A few years before CCW but still researching

Now I know there are several states in which it is legal for a person at 18 to purchase a handgun. Would it be legal for me to purchase one out of state, bring it to the NY, Pennsylvania border hand it to a NY CCP holder and have them keep it for until I turn 21? Just this way I am guaranteed a pistol should a law pass prohibiting the transfer, sale or manufacture of them?
 
Now I know there are several states in which it is legal for a person at 18 to purchase a handgun. Would it be legal for me to purchase one out of state, bring it to the NY, Pennsylvania border hand it to a NY CCP holder and have them keep it for until I turn 21? Just this way I am guaranteed a pistol should a law pass prohibiting the transfer, sale or manufacture of them?
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No, it is not legal to purchase a handgun out of state. Period.
 
I started with a sub-compact Kimber .45 and moved to a Glock. Reason being the Kimber jammed all the time. You may want to just avoid 3 inch 1911 .45's in general, as they are known for jamming up which is the last thing you want from a carry gun. Aside from that there are many other guns that could suite your needs.
 
If you're a young feller, keep your nose clean. Forget about the drinking and whoring around. More young men screw their chances at responsibility just for lack of a little self discipline than anyting else. As far as a piece goes, to heck with those commie rigs. Go with a 1911. Show me a man that can shoot a 1911 and I'll show you a guy that can shoot anything. Old wives tail that 1911s jam a lot. People just don't know how to put the proper spring in them and properly maintain them. Not hard at all. Most would rather buy a pistol you have to throw away rather than learn to fix it and maintain it properly. Just get a DVD from Bill Wilson or some other knowledgeable person and you'll be a better man for it. Don't worry about what these guys say about reliabilty. There's probably twice the number of 1911 owners that just get tired of fighting the A.D.D. afflicted tupperware crowd.
 
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Show me a man that can shoot a 1911 and I'll show you a guy that can shoot anything.
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...Except anything with a real double-action trigger. In my experience half of the people out there who are big 1911 enthusiasts are because they refuse to put forth the time and effort into disciplining themselves to shoot proper double-action effectively.

Don't get me wrong, I like the 1911 platform and own one myself. But it isn't the apex of all shooting goodness.

I do agree that a quality 1911 is plenty reliable and not especially difficult to maintain.
 
I guess I'm one of those who doesn't want to put forth the effort to learn an inferior trigger system when I have the cat's meow already on my hip. I also haven't traded my Ford truck for a hybrid and my wrist watch still has a face and hands. One thing you fail to consider is that learning a new type of trigger necessarily undermines one's competency in the other type. Muscle memory and instinctive familiarity are not to be triffled with. Besides, its ludicrous to suggest that people should adapt to an inferior technology just because it exists.
 
Oh... kay...

You do realize you've literally reversed your own argument, right?

Your premise was: 1911 shooters can shoot anything like an ace. Then you say that it's only possible to shoot one trigger type like an ace.

And no, I don't agree with you on any level. I don't agree developing competency with one trigger compromises another (or if so, to a relatively infinitesimal point). I also don't agree that any trigger system you don't like is automatically "inferior".

Traditions are fine and experience is fine. But that doesn't mean that moving on or expanding one's horizons is WRONG.
 
It is true that some compact 1911's dont run as reliably as a full size 1911, but it isnt the end all be all. Almost all 1911's take some playing around with to get them to run reliably; different recoil springs, magazines, extractor tensions... If this sounds like something you are still interested in then a 1911 makes a fine CCW. If you just want something that you can pull out of the box and will be dead nuts realiable for you then you cant beat a Glock or a S&W.

Go to the range, shoot a lot of different guns and see what feels best to you and see what you can shoot the best.

On the whole 1911 single action trigger platform thing, yes it is different going to say a SW99 with a DA/SA trigger, or a Glock from a 1911 but it can be done with practice. I wouldnt say that someone who can shoot a 1911 well can shoot anything well; it all takes practice. I personally think that it is easier to shoot a 1911 well than other platforms. The short, light trigger pull eliminates alot of inaccuracy problems you can run into with the long, heavy pull of a DA trigger. I like to carry 1911's because that is what I have the most trigger time on and I am the most accurate with, but I also carry a J-frame Taurus that has a completely different trigger to it, but I've put alot of time in on that gun to be able to shoot it well. Nothing wrong with a good DA trigger; just different.
 
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