Guns save lives

Taken from the American Rifleman:

Bryan Lee, owner of the Almond Avenue Pharmacy, had no choice but to fire his .45-cal. pistol when a 31 year old male entered his store firing a similar model. The gunman entered the store and immediately fired multiple rounds striking Lee's mother, Sophie Lee, in the leg. Bryan Lee returned fire, causing the man to flee. He collapsed a block away and later died at a local hospital. Lee was unharmed and his mother was expected to make a quick recovery. Lee said, "We just did what we had to do to survive." (The Fresno Bee, Madera, Ca. 1/11/13)

It never ceases to amaze me

It really does surprise me how many people in this country can be so ignorant when it comes to the second amendment. It seems their biggest argument is: "They didn't have AR15s with 30 round magazines when they wrote the constitution." That is the only statement they make that is true, these weapons did not exist when our founding fathers wrote the constitution.

What they fail to realize is that the second amendment doesn't make mention of any specific type of arms or magazine capacity. This is because at the time our constitution was written, the citizens and the tyrannical government they were fighting had equal firepower, single-shot flintlock rifles and cannons.

Fast forward to the present and we the people have AR15s and 30 round mags while the government has M16s and 30 round mags. The only difference between the 2 rifles is the M16 has a 3 round burst function while the AR15 is semi only.

Our liberal government has somehow brainwashed part of the populace into believing that we don't need these semi-auto rifles with high capacity magazines and that we don't need pistols with more than 10 round magazines (7 rounds in some states). Some of these tyrants have even said they don't think citizens need any firearms.

Thankfully the AWB and mag capacity law died before it even got to the floor but these tyrants aren't going to stop trying to take our guns. They continually tell us that if these guns and mags are banned then the crime rates will go down. This is a blatant lie and it has already been proven that it doesn't work. The truth is, these tyrants don't want to lower crime, they don't want to stop another mass shooting, they don't want to save the lives of innocent children, what they want is total and absolute power and our guns are the only thing standing in their way.

Good news

The good news is that the threat of an "assault weapon" ban has been downgraded. Second amendment win

With this win, hopefully the cost of AR15's will drop to a more affordable price (pre Sandy Hook) and ammo will be more abundant.

We had a gun show this past weekend in central Florida that I attended with the hopes of finding a good deal on an AR15 but those hopes quickly diminished. They had some cheap rifles for a little over $800 but they were exactly that, cheap rifles and I didn't like them. I contimplated for a couple of hours and returned several times to the booth but couldn't bring myself to spend that kind of hard earned cash on something I didn't like just because there was a threat of them being banned. I am glad I held off on that purchase and now hopefully over the next couple of weeks, the prices will drop. The only thing I ended up buying from the show was a new case for my Mossberg. I couldn't even find an IWB holster that I liked, I guess I'll have to order one online.

Speaking of ordering online, about a month ago I ordered a 7 round mag for my XDs and I recieved it today. I don't really like how the gun looks with the extended mag and since I haven't recieved my CCP yet, I don't know how it will affect the concealability of the pistol.

I own 2 Springfield handguns, an XD40 that I purchased about 3 days after returning from Iraq and an XDs .45 that I purchased last month. I really like the XD line of pistols but I'm already thinking about my next purchase and I'm considering a Glock just to see what all the hype is.

Here I am shooting my XD40 at dusk

Here I am with my XDs and my brother with our mother's Sig

The only gun control we need

 The only gun control we need is education. Gun safety when taught to children at a young age carries over into adulthood.

 My grandfather started teaching me gun safety at a very early age. I can't recall the exact age but I know it was earlier than 10 years. I used to put on his pistol belt with a Colt 1911 (unloaded of course) and run around the house playing Army.

 He taught me to always point the gun in a safe direction and never at anything or anyone I wasn't planning on shooting.

 He taught me that if I must shoot another human, shoot to kill.

 After instilling safety in me, he believed it was time to take me to the range. The first gun I ever shot was his High Standard .22 pistol. In one of our next visits to the range I was upgraded to his Walther PPK .380. The gun I wanted most to shoot though was that Colt 1911 but he didn't think I was ready to handle the recoil yet.

 After much begging and pleading, I was allowed to shot that coveted weapon. This was the gun that just a couple years earlier I had played Army with and now I was being allowed to actually shoot it. It was a fantastic day at the range. I don't remember if I actually hit the target or not with my first few shots but that wasn't important, all that mattered was I could handle shooting "the big gun".

 Not too long after that, I graduated to a shotgun and my very first time skeet shooting I got a perfect score. On my 14th birthday, the Winchester model 50 20ga that I had used that first time was given to me as a present by him. At 14 years old I was now a gun owner. I had a shotgun in my closet and always had a box of shells at hand just in case.

 I still have that Winchester today. There are only 2 ways it will ever leave my possession: When they pry it from my cold dead hands or I pass it down to my son or grandson.