On Tuesday the 14th, there was a shooting incident in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Four robbery suspects shot two female bystanders and the officer in pursuit. This incident happened during lunch hour by the County Courthouse.
A week ago, I was loading my rifle case (contained my AR-15) and range bag into my Jeep Cherokee. My small-minded neighbor (who's a lawyer) was giving me a rash of sh*t for going to the range with my firearms. He kept saying that guns are only good for crime and killing innocent children in Colorado, etc etc.
Low and behold, he stopped over my house today (with a bright red face I may add) and asked me how to work his brand new Beretta M9. It seemed the shooting at the court house scared him. I asked him what he intended to use the pistol for and he responded "I'm getting my carry permit and this is my carry gun. I'm not going get shot by some punk in Lancaster!"
Well, one of the shmucks at the local gunshop told him the full-size Beretta was the ideal carry gun!! Anyways, I told him not to even consider chambering any rounds through it until he gets some proper firearms safety training.
I am still in utter amazement how he went from a small-minded anti-gunner to a new firearms owner. As much as I wanted to laugh at him, I smiled and gave him some numbers to training centers and offered him my help at anytime. There is hope for the Rosie's out there!
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Svt
RKBA! NRA, GOA, VFW
My Website
"Rangers Lead the Way"
A week ago, I was loading my rifle case (contained my AR-15) and range bag into my Jeep Cherokee. My small-minded neighbor (who's a lawyer) was giving me a rash of sh*t for going to the range with my firearms. He kept saying that guns are only good for crime and killing innocent children in Colorado, etc etc.
Low and behold, he stopped over my house today (with a bright red face I may add) and asked me how to work his brand new Beretta M9. It seemed the shooting at the court house scared him. I asked him what he intended to use the pistol for and he responded "I'm getting my carry permit and this is my carry gun. I'm not going get shot by some punk in Lancaster!"
Well, one of the shmucks at the local gunshop told him the full-size Beretta was the ideal carry gun!! Anyways, I told him not to even consider chambering any rounds through it until he gets some proper firearms safety training.
I am still in utter amazement how he went from a small-minded anti-gunner to a new firearms owner. As much as I wanted to laugh at him, I smiled and gave him some numbers to training centers and offered him my help at anytime. There is hope for the Rosie's out there!
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Svt
RKBA! NRA, GOA, VFW
My Website
"Rangers Lead the Way"