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[VegasBusinessWoman]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

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@VegasBusinessWoman wrote:

I have a little Keltec.  It is convenient but it  just never fit my hand just right.  Thinking of getting a Lady Remington.  I need to sharpen my skills because I want to qualify for a concealed carry.

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@VegasBusinessWoman , around here all you need for concealed carry is to pass a backgrouond check.  We are also an open carry state with absolutley no requirements for that.  There's occasionally a bill introduced to make the state just a carry state, but I'm against that.  I don't mind forking over a few dollars a year to the Sheriff's office for my CC permit.  I know a law won't keep unlawful concealed carry, but I do think it should be in place.

I've been around guns all my life, but I did take a gun safety course several years ago, just because.  That's when I learned I really didn't care for semi-automatics.  I think everybody that keeps a gun, especially for self protecction, should practice using it regularly.  

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@Icegoddess  In Nevada you have to demonstrate your ability to handle a gun.  You also have to have taken a gun safety course, which DH and I did years ago.  I need to get out to the range more.  DH and I used to go together regularly, but since he has been so ill, he can't go anymore.  Gotta get together with a couple of my gal pals and go out to the gun park now that the weather is getting nicer.  Still want to replace that Keltec with something else.

[Icegoddess]

@VegasBusinessWoman I wish I had some lady friends to go to the range with.  I get a little nervous with my husband.  He goes all the time with a friend, almost on a weekly basis.  

[NicksmomESQ]

 Guns scare me.I would never be able to do that.I've never even held one.

[haddon9]

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

 Guns scare me.I would never be able to do that.I've never even held one.

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@NicksmomESQ   You're not the only one!  I've also never held a gun.  I guess it's also how you've been raised.

[SuhseK]

I am so not a gun fan! 

And it's probably well and good for the best, since I AM, a true klutz!

[Icegoddess]

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

 Guns scare me.I would never be able to do that.I've never even held one.

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@NicksmomESQ nothing wrong with that.  It's good that you know that about yourself rather than think you need to get a gun for protection and then not learn how to handle it as many do.  

[dex]

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

 Guns scare me.I would never be able to do that.I've never even held one.

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Me too.I am terrified to shoot but I have held one.My dh was a cop 🚓 and once when he was away I was awakened during the night and grabbed the gun and went room to room sticking it in the door ahead of me.Mu dh told me that a person could have just grabbed the gun and used it against me.That was the only time I touched that gun.

[Icegoddess]

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@dex wrote:

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

 Guns scare me.I would never be able to do that.I've never even held one.

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Me too.I am terrified to shoot but I have held one.My dh was a cop 🚓 and once when he was away I was awakened during the night and grabbed the gun and went room to room sticking it in the door ahead of me.Mu dh told me that a person could have just grabbed the gun and used it against me.That was the only time I touched that gun.

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Oh, that is not the time to handle a gun for the first time or to find out that the safety is on or that a bullet had not been loaded into the chamber (different than the gun being loaded).  And then walking around the house trying to find the intruder?  

I keep mine next to the bed.  It has no safety, so I leave the first chamber empty just to guard against accidentally pulling the trigger when I'm pulling it out.  I have no plans to go searching through the house.  The bed is my place to set up and aim for the doorway.  If I have the time, I can open the window for an escape route, but I'll guard my castle from the bed.  There are no children in the house, but we do keep it in a gun safe that is attached to the leg of the bed by a cable so it doesn't get stolen. It's a big wooden Bob Timberlake bed, so someone is not just lifting that leg up to get the cable off.  

[Kalli]

I recently purchased my first gun, an M&P 380 Shield EZ. Recommended by my brother as being easier to use. I have to wait for warmer weather, then he’ll start giving me lessons. 

I’ve done a little target practice but honestly, I’m a true beginner. So I’m looking forward to learning. I don’t know if I’ll ever do more than shooting at targets but it will be interesting and my brother is the best person to teach me.