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  1. Elkins45

    Lipsey special edition J frame in 38 and 32mag

    Has anyone seen one of the 32’s in a shop yet?
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    Kentucky Constitutional Carry Under Fire?

    We really don’t have one. Probably the closest thing was the group that worked to get the permit system www.kc3.com
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    Whittaker Guns closed

    Guns, optics, ammo and reloading were what kept the old store humming. His used inventory was huge and it turned over fast. There was something new every day. The last time I was there most of the non-gun stuff (or a functional equivalent) could be bought from Walmart or even Bass Pro for less...
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    Whittaker Guns closed

    I visited their shop a couple of years after Darrel's death and it was still going strong. I think what put them under was building the fancy new building. I guess they spent so much on it that they couldn't afford stock because every time I went they had fewer and fewer guns. The last time was...
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    Kentucky Constitutional Carry Under Fire?

    The Legislature we have now is essentially the same one we had that passed permitless carry. What makes you think they would change their mind?
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    Over heard at a local gun range.

    I choose not to participate in the panic. I participated in the surplus between the last two panics. Maybe if it gets really bad those old guys who hoarded 22 LR can finally sell the $40 boxes of Thunderbolts on their gun show tables. They’ve carted them back and forth so many times the paper...
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    Why I Think Open Carry Isn't Wiser than Concealed Carry (In Most Instances/For Most People)

    Open carry has been legal in Kentucky since long before I was born but I’ve never done it. Open carry draws attention. I don’t like attention. My opinion on open carry is like Bill Clinton’s claimed position on abortion: it should be “safe, legal, and rare.”
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    Is there any data on the number of guns owned per state, and/or the percentage/ratio of citizens/gun ownership by state?

    The state of Kentucky runs a NICS check on every permit holder monthly, or at least they did before we instituted permitless carry. That’s one of the reasons we used to always be near the top of those “most guns sold” scare lists some media outlets like to publish even though we aren’t...
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    I need a .40 S&W - Sig 229 (just thoughts)? or a Glock 23

    If you live in northern or central Kentucky I'll make you a heck of a deal on a P229 DAK police trade. I made a lowball bid on Gunbroker about 10 years ago and actually won the darned thing. My hands are just too small to find it comfortable.
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    I think our gun rights are about to come under heavy attack.

    It was a mass wounding, if that distinction matters.
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    I think our gun rights are about to come under heavy attack.

    The shooter was a minor and a prohibited possessor, so it’s hard to use him as an example of the need for new laws. When you add the additional factors that it was a handgun and the shooter was a member of a protected class then it’s not a surprise this one is being memory holed. I remember in...
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    Is Whether Or Not You Can Legally Carry The Deciding Factor On Where You Go?

    It influences my behavior but it does not control it. I like going on cruises and visiting tropical beaches in winter. I can’t take my gun to do that, so the destination overrules my desire to be armed. On the other hand, I have pretty much voluntarily exiled myself from most of the US states...
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    Firearm record at FFL on transfer

    Here’s a quote from that article: Until very recently, gun dealers were prohibited from using electronic, cloud-based computing systems unless the ATF granted them specific permission to do so. As a result, many records are on index cards, water-stained paper, or, in some instances, even toilet...
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    Can you enlighten me? My read was that the poster was lumping all those people in the same category as Askins the serial murderer.
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    That’s the most disrespectful thing I’ve read in a long time. You must really love Askins to be willing to make such an offensive comment in his defense.
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    The mob doesn’t think, it simply piles on.
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    That place is a cesspool and I generally try to avoid it. I’m frankly amazed that the Brownell family was willing to attach their good name to it.
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    Toward the end of his career, I read a review he did of some pistol, can’t remember what it was. The only thing I remember from that review was how much he hoped someone would try to steal his wife’s new car so that he could gun them down in the driveway with his new blaster. Those are not the...
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    I have nothing but respect for Ayoob because he has spent his career giving us the benefits of other peoples experiences via his reporting and breakdowns of defensive shootings. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I have little good to say about either Jeff Cooper or Charles Askins. My first...
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    What is the last gun that you bought?

    Ruger LCR in 327 Federal. Now I just need to find some decent SD ammo.
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