Grayfox54

Some folks like to use the off hand to guide the gun back into the holster. Commonly laying the hand on the top of the slide near the muzzle. I admit my own guilt in this until I finally broke myself of this bad habit.

I LIKE IT!

My youngest is 38 and I don't have any grandkids yet. So I guess I don't have a dog in this fight. I really don't care who pays for it or just how they go about it. I just want our kids to be safe in school. Quit arguing about it and get something done.

I grew up in a camping family. When my sons were younger I spent 12 years as a Boy Scout leader. You bet your azz I can start a fire! One should always carry a pocket knife and a lighter. With these two most basic of tools, a smart man can survive darned near anything.

Since the invention of the printing press, journalists quickly learned that its not so much what you say as how you say it. Its easy to manipulate the facts to whatever end you desire without telling a lie.

I never understood why they made the Wranger with fixed sights in the first place. Any decent .22 just begs for adjustable sights. I have a Wrangler. Stumbled across it at a very good price. Couldn't pass it up. I've never shot it. I keep telling myself it'll go on the next range trip, but it just hasn't made it. Now I'm thinking about leaving it unfired, selling it and getting one of these instead.

'Bout damned time!

I'll be 69 next Monday. I am genuinely surprised I've made it this far. God, fate, destiny or whatever powers control our lives have tried to bump me off twice. I guess I'm just too stupid and ugly to die. It ain't the years, its the mileage. My odometer has rolled over at least twice.

Darnest thing I've ever seen. I can only guess something hit the frame hard while the slide was all the way back. I'd be curious if you could get some more info on this.

They say that with age comes wisdom. However, I've found that quite often age comes all alone.

Always good to see another Bartlett member.

AH HA! Just as I suspected. GEEZERS RULE!

I found a gun at Bud's I wanna buy. This would be the first time I've needed a transfer done in several years. Just found out my old guy retired and don't do them any more. The only place open today is Top Gun. I gave them a call and they charge $75 + Tics. Who are other Memphis folks using and what's the usual charge these days? I'm in Bartlett, so I'd prefer something in my general area.

Notoriously inaccurate. You can't hit nothing with these things.

I have a birthday coming up soon and its made me wonder if the geezer factor on this forum is as high as I suspect it is.

You can't. This is something that can only be taught one on one by word of mouth. Encourage all your friends to take a better interest in their children's lives. The best thing you can teach your children is that they CAN come to you with their troubles. Then you advise not judge.

^^ THIS ^^ Kids need to interact with others and learn social skills. For some its difficult. Parents need to encourage this interaction and talk to their kids if they seem to be having problems. That's part of the problem. Too many parents just think of school as a babysitter and have no interest in how their kids are doing. Take a real interest in your kids. Ask them how their day was, encourage a response and actually listen. Parenting is becoming a lost art. We need to start there.

SRO ain't as easy as you think. Our schools are full of guns, drugs, rivalries and wanna be gang bangers. The SROs I used to know loved the job, but it kept them busy.

I'm right there with ya, but I am by no means a mental health expert. I wouldn't even know where to begin. And that right there is the gist of the issue. Trying to deal with the current mental illness epidemic would be very complex and expensive. Nobody, especially the politicians, wants to be bothered by it. Then there's that whole woke thing where you might accidentally hurt somebodies feelings. Nope, its just so much easier to blame the gun. That's the easy answer. That's exactly what the antis have been doing for years and they aren't interested in the truth.

As defined by Lewis Grizzard. Naked: you ain't got no clothes on. Nekkid: Not only have you got no clothes on, but you up to sumthin!

If I went hiking naked and some critter saw me, I'd get arrested for animal cruelty!

TFA is a fine organization working hard to protect our rights here at home. I can't even remember how long I've been a member. At least 25 years as best I can recall. I'm still a member of the NRA. I'm not at all happy with their current state, but I do still pay my annual dues. However, I won't give them one penny more until LaPierre is gone and they straighten up. I keep my membership because they are still the big boys on the block and because the politicos and antis are watching the membership numbers decline. That could affect their influence in Washington.

Most likely a Muskrat. Possibly a beaver.

Not as long as they stay peaceful. Like it or not, they have constitutional rights too.