Recent content by 3fgburner

The other quotes are genuine. This "Washington" one is bogus.

My brother and I were a couple of years behind our cousins, on the gun front. We were 8 and 6 when we got back from overseas, and finally got the first trip to the gravel pit. I got my first BB gun that Christmas. Following year, brother got his first and I got an upgrade.

One year, I bagged two giant teddy bears in the same day. Got lucky on one, then realized if I got one for my niece, I had to get one for my nephew as well. Took about 2 more tries to do that. I've never done it again.

Not a lawyer, and not from NY, but I've heard (I think here on THR), that NYPD explicitly refuses to recognize the Firearm Owner's Protection Act.

Actually, in VA it's legal to CCW with permit on college campuses. Private schools can prohibit, but that's the private-property / trespass thing. Public schools can't, except for VCU which has an actual General Assembly-passed regulation. Where they get you is that if you work for them or go...

51% YES 49% No.

I work 3 blocks from a hoomeless shelter, an one from a liquor store. I'll actually pull out my wallet, rummage through it, and hand the guy an AA wallet card. Never get asked for anything again, by that panhandler.

Don't know if these qualify as "weird": 2-pdr Coehorn mortar 12mm / .472 cal wheellock pistol.

Other... Specifically, 9x18 Makarov.

May I suggest Pool Cues, Beer Bottles, and Baseball Bats, by Marc "Animal" MacYoung? It has some interesting comments.

That scene was at the beginning of the book. Felix is in his friend's office, and showing of his new piece. The target's a paperweight, parked on a table next to a wall with a bunch of burn-marks from earlier target practice. There IS a duel, later in the book when Felix and Phyllis are out...

Add me to the P-38 (steel) or P-1 (alloy) crowd.

Right between the shoulder blades. At least twice. Followed by a head shot.

5 rounds of #1 buck in the magazine, chamber empty. Gun's a Mossberg 500 with 18-1/2" bbl.

FEG PA63, usually. Round chambered, hammer decocked, safety off.