bersaguy

I have a Dr. Appt in down town Nashville at 10:30 and I am hoping because its's a holiday traffic will be lighter than normal. Once can only hope!!!!

I have a budy looking at buying one of these. Any pros and cons about the gun would be very appreciated. Thanks Bersaguy

I know this is a little off the topic but it does involved a mass murder. The Colorado Theater shooter was found guilty of 12 dead and something like 57 injured and his sentence is. On August 24, Holmes was sentenced to 12 consecutive life sentences, plus 3,318 years in prison, without the possibility of parole. A sentence like this is nothing more than allowing him to live a life knowing he go away with his crime and Taxpayers will keep him healthy and happy for as long as he lives. The Sentence is a Life Sentence so why is it not carried out in 30 days or less and give him a short life??????

That is how the program use to work. There was restrictions on what could be bought on them. I have no clue when it changed.............

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Back several years ago I brought up that exact point about putting veterans in all the schools to protect our children and everyone thought it was a bad idea. Said you couldn't trust them not to go over the edge. I said Bull crap but no one seemed to like my idea back than. One thing is for sure. A vet knows the sound of gun fire and he won't run from it but he will run towards it. I still like the idea whether other folks do or not...............JMHO

I have read most all the posts in this thread and many of them touch on the fact of security at what ever facility is being effected whether it be a school or the Pulse Nightclub or even the theater in Colorado. In each case they were gun free zones except for the Pluse Nightclub which bascially was when the shooting began because the security office was the first person killed. The theater in Colorado was the only gun free movie theater in that Colorado town that was chosen. Until the State Local and Federal Govenments do away with the Killing fields ( Gun Free Zones) these issues will continue. I have heard many people say that our children are our most valuable asset in our future. How about proving that! How about putting actual real security in each and every school to protect our most valuable assets????? 1 police car parked in front of a school is not security. 1 resource officer is not school security! 1 Security Officer in a nightclub is not security. They are the 1st target!!!!! .................JMHO

Squeeze your gun hand till it hurts and then your tight enough. After a while it becomes second nature how hard you need to squeeze your grip. Time at the range will only help that. Been there and done that..............

Well, I am not weight challenged but I am truck challenged and there are just some days that old Ford truck shows up more often than others and thing is I never know when it decides to show up. I use to never mind parking and walking and would not now but with ths most recent precedure being done and I'm a tad short winded right now anyway I think I think I will used the Valet parking. One look at my old Jeep and they won't bother looking for anything to steal........LOL

I took my test with my first Bersa Thunder but only after I have run about 1000 rounds down range with it and adjusted it to shoot the way I wanted it to shoot. I felt totally confortable when I stepped into the range. I did kind of feel sorry for Chad and that old man but I'm guessing the old man could shoot pretty good by the tme Chad got done with him........

I never understood why anyone would buy a firearm and never shoot it and sell it and then regret sellng it...........

He got 1 shot in the 2 years he hunted them and he was up a tree hanging by his legs and 1 arm and shot the ho at about 8 feet away and he had got all the hog hunting he wanted right then and there..................

My Little brother use to go up to a place called Catoosa hog hunting back years ago and he was using a Black Hawk 44 mag to hunt with. He killed one his second year but shot it from up a tree after the Hog Treed him and that was his last time going.

I have pretty much thought the same way Mac. I figured their tips was probably half or more of their income and I still believe that to be true in the case of Waitresses, Waiters and Valet parking at the fancy clubs but the lady at the hospital I spoke with said that they are paid by the hospital but then again the workers in resturants are paid to but it is like 25% of Minimum wage per-hour and the rest is tips. I will probably go with the weather on how much between 3 & 5 bucks. I do know they park inside as I got to watch them the other day while waiting on my daughter. Gosh making decisions today can be hard...................

Thanks HP for all the great advice on the parking issue and Valet uses. As I have gotten older I don't enjoy walking as much as I use to for more than about 50 feet so that was my main reason for asking. Back in 1978 when that truck pinned me between it and a wall it fractured both of my Pelvis's along with about 60% of the other bones in my body the doctor told me back then that I would heal fine because I was young at age 30 but I would remember that truck with every step at age 50. Well, the doctor missed it by about 5 years. It was 55 years old when I began to remember that truck and now at age 70 I feel it every time I stand up so I have a couple choices the way I see it. I can lay around and let it whip me by feeling sorry for myself or I can grit my teeth and get up and go. Normally I grit my teeth and deal with it but with just having a triple by-pass I think I will let the Valet park my old jeep for me this time.......

I just spoke with the Doctors nurse to confirm my appointment and while I had her on the phone I asked he about the charge for Valet parking and she said it is free and the valets are paid by the hospital so I guess it is a tip thing like you said. Pretty much like a waitress in a resturant. I will make sure I have tip bills with me when I go cause I think it will be much easier on me than the alternative.................JMHO

I've never used them before so don't know what is a good figure to give them. I know they stay very busy there. I stood there watching them work while waiting for my daughter to get parked and it took her about 10 minutes to find a space and another 10 to walk to where I was at waiting for her and those young men parking cars never slowed down and the longer I waited the longer the line of cars got for them to park them. I just don't think I am up to doing all the looking for a parking place and then maybe having to walk a mile + just to get to the doctors office. As far as bad weather like freezing rain or Snow. The doctor won't be seeing me that day!!!!

The thought of Nasville Traffic is one of the headaches I will be facing with the followup visits to my doctor. He is located at 24th and Patterson at Centenial Doctors Pavilion next to the hospital and parking in a total nightmare. I would just use Valet Parking but don't have no clue how much it costs.?????

I have not been buying anything new recently and still have my Bersas but need to just burn some powder through them and then take them down and clean them. Have not been since I lost my shooting buddy BT last February and have not been in the mood to go but another buddy of mine said he would like to burn some powder so when Doc turns me loose we are going.

I do to soon as my doctor will turn me loose so I can go back to the range and burn some powder.

Our instructors Chad had the patience of a Saint when we got down into the range. There was on elderly gentleman that came to take the test. He had a brand new S&W Snub 38spl still in the new box and he had never fired the gun. Everyone else had completed and where back in the class room and an hour and 10 minutes Chad and the Gentleman came back into the class room and he had passed the range test, three boxes of ammo later...........LOL Chad was determind to have a perfect class and he did.

When I took mine the requirements where the same as yours. I shot 98% with my first round being head high 3 inches right. The next rounds all center mass. When the instructor was grading my target I saw a slight grin on his face and he looked up at me and said Lawyers Bullet and I just smiled and he graded it at 98%. They have made it a little harder to pass the shooting session than when we were shooting at them but since then I have downsized my targets to printer paper targets to keep up with whats going on with the classes. I will be glad when doctor turns me loose so I can get back in the range but he says 3 more weeks minimum.

Don't cut yourself short HP!!! I'm guessing he still puts his pants on one leg at a time...........JMHO

I don't know buddy but I do know one thing and that is they had someone watching over them cause I was getting ready to sending hot lead down wind soon as I saw the first weapon be a knife or a gun and just so happened that day I had the 85 and not the Thunder so had double stack 14 +1 with me in my hand and not 6+1. Thing is I don't think any of them were much over 12 or 13 years old except maybe to driver cause he had face hair but the rest of these where children!!! It would not have made me think any different about my actions to defend myself but I am sure these were just kids!!!!

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