourself is a given among OBJ's.

    They may not carry themselves - but few would take issue with the practice.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 10 months ago
    I have arthritis and neuropathy in my hands, making it difficult to pull a slide back. So I use revolvers. I usually carry a S&W snub nose 38 in a holster that tucks into my waistband. I am going to trade in an old 380 for a 357 Mag. as soon as I determine which one I want. Any suggestions?
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  • Posted by philosophercat 8 years, 10 months ago
    I don't carry but keep a 1911 45 with hollow point for home defense. It makes bodies go backward whether they want to or not. I don't use it if they are going back on their own but if I show will and intent to use with awesome power it causes all but the drugged to change their plans.
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  • Posted by AdmNelson 8 years, 10 months ago
    Colt General Officer's Model, .45ACP, Stainless, Extended Release; Ambidextrous Safety, two extra magazines.
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  • Posted by woodlema 8 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Reciprocity is not really relevant any more. the Gays and their new Supreme Court Decision on Marriage pretty set the precedent and made all licenses reciprocal in all 50 states.
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  • Posted by woodlema 8 years, 10 months ago
    I have numerous guns and ammo. Primarily, .45, 410, .380, .22 and 12 gauge, .444.

    I own two Taurus Judges. There is a very clear method to what I do and why.

    Open Carry:
    When I open carry, I use my paddle holster with my Blued Taurus Judge.
    To avoid the potential of "Going Armed to the Terror of the Public", the Taurus Judge looks like what a cop would carry and even the most fanatical gun control activists have ignored or not even noticed it. Because it "looks" like a cop gun as I have been told. In fact I have asked if I am a cop when open carrying it.
    I have the first round set as 410 Birdshot. Great warning round, NO damage if fired in the air, no worry about BB's coming down.
    Round 2, is 000 Buck shot.Round 3 is 45 Long Colt, followed by 2 more 000 Buck.

    Usually when I am open Carrying my Judge I also have my Ruger LCP on my ankle, or my Taurus PT145 in my "Smart Carry" holster with a spare magazine or both depending on how froggy I feel.

    Occasionally I will open carry my tactical Taurus 24/7 OSS if I am going to say a gun show or something where lots of people are open carrying.

    All my weapons use hollow point self defense rounds for obvious reasons. "Dead men tell no tales" and very little chance the round will pass through and through damaging someone else.

    Each weapons I have stashed around my home is easily available to me, loaded and chambered so I do not have to waste time.

    Normally I daily conceal carrying my Ruger LCP, either in my pocket, or on my ankle.

    As a side note my wife also carries Ruger LCP in her purse that has a special pocket she can stick her hand in and shoot through the purse.
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  • Posted by RonC 8 years, 10 months ago
    It shouldn't matter what the members of the forum think of your well thought decisions. Most everyone thinks things through, then they make a decision. About 5 years ago I found myself to be the only unarmed man in Delaware Co. With one or often more shootings on the news each night in my home town of Columbus, I thought about where I need to go for business and made my own choice. Of course one thing leads to another and now we have a gun safe and several iterations of various 9mm and 45ACPs.
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  • Posted by johnmford01 8 years, 10 months ago
    Here in South Carolina, the weather dictates what I carry. In the summer, which can be hot and humid, it's a Glock 42 in a pocket holster. In the cooler months a Glock 19 with a IWB holster.
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