Does this vary from state to state? I live in the confluence of the Ohio River’s proximity to Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio which means I am constantly crossing state lines and there are ranges semi-near to where I live in all three states. I just don’t want to get pulled over for speeding or something then get arrested because I didn’t transport my firearm in the proper way.
Well, I am now armed. Picked up my gun about an hour ago. I would have gone to their range but there was a long line and about a 2 hour wait. I’ll find a closer range tomorrow.
Good for you man. Say, would you help a Bengals fan out and shoot the entire roster of the Cleveland Browns in the knees, say, in late August?
I’d think you’d rather do it the other way around. I’d rather tell a cop “I have a gun in the trunk” or not have to say anything since it’s out of sight (and all I was doing was speeding so there’s no need to search the car) then “Don’t worry, the ammo is in the trunk”.
Similarly, I just finished my CCW class. Once I get the license, I still don’t plan to carry so as long as a gun isn’t on me, I don’t plan to have the license on me either. It just seems that it’ll make life easier to not have to bring it up during a traffic stop then to have a cop notice it in my wallet and get bent out of shape because I didn’t pro-actively tell him that I have a CCW permit…my understanding is that if I’m not carrying, I don’t have to mention it and as of right now I don’t think WI cops can tell that WI drivers have a CCW permits.
However, in the class they suggested that if you get pulled over you immediately say “I have a CCW permit, I don’t have a gun on me” if you’re not carrying. But that was based on MI law where they CAN tell that you have the CCW permit and telling them you have a CCW permit and whether or not you have a gun better be the first effin thing out of your mouth when you roll down the window. In fact, they actually told us to rehearse saying “I have a concealed carry permit and I have a gun on me, what would you like me to do?” so that when you get pulled over you can calmly say that, with your hands on the wheel. Otherwise most people tend to blurt out “I have a gun” and that doesn’t usually end well.
Thanks for the thoughts on sights; for now I’ll stick with iron but may look into upgrading with time. I have to say, part of staying with iron is that I really like the clean, simple, elegant lines of my pistol and rifle just as they are, so why add on something extra that will spoil 'em?
I’ll probably stick with .22 and not move up to a higher caliber; for one, because I have the guns strictly for target shooting and not for self-defense or hunting; and for another, because I’ve been given the privilege of shooting several other pistols of higher caliber, and in every case the noise and recoil were just too much for me; it wasn’t fun. Call me a wimpy old woman, you’d be right; this old girl just wants to have fun that’s fun for her.
Kentucky (It’s a .pdf)
Basically, keep firearms stored unloaded, and where not readily accessible, and keep the ammo in a separate place. Or, keep both in two separate, locked containers.
Sorry, Phil Dawson is a pal and has been over to my house for dinner with his wife and kids.
But the Indians on the other hand…
One super-cool option is to get a laser sight that’s built into the guide rod for the recoil spring, like this for one example. LaserMax makes them for virtually all semi-autos.
But not, it appears, for a 1938 Colt Woodsman. 
Do autoloaders without a full-length slide even have the guide rod visible?
So a few days ago I said this:
I think in some of the other gun threads I’ve also made statements about having no intention of ever carrying a concealed weapon. That may have just changed. I just got home from being involved in an armed robbery.
I was at work and from my office where I was putting some stuff in the filing cabinet I could hear someone say something to the cashier and then I heard her screech. Now, she’s a bit loud so at first I didn’t think much of it, but then I realized that the screech sounded a bit panicked so I looked from my office over to the cash register and saw someone with a ski mask on and a gun pointed at my cashier. I ducked down, called 911 and then had no idea what to do next. We do have a gun in the office which I actually grabbed and loaded but by the time I finally got it out of it’s hiding spot I had a feeling everything was over. I stuck my head back up and the guy was gone and I could hear my cashier half crying half panicking and yelling my name out because she didn’t know that I knew what happened. [At this point we’re probably less then 30 seconds into the incident] I walked out to the front of the store and could already see the flashing lights in my parking lot (gotta love the cops around here). When I made my way to the front door I could see an assault rifle pointed at the door so I walked out waving my arms over my head at which point I realized there was another one pointed at me from another angle. Luckily, all the cops around here know me and, well, didn’t shoot me. They did all there interviews and afterwords we were talking and I asked him what would have happened if I had shot the guy who pointed a gun that we never saw (it was in a plastic bag but he said “I’m not going to shoot you, give me all the money”). He said I (with a smile) I would have been totally in the clear since it was implied that he had a gun and that he was going to hurt someone.
We’ve been in business for 32 years and this is the first time we’ve ever been robbed (but burglarized at night when we’re closed plenty of times). I picked the wrong day to stay late.
So, not that there’s anything I could have done if I was carrying a gun on my hip. But it sure made me feel different about the whole “I’m never going to CC” thought and I’m sure my cashier is going to freaked out for a good long while as she rightly deserves to be.
I get the feeling that tomorrow I’ll be spending the day installing a new camera system. We have one but the DVR failed a few years back so it’s not of any use. The airport across the street has a camera that hits our building. When we all left one of the cops was going over there to see if they could see anything.
::shutter::
If you need a gun, chances are you’ll need it in a hurry. An unloaded gun pretty much is only potentially a gun. Most people who carry semi-autos nowdays insist on single/double or double-action guns carried with a round chambered. Modern safeties make this safe and reliable.
An unloaded gun is a club or a rock. I keep a Ruger LCP on me most of the time that I’m not at home. I keep one in the chamber. The safeties are a long, stiff trigger pull and a holster that covers the trigger.
This.
Find a cop and look at his pistol. I promise you there’s a round chambered and the safety is off. Bad things tend to happen quickly and unless you train every day to pull, rack, and flick off the safety then that’s not going to happen.
I was leaving a Home Depot a while back. I had parked about 20 spaces out from the store, and there were other cars parked around me. As I began to load my purchases into the back, I noticed two men get out of their truck - several spaces closer to the store - and start coming towards me. They split up with one coming to flank me and one approaching me directly asking me where I got a certain cleaning product that was now in my hand.
Since I was finished loading, I had just grabbed my holstered revolver in order to place it in the truck. I don’t generally wear a gun while driving. I raised the gun in its holster and used it to point and gesticulate while answering his question. I never pointed it at him - just the front door, and motioned that the 3rd aisle on the right was where he would find the cleaning supplies. He nodded **almost **imperceptibly to his partner who stopped and returned to their truck. He thanked me for the information, got in his truck and left.
No, a crazy guy waving a gun didn’t scare him away in fear for his safety, preventing him from purchasing some much-needed orange-scented floor cleaner.
Rather, his intended robbery or carjacking victim gently let him know that this was not going to be an easy score, and he just remembered he **hates **being shot.
Had I not being paying close enough attention - say talking to my wife or kids or someone in the truck - then they may have gotten too close, started their shit, and now I have to rack one in the chamber and flip the safety? Which way? 1911 is down, Smith is up. which did I grab today? (Revolvers eliminate that question, but at the cost of some rounds…)
My wife and kids are to the point where they’ll leap to me, give me a hug, and start to comfort me if I see some jackass on TV head for some dangerous situation with a gun, point it, argue, and then rack one in when they really mean bidness!
AARRGGGHHH!
I now keep my loaded revolver at my side or in my pocket at all times in the house.