I urged...

my friend Rail Claimore to get a pistol license before he left the south. Because he's going up north where the concept of self defense isn't so widely cherished or defended. what i'm trying to say, is in cities and in the north and on both coasts, the idea of defending ones self from a violent attack isn't always supported. frequently, the victim is prosecuted (persecuted) for defending his life. look up the case of bernard goetz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Goetz for a sad example. I did this becuase I wanted a precedent for him in case he wants to get one up north. He would have a previous record. He has hope (optimism?) that Illinois will pass CCW. I'm not so sure. I'll believe it when I see it. Meanwhile he can live in Wis. and tell Corrupt Mayor Daley and Gov. Blagejovich to go fuck themselves in their collective facist asses. check out this amazing story: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=69285

This talk actually accelerated his consideration to purchase a firearm. This rather quite surprised me. He worries about accidently discharging the weapon, and i've tried to convince him that that isn't that much of a worry for him. modern firearms are designed to not accidently misfire if you drop or handle them. You have to do a specific series of actions to discharge a fiream, even a revolver, and there are always tried and true "rules of firearm safety" that I teach ANYONE new who handles my guns. Then I watch then CAREFULLY to see if they're obeying the "rules of life" (or the "rules to keep on living"). As long as you respect the firearm and handle it in a safe manner, you've got nothing really to worry about. Think about treating guns like you would treat a table saw or a MIG welder. You don't fuck around, you don't play around, you respect the machine and you're CAREFUL. That's all. DON'T point it at anyone (unless you mean it), DON'T play around, have fun but be serious and BE CAREFUL. Other than that, knock youself out. Shootin' guns is FUN. (God, I LOVE shooting cans and jugs filled with water! The ULTIMATE PROOF of the statement..."I CAN")