OrangePwrx9
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Some interesting details on this gal. She and her husband escaped from an eastern European nation about 10 years before the iron curtain fell and made their way to Canada. They've done well there thanks to their professional training .
She's actually a good friend of my lady friend and often tells my lady that I am right to insist that she learn how to shoot and keep a firearm handy. She relates a tale from her youth in the 'old country' where some people (?) came to take everything they had and the only thing that prevented it was that her parents had a gun.
She also sees a lot of similarity between what is happening in this country now and what was happening behind the iron curtain 30 years ago. That's why, during her stays in FL, she is rather nervous about not having a firearm available. I assume that in Canada, her residence is well armed, though I haven't asked.
Point is, she has some experience with civilizational collapse scenarios and she sees something of that nature ahead for this country. This creates a dilemma for a law-abiding person in her position. To abide by the law is to go defenseless when law-enforcement breaks down. To prepare for the collapse, is to put one at odds with the law. Fact is all the laws quoted here won't be worth the paper they're on if there's no money to pay police salaries.
Anyway, cutting to the chase, she seems uninterested in longarms, though I've brought them up. Handguns are what she's familiar with and she'd like to practice with whatever she has. There is an indoor range nearby that lets folks shoot pretty much anything "up to .50 BMG", if you can believe that. I'm thinking something like a Remington New Army with a few spare cylinders could serve the purpose intended while giving her a reload capability (via cylinder swap).
BTW, thanks to all for the input to this point.
She's actually a good friend of my lady friend and often tells my lady that I am right to insist that she learn how to shoot and keep a firearm handy. She relates a tale from her youth in the 'old country' where some people (?) came to take everything they had and the only thing that prevented it was that her parents had a gun.
She also sees a lot of similarity between what is happening in this country now and what was happening behind the iron curtain 30 years ago. That's why, during her stays in FL, she is rather nervous about not having a firearm available. I assume that in Canada, her residence is well armed, though I haven't asked.
Point is, she has some experience with civilizational collapse scenarios and she sees something of that nature ahead for this country. This creates a dilemma for a law-abiding person in her position. To abide by the law is to go defenseless when law-enforcement breaks down. To prepare for the collapse, is to put one at odds with the law. Fact is all the laws quoted here won't be worth the paper they're on if there's no money to pay police salaries.
Anyway, cutting to the chase, she seems uninterested in longarms, though I've brought them up. Handguns are what she's familiar with and she'd like to practice with whatever she has. There is an indoor range nearby that lets folks shoot pretty much anything "up to .50 BMG", if you can believe that. I'm thinking something like a Remington New Army with a few spare cylinders could serve the purpose intended while giving her a reload capability (via cylinder swap).
BTW, thanks to all for the input to this point.
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