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[MOPanfisher]

The only thing I have ever been asked is my age,  (LOL not recently though).  Although when I would buy .22 LR ammo they would ask if it was for a handgun,  I would always answer nope its for my machine gun.  Only once did that ever interest any of the checkout folks.  Only reason that asked that was because handgun ammo required you be 21 yrs old, rifle ammo was 18 yrs.  Whatever.  Heck I buy powder, bullets, primers, loaded ammo etc.  nobody asks me anything except how I want to pay.

[jdmidwest]

2 months into Constitutional Carry, no major gun battles in the streets.  I have not seen a story involving a concealed carry problem.  Looks like it is going to work as planned.

Responsible people acting responsible.

[fishinwrench]

3 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

2 months into Constitutional Carry, no major gun battles in the streets.  I have not seen a story involving a concealed carry problem.  Looks like it is going to work as planned.

Responsible people acting responsible.

Well kinda.

In my little corner of the world I know of 2 accidental discharges so far.  One inside a pawn shop, and another at the gas pumps. Nobody dead (thankfully) but there was blood and ambulance rides involved.   Neither incident made the news.  Kinda hard to believe these were the only two incidents in the state.

[jdmidwest]

Those could have been trained and licensed. AD's can be lowered by using guns with better safeties. I have never been a fan of safe action triggers, they can snag on something and go off. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Hammerless revolvers are the only way to go for me

[BilletHead]

   Hammers are Ok. No way of accidental firing coming out. Maybe going back in. If you get into a bad a situation where you have to pull it out it should be empty before you need to put it back .

  BilletHead

[MOPanfisher]

I have been wanting a little Taurus M85 all steel (not a lightweight) revolver in .38 spl., stainless.  Something that conceals easily, takes up little space in my console, can slip it into a IWB holster and it disappears.  Like the revolvers better than a small autos.  It would be one of those things that are always around, shot fairly often in practice and likely (hopefully) never under duress.

[JestersHK]

I think I missed out on most of this thread.  It's def an interesting topic.  I get both sides of the argument.  I've had CCW since it was first allowed here.  I also felt the training was just a checkbox, and some of the folks in my particular class frightened me to think they would be out there carrying when some could barely understand the manual of arms on their own weapons, missing the target at 7 yrds, etc. 

 I've taken a few defensive pistol classes and learned to shoot with my off hand, from a draw, and try to shoot regularly to keep my handgun skills sharp, but I know that doesn't make me a hardened battle veteran...  These were decisions I decided that I needed to take in order to be proficient with my firearm if I was going to carry one. 

In 10 years I've only ever been in 1 situation where escalation to a point the safety was off has happened, and thankfully that turned out for the better.

Agree with the need for training and education... Also agree that once our rights begin to be stripped away its a slippery slope...  

[jdmidwest]

Learning to shoot with the off hand is a tough one.  When Doc attacked my right arm with a surgical procedure, I did not have a choice.  I was left with weak left hand and not another. I soon found out Smith and Wesson had prepared the pistol for me, the safety on the 6906 is on both sides.  Reloads are tough one handed.  Same issue with a revolver, they can be shot easily with either hand, but designed to reload with a right hand.  And it opened up both my eyes to shooting instead of the old one eye sight picture.  I was not as accurate, but defensively functional.