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Welcome a whole new world of legality. It all depends on your city, county, and state. Check your state laws for transport restrictions in your car. The more restrictive states will require you to carry it unloaded in a container out of reach of the driver (I'm in Illinois, and this is the...

Don't forget sectional density, which incorporates both diameter and mass. There are multiple factors that interrelate. No one's published a "unified theory" as far as I've seen.

Be very careful. In Illinois, you can carry a hunting rifle or shotgun in your trunk, but only if it's enclosed in a case designed for the transport of firearms and unloaded. There's also some scary language in the law about going to or from hunting (in season), a private dwelling, or a...

Hey, to all the guys complaining about this, I find the pronunciation wars fascinating. I always want to be as correct as possible. Maybe it's because I.T. is an industry where precise terminology is a very good thing -- my geekery may be spilling over into my other hobbies. Now I have...

Not in Illinois, anyway -- can't shoot anything heavier than lead.

Complain to Wal-Mart corporate, not the vest at the counter. All they know is that their register asks rifle or handgun. There are tons of things that the register asks about, and they don't know the reasons why. Furthermore, there is no option but the two choices. So have a heart and tell...

You nailed it exactly. This law would implicitly say that we only trust you to have a firearm if you have resources. How expensive will it be? How expensive *can* it be *someday*? Will only millionaires have guns? What bothers me even more than the economic aspect is the attitude. I have...

Currently, it's my Taurus Tracker 627, 6.5" 357 Magnum: But, once I get it vetted on the range, this S&W 625JM in 45ACP will get promoted: -Jephthai-

I just picked up my brand-new from-the-factory S&W 625JM last night. It already has the drag line. The cylinder face is blackened from the test-firing at the factory (I assume!). I don't mind at all. When I got my first revolver, I was concerned about it. Then I realized that they all do...

Instead of: I was expecting: ...someone asks you what your favorite magazine is and you answer, "I prefer moonclips."

First of all, in my defense, they are plated in a copper-nickel alloy ;-). My point was more that pennies darken differently from other copper objects. I lived five years in the land of the (former) copper boom, and there you can get anything done in copper for culturally nostalgic reasons...

Is that why all those silly nickel-plated ones look as bad as nickels? Coins and guns experience different dirt-cycles. It would probably corrode green, which would be kinda cool. I don't know if the patina increases the thickness of the plating, though. -Jephthai-

This one was covered in another thread, actually. Here's the idea: Reloading a 5-shot revolver with a speedstrip means 3 separate motions -- load 2, load 2, load 1. If you do only four, then you cut the time it takes to do your reload by 1/3. If you're only going to do four, why load five...

I wouldn't even give it that much credit. This question has been argued by experts here and on other fora a thousand times. Instead of this long, drawn-out discussion that somehow hints that the warning shout theory might have any merit at all, it should be a few links to previous definitive...

Sistema1927 -- I think *I* can answer your questions from page 3. It's because the register tells them to ask those questions. Whether the cashier recognizes the causal link between how you answer and what age you must be is an exercise left for the reader. And there's no "both" option on the...

Wouldn't it just be amazing if they pass the assault weapons ban AND the concealed carry law in the same year? I can only hope this will go through. I'm not overly thrilled about the sheriff part, though -- doesn't sound like it's a "shall-issue", does it? -Jephthai-

I suppose the rationale would involve hand-waving around gun-running and interstate commerce. It also makes sure that at a higher level gun traffic goes through the FFL network, which generates better records. I would also wonder if it's easier to make laws under the auspices of regulating...

If I was in that class and heard about it ahead of time, I'd pack my own fake red gun. Then, when the cop came in I'd draw. Since it would be moving so fast and he wouldn't have time to identify it as a fake red gun (cf. first-hand accounts from everyone in the room above), he'd drop his silly...

This was where I kind of zoned out. This is where I started laughing. I guess this is an attempt to come up with an alternative solution other than "It's a fluffy social problem, and all of society is at fault when one of its members goes nuts with a firearm." These measures just make...

I'm not a professional by any means, but I use my wife's "light box" (or "light tent") to get better, diffused lighting and a cleaner background. You can read more about setting up a box like this out of common household materials at...