GAY GUN OWNERS (Miami Herald prints headline in all Caps)

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[El Gato]

But he's allowed his membership to the National Rifle Association to lapse since he heard about the Pink Pistols.

Shouldn't do that. Folks who belong to JPFO, GOA, CCRKB/SAF, and the Pink Pistols, should belong to as many other groups as they agree with or are interested in.

The Second Amendment is for all the people.

[El Gato]

You haven't heard about the sporterized, cut-down Garand pistol? Quite popular in certain quarters, I hear. :)

IIRC, some of the very early auto loading handguns were "charged" with a sort of clip. Don't know if the clip remained in the gun or not.

[El Gato]

I could be wrong but I'd think you'd need to be a pretty good sized dude to consider a .357 magnum as "light enough to carry on your ankle".

You're wrong.

Model 340
Caliber: .357 Magnum®/.38 S&W Special +Pv
Capacity: 5 Rounds
Barrel Length: 1-7/8"
Front Sight: Pinned Black Serrated Ramp
Rear Sight: Fixed Notch
Firing System: N/A
Grip: Hogue Bantam
Trigger: .312" Smooth Target
Hammer: Internal
External Safety: N/A
Frame: Small - J Frame Rd
Finish: Matte Stainless/ Grey
Overall length: 6-5/16"
Material: Scandium Alloy Frame, Barrel Shroud and Yoke,
Titanium Cylinder, Stainless steel barrel liner
Weight Empty: 12 ounces
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Weight approximately doubles when fully loaded. A coworker has one. Firing it with .357 loads he describes as "bang .... ouch", :) He practices with .38 spl, but carries it with .357 JHP loads.

[El Gato]

You are actually saying that if I am at home with my family and someone breaks in my house that I cannot shoot them?

No, he's telling you not to move the body. That's evidence tampering. Wether you can shoot them or not depends on the laws in your local jurisdiction and the details of the situtation.

In Texas you can shoot 'em, under most circumstances. Even if they are merely trying to break in. You can even shoot 'em if they are running off with your audio system or computer. Althought the later course of action is not recommended due to possible (likely!) civil action.

Reminds me of a situation that occurred in my home town sometime not long after I left. An old gal, nickname "Bloody Mary", but really a nice old gal, if people left her alone, woke one night in her semi-rural farmhouse to find an intruder coming through a window. The drifter from out of town apparently thought the house, which did not have electricity, was unoccupied. He found out differently, when she blew his head clean off with a 12 gauge shotgun. No charges, although after that her relatives insisted she not live alone any longer, and truth be told the affair pretty much unhinged her. And that wasn't even in Texas!.

[Bob]

I stand corrected. Thanks for the info. I never would have imagined a .357 magnum that small. Sweet.

[FreedomPoster]

They've been around for quite a while. One of the better general-purpose gun forums used to have a big pink pistols presence. They probably still do, but I don't know, I haven't spent much time there in the last few years.

http://www.thehighroad.org/

[Shooter 2.5]

I'm glad you were able to check it out. I have a little prior knowledge on a Smith and Wesson "Bodyguard". It's small and with defensive loads has quite a bit of recoil. I took a video of my son as he fired and frame by frame his gun flipped up at almost a forty five degree angle. He didn't know it did that until he saw the video. I have no idea what the Scandium frames are like and I'm hesitant to find out.

[Shooter 2.5]

I stopped posting over that after they had a fight with the dummy underground. There are a lot of gun owning dems posting there now.

[Libloather]

"I love this one, because the bullets just fly out."

Practice safe gunslinging. Wear protection...

[Tom Thumbs]

IIRC, some of the very early auto loading handguns were "charged" with a sort of clip. Don't know if the clip remained in the gun or not.

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I think that some|all Mauser "broomhandle" pistols used a clip, but I don't believe it was ejected.

[Major_Risktaker]

I thought mentally ill people couldn't own firearms.