Any avid handgun enthusiasts out there?

One of my regular fishing partners is extremely interested in all things related to firearms.  He has several hundred guns for all different purposes.  He's a safety instructor and does frequent accuracy and safety training classes at his club.  He also sponsors sighting in days.  As a former V.P. of a couple different manufacturers, he knows a lot of industry folks and gets them to come to the club to help members get the best performance possible from their firearms. 

If you're ever in my neck of the woods (northern Virginia), let me know and I'll try to get the two of you together.  My buddy loves nothing more than taking folks over to his club for some target shooting or practice.  Then we can go grab a burger and a brew somewhere afterwards. 

- Zurf

I have a 357mag. pistol,a 12gage shootgun and a winchester 30.06.  I enjoy shooting them all. I no longer hunt but I do enjoy target practice now and then. I used too hunt wild pigs,quail and some duck hunting. and would have too shoot a rattlesnake now and then.

I have a crossman 760 BB gun that I bought to scare away a raccoon that was making our front porch his home. I have a bad temper and I like to drink. I've stayed away from real guns for those very reasons. No doubt I'd be in prison and my kids would be without a mother (my ex) had I'd owned a real fire arm.

I am a stupid gun owner. I am stupid because i don't own any guns. I had a friend who was a gun dealer and I was going to buy my first gun until my fiance put the kibosh on it. I should have bought the gun and told her after the fact. Hence, Stupid Gun Owner.

IMO, the MOST responsible gun owners are those who do not own any guns because they know they shouldn't.  It's definitely not for everybody.

Thank you.  This sounds like one heckuva plan.  However, I don't foresee any trips to the area anytime soon.  I was born and raised in WEST (by God) Virginia, but have lived in the great state of Texas for the past 10 years.  I no longer have any close family in that area and no reason to travel there for work.

If and when I ever get back up that way, I'll give you a shout.  Thanks again.

Gotta Love the USA!
  One place where law-abiding folks jump the hoops and take the classes, get permits, and the criminals don't care.
Spent the Winter in Arizona, where they got it right... If you can Legally own a gun, you can Concealed Carry without any permit. There are exceptions for Public Safety However, gunpowder and alcohol don't mix so no firearms in Bars or Restaurants where alcohol is served.
  They have a lot of gun related deaths, but overall crime is down.  If there's a possibility Granny's Packin', it don't make sense to grab her purse!

The following is an actual 911 recording I heard on the news this last Winter:

An 83 year old lady that never fired a gun in her young life, took the safety class and bought a handgun to protect herself.

"911 what is your emergency?"

"There's a suspicious man in my back yard."

"I am dispatching Police to your location now."

"Thank You!.....  I think he's trying to get into the house!"

"Help is on the way Mam..."

"Don't you dare come in here!  I will shoot you! ... Should I shoot him?"

"Uh no Mam that wouldn't be a good  (BLAM!) idea, Police will be there shortly."

"He's still moving... should I shoot him again?"

"NO (BLAM!) !!"

"he's not moving.... I think he's dead.........................  I hope it's not somebody I know..."

LMAO!!!

Take Care;
Doug

Yeah, I heard some stories in my CHL course about those "may issue" states.  Typically when that gets challenged in court the plantiffs win because the courts rule that the county sheriff doesn't have the power to circumvent a law-abiding citizen's 2nd amendment rights just on a whim.  Until it gets challenged, though, it's not going to change. 

I was very suprised to learn that Texas wasn't a CC state until around 1996.  The weird part is that even before then (at least as early as the 1980's when I visited Texas for the first time) you could actually OPEN cary pistols that were manufactured in the 1800's.  This was a loophole in the law to allow old west re-enactors to do their thing without breaking the law, but it applies to everybody.  It's still allowed today.