[Another-MA-Conservative]

"I'm not sure, but by posting this, you may have committed thoughtcrime in your state."

Ya know, that thought did cross my mind. It's weird; I feel like some sort of miscreant for even thinking about exercising my Constitional right.

"A .22 is a great way to start. You may want to give some thought to starting with a rifle rather than a pistol. Pistols are, by nature, less accurate than rifles."

Yeah... I don't mind a challenge though. This is actually what is steering me towards a .22 pistol - from what I've read, a .22 is supposed to be pretty easy for a newbie to develop accuracy with, by virtue of its light weight, light trigger pull, and soft recoil. Plus, that Beretta looks cool with a scope. ;-)

"And yes, you should join the NRA. In fact, do that right now."

I just did. NRA owes you a commission for a new member referral. :-)

[Redcloak]

Thanks for joining the NRA.

(By the way, don't feel guilty about throwing out the blizzard of mailers they'll send you now. We all toss them. In fact, I even heard Tanya Metaksa joke about them once.)