...R/T Weapons

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...In CA, the 'wonderful' politicians who know BETTER than ALL of us...(Despite spending 4 BILLION dollars on fragments of an Utopian High Speed Rail that is just overpasses and such...without ANY TRAINS....since there is NO RAIL LAID...I know...I HAVE SEEN IT!!!!   and now want to spend BILLIONS MORE to connect Merced and Bakersfield... ...look at a map of CA...those aren't exactly places that anyone wants to travel to.     I am very familiar with both cities, when working I would drive to each one...they are about 2 hours apart...SO WHAT IF A TRAIN COULD GET ME FROM ONE TO THE OTHER IN 50 MINUTES!!!  I would have to call a cab to get from the station to get to the Courthouse.   )

Now, they are still trying to get our guns.  They are now aiming at ammunition.  They want to charge a HUGE tax on each bullet, and limit you to one box of 50 rounds per month.     When I was 'in practice' with my 357 Magnum, I would fire 100 rounds every Saturday, ya gotta do that to be able to hit a target...and...it was fun!     I had a work acquaintance who kept arguing that guns were evil, and that all of them should be confiscated.  I asked her if she had ever fired one, and she said 'No'.  I finally shamed her into coming out to the Range with me...I said..."You are ignorant, fire a gun, and then you can speak with some authority."   

To Be Continued...

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...We checked in, and I told the Owner that she was a 'newbie'.  He looked her over, seeing that she had small hands, and said, "A 38 should be about what she can handle, and I agreed."  She rented a 38, and a set of earmuffs, and bought 50 rounds, and we went out to the range.  We stopped at the lists, and I showed her how to hold the revolver, using the simple 'thumbs in love' position.  I loaded the weapon, and after we both put on earmuffs, I fired off a couple rounds, and then got her in position, and watched her finish.     She then loaded the weapon, and I went to the next spot and loaded my 357.     We finished, and after turning the 38 back, we went to have some beers.  She sniffed, as we were driving away, and said..."We both really STINK!"  I shrugged, and told her, "That is gunpowder...the men in the bar will either flock around us...or sit far away."   

We had a couple beers, and chatted with a few men at the bar, and then left.   

She never spoke of guns, again, at work.  I don't know if she ever bought one, or ever fired one again...

Last story...a serious one...

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...When I was a newlywed, there was a serial rapist that was attacking in the area where we lived.  He was REALLY sick, he would, using a gun, get the man to lay on the carpet, and get the woman to place plates on him.  He would then tell the man, "If I hear a plate fall, I will kill your woman"...and then rape her near to him. 

I did my best to set up a safe place for us.  At night, I would check all of the doors and windows, and set up 'sound traps' in the hallways...strings attached to a stack of cups and plates...and we would push a plug of wood underneath the door to our bedroom.  I would then load my double barrel 12 guage shotgun with 00 buckshot, and climb into the far side of the bed.  My husband would set the shotgun on the floor and get into the side of the bed that was closest to the door.  I would sleep well...I figured that we would wake up if we were invaded...and two barrels of 00 buckshot would blow the rapist in half.  He was captured about a month later, and we relaxed our vigilance.

During that time, I did talk to a woman, who lived alone, who had probably encountered the rapist.  She lived in a studio apt, that had two levels, her bedroom was at the top of the stairs.  She was in bed, awake...and could hear steps of someone coming up the stairs.  She pulled out her Remington pump action shotgun...and cocked it...(it is a very loud sound...and it is VERY clear what it is)...and she heard steps retreating down the stairs.  She called 911, and then carefully went down the stairs.  Indeed...the door to her apt was open...