Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:48:45 -0400, HK wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:05:39 -0300, "Don White"

wrote:

wrote in message
ups.com...
On Sep 28, 12:48 pm, "Don White" wrote:
Note to all whacko preachers...leave your shootin' irons at
home when
travelling north of the
border...http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Front/914569.html
Hey, I worked in "Gunnersvull'. But why is the writer so
interested in
the church connection. Is there something there we are not
getting, or
is he just somehow trying to paint religeon/conservatives/guns etc
into one picture? Why was the mans occupation even noted, and
would
the story have been written if he was say a barber? Just
wondering,
the writer seems to indicate this type of seizure is not
unusual...
hummmmm...

Cultural thing I suppose. Up here, normal people wouldn't think
of carrying a firearm...let alone a church official.
No hunters or target shooters in Canada, huh? Wow, times have
sure changed
since my uncle took me hunting up there.

"Carrying" implies something quite a bit different than going
hunting or target shooting.

There may be others who carry a firearm, but hunters and target
shooters
also carry them. When I go to a pistol range, I carry the weapon.
If I go
hunting, I carry a firearm.
Of course, I may not fit someone's definition of 'normal' !


"Carrying" implies something quite a bit different than going
hunting or target shooting and "carrying" your firearm with you.


I think I know what you are talking about, and "carrying" might mean
"packing heat" to some criminal elements, but I really don't think
that is the way Don was using the term.


"Carrying" typically means carrying on your person a concealed firearm
for personal protection. In many states, you have to have a
state-issued permit to carry a concealed weapon in states that
recognizes your permit. I have such a permit.

I think that highlights the "cultural" issue Don was talking about. If
you don't have CCW permit, how does one bring the gun from the home to
the range? I would assume you keep the gun unloaded, with the bullets
in one place and the gun in another (seat in plan view and trunk), but I
am just guessing.







In your trunk, or in a locked box, with unloaded magazines. About as you
described.

Now, when I go out to the Shenandoah property, I wear my pistol in its
holster, "unconcealed," but my concealed permit is recognized by
Virginia. I wear the pistol open because of the reasonable chance of
encountering packs of feral dogs.

The pistol I typically carry out there is a SIG X5, with a capacity of
20 rounds. The gun is quite heavy for what it is, and mechanically very,
very fast, so firing off a lot of rounds in a hurry, even one-handed if
you have to, is not a considerable task. There's no real barrel flip.
You need that ability with attacking dogs, or with any large animal that
wants you for lunch.