On 2/22/18 9:22 AM, Tim wrote:

7:57 AMKeyser Soze
On 2/21/18 9:51 PM, wrote:

Everyone still seems to avoid the fact that this is a kid problem, not
a gun problem. When I was in K-12 lots of kids had easy access to
guns. We were hunting at 14 and this was within a mile of the DC line,
not wyoming. Nobody shot anyone. It was not even in our wildest scope
of thought.


It is a societal problem, exacerbated by the easy availability of most
high-powered firearms. Even in Maryland, there is no state background
check for a long gun, or even a waiting period. You just have to be 21.
And, of course, a long gun sale from one private owner to another in
this state doesn't require any state paperwork.

Tell you a secret. I got rid of my "high-powered" rifles, the Colt and
the Ruger, because they bored me. Basically, my target shooting is
limited to 100 yards unless I want to take a 2-1/2 hour drive out to the
Shenandoah. I don't need superfast, superloud .223 rounds and their
expense and noise to hit easily hit dead .targets at 100 yards or less.
A .22LR, a 9 mm, or a .357 MAG will do that job nicely.

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When was a .357 cheap and quiet to shoot?



A .357 MAG/.38 Special rifle like the one I have can be suppressed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1LrRIQzMHU&t=143s

I have a quantity of good .357 MAG brass ammo for which I paid 21 cents
a round some years ago when equivalent quality .223 was between 28 and
31 cents a round. Decent .38 Special ammo is about 16 cents a round.

I've got a suppressor on order that should work with my 9mm rifle and
..357 MAG rifle.

Of course, my .357 MAG revolver can't be suppressed, but I don't take it
to the range that often. It's my home defense firearm. As in, home
invader breaks in, comes after us, no way to escape, "Bang, you're dead."