TGO David

Oh man. Death comes for all of us, but we sure could have used James Earl Jones for a while longer it seems.

You're talking about laser pointers, not dot optics.

I've helped a lot of people over that mental hump in the past 6-8 years. Once they saw what they could do with a dot, and how it improved their shooting with iron sights, they all admitted that their previous apprehension was unfounded. I shoot faster and more accurate with a dot than I ever did with irons, and I wasn't shabby with irons in the first place. I hope that we all can agree that speed with accuracy, or improved accuracy alone, are what we want from our defensive shooting abilities. You can't miss fast enough to win a gunfight, but you also literally have the rest of your life to get shots on target when the fight begins.

I realize there is a difference between intent and ability, but politicians have expressed the intent to "come for our guns" repeatedly. I believe them when they say they want to disarm us. Don't you?

It's all about revenge and control. Revenge is exacted through the legal system, but doesn't do anything to bring back the dead or heal the wounded. Punishing parents for the acts of their kids is something that shouldn't happen, in my opinion, but it is embraced by our society because people want to believe that harming someone is the reasonable recompense for being harmed. Eye for an eye. Punishing the perp is fine with me. Punishing a perp's family? Rarely is that justified. Control comes into the mix because there is a coordinated agenda at play to eventually disarm the American people. The risk any of us carries by owning firearms is that we must lock them up so securely that not even the most driven, committed thief can get them. The people driving the agenda want you to be so burdened by the consideration of risk that you choose not to own guns. They fuel that fear by crucifying parents when their kids do something like this. Ask yourself if a parent would be specifically attacked for making a fork or butter knife carelessly available to their kid if said kid took one to school and stabbed other kids with it. Of course not. Because it's about the tool and not about the person using it for a crime.

I'll send you a message. Thanks!

Please, no one take this as a statement of indifference or callousness toward those injured or the families of those murdered. I mourn with them, as we all do I am sure. That said, of course a school shooting happened during the run-up to the election. No conspiracy theory is needed to support my lack of shock, either. Sick people are going to do sick things to get attention during this time of increased attention by the media on things that are polarizing or triggering to the American people. Keep your collective head on a swivel, people. The months ahead are going to be interesting.

I see that "Biden" was quick to release a statement condemning guns, as usual.

Testing.

There have been enough advancements in the past few years that a person who hasn't revisited their carry-options in 10-years or more really ought to look at what is available today. Having 17-rounds of 9mm available in an optics-ready, micro-compact format like the Sig P365 Macro wasn't possible a decade ago. If you wanted 17-rounds and a red dot sight back then, you were toting a full-size pistol.

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Yep. Initial description lists it as "This is a full size Walther PDP Pro".

Lower 1/4" co-witness. Out of the way unless I need them.

Ah, you know... I had the same impression at first, but the overall width seems to be the same as a Glock 19. Besides, the ergonomics of the gun are so good that I would be willing to tolerate a little thicker slide if I had to.