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Pastimes : Do handguns serve a purpose other than killing people? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ok1day who wrote (152)	9/23/1999 8:02:00 AM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 289

Maybe I come down there & show you! LOL I warn you, if you welcome shooting with open eyes and mind, it is addicting. When I bought my 1st handgun, a .357Mag Taurus, I simply wanted a defensive handgun. My wife and I as part of the responsibility of gun-ownership went and shot it until we were thoroughly familiar and comfortable with the gun. What we found was even as we were clearly comfortable we were still going to the range twice a month. Shooting around 100 rounds each. It is fun! A .357 is nice because the "macho male" can shoot the big caliber but the "practical female," women are so much smarter on so much than men, LOL, anyway the women can shoot the .38 special which is a nice tame round. Best to you! -Jeff

To: ok1day who wrote (152)	9/23/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 289

If I may... The decision to own a handgun is best not undertaken lightly. Say you select a model and buy it. At that point you become responsible for its care and its proper storage. You will want to shoot it regularly ... and to keep from getting eaten up alive by the Neiman-Marcus cost of factory ammo I recommend learning to handload the spent shells. In the course of being a firearm owner/operator you will become aware of the constant subtle denigration being heaped upon civil gun owners in the press. (A woman in Oakland gets knifed. What generic icon for "violent crime" does the anchorbabe throw on the TV screen? A handgun.) You will want to choose a side in the fight for the RKBA. And in that eventuality the NRA is put'near the only show in town. In for a penny ... in for a pound. :-)