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What a handsome duo! Also: what were we thinking trying to raise a Vizsla in a condo in the city? Much (much!) easier somewhere with a yard, and where we can let him run big regularly.

Me and Raisin are very proud of you and Gus. You've worked your butt off training that dog, and now it's paying off.

Probably not. I was raised by this kind of person and I work with thousands of them (I'm an academic librarian). This kind of thinking isn't about facts, it's about beliefs. Even if you can get somebody to concede a point of fact, it won't change their beliefs (in this case, that 'guns are...

I agree with you, Geek (about the political nature of the misguided belief and the unfortunate concession). But anyhow, it's some small progress. I'll take my small progresses where I can get them.

update - progress Well, turns out that my friend did not know the difference between full auto and semi-auto, so a short explanation and that video worked. Next, I will work on getting her to a range . . . And, yes, I agree that it is neurotic to believe that an inanimate object is evil...

p.s. That was an excellent video! Very straightforward and unemotional. And the man looked and behaved like a nice dad, not, you know Ted Nugent (who I love, but is a little, uh, agro to pass along to antis).

thanks Thanks - good ideas here. I will pass the link to the video along. Thanks for helping me to think through the emotional logic of the 'mean looking' firearm. I'm married to ArmedBear and I'm so used to his collection of various and sundry hunks of metal that they don't look mean...

I'm avidly pro-RKBA, and can handle a firearm safely, but am not as well versed as most of you, and I'd like your advice in discussing RKBA. I try to regularly voice my opinions about firearms in a reasonable manner, and one that people who disagree with me can understand. Rather than falling...

Oh my, lots to think about. It frightens me that I am surrounded by people who do not see that governments are simply organizations of people, not God-annointed bodies, and that if something is wrong for an individual to do (e.g. theft or coersion), it is wrong for a government to do. I...

Hmmm . . . seems to me people have political conversations that don't directly relate to firearms on this forum, but perhaps I'm flat wrong. I don't see much difference between convincing people that one type of coersion is wrong (income tax) and another type of coersion is wrong (gun...

I'm sorry, I don't know what APS is. The "legal and political" section seemed appropriate to me, but I apologize if I was wrong.

For whatever reasons - demographics, chance, profession, I don't know - I have a number of friends and acquaitenances who vote Democrat. But now I'm starting to wonder whether it's an imperative to cut half of the country off from friendship, both in order to stay sane and because I find their...

I've been told by somebody with medical expertise (who shoots and whose 3 kids shoot, so it's not anti-gun paranoia) that a child's inner ear isn't developed enough for hearing protection to work until about 3-years old. Something about the ear function not being isolated enough for the sound...

well, hmmm, I guess that qualifies as more important :) Congrats, and here's hoping for an speedy and uneventful delivery!

ArmedBear is officially entering middle age! I'm thinking that driving out to the Yuma proving grounds on 5/20 would be a fun way to celebrate. We may head out on Friday evening and stay the night. Anybody want to come?

The bully breeds are often great with kids because, due to their breeding for fighting, they feel no pain - poke 'em in the eyes, pull their tail, they smile and wiggle. (I do have to add though I know none of you are this stupid: of course only an idiot would leave a dog alone with a small...

Is that the ONLY reason? We gotta talk, honey :rolleyes:

On Idaho and those danged Californians Wow, this is an intense conversation, and about more than just a State in the Union. A few words. I've lived in Oregon, Michigan, England, China (briefly), and the smallest town you've ever in Appalachian (SE) Ohio before I moved to Cali (for a job...

Hey there! It was a whirlwind trip, or I woulda looked you up. We saw: Boise, Meridian, Caldwell, Idaho City (loved that area), McCall (and stuff along the way - drove up the, uhm, 56? and back down through the National Forest through Horseshoe Bend). We didn't get to Parma, but we probably...

Gah - so I was basically just born a century too late. We just got back from Boise. All y'all that live there - I hope you realize, that ain't gonna be a small town for long. More moonbats are going to move in and there's gonna be low-grade war for a time. There's no telling who will...