Firearm tattoo in 2 weeks

[wheelgunslinger]

I just don't understand. It's beyond me why anybody would get a tattoo. I could halfway understand it if maybe you were a Navy Seal or Army Ranger and wanted to commemorate that or maybe even if you climbed Mt.Everest but most of the tattoos I see are just stupid. I mean, are the girls really so into butterflies that they need one on the small of their back ? Are dolphins or barbed wire at the center of your universe ?
I know all the kids want one so they can show their individuality (like all the others that have them) but In 30 years, there are going to be a LOT of middle-aged adults around who are going to look mighty silly and wish they had never done it.
It doesn't affect me so go for it but trust me on this, you don't look at things the same way when you are 50 as you do when you are in your 20s so I would not get anything permanent.

Very good advice. Most people don't stop and think enough when they're getting tattoos and they don't bother to learn what a GOOD tattoo looks like with respect to artistic fundamentals, or what a shop should be doing to protect YOU from any kind of disease transfer.
Waiting a year to get one, interviewing artists and looking through their portfolios, and learning what sterile and clean really mean and how they should be applied to tattoo studios are all things to be learned before you get one.
There are a lot of really BAD looking barbed wire tattoos, tweety birds, dolpins, wolves, and butterflies out there. And, shows like Miami Ink (and now Kat VonD's new show...) don't help.

Give it time. Do your homework. Or, live with regret.