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OK, I admit it. I'm a Reformed Liberal...in the I-campaigned-for-Dukakis-while-I-was-in-high-school mold. I bought the arguments for gun control at face value, (EXTREMELY flawed) reasoning that if gun access was more difficult, than there would necessarily be less gun crime. I was a dope, for certain. I was obsessed with the gangsters of the 20s and 30s, and thouroughly sure that if guns were harder to get, law and order would have prevailed. Of course, I now know that it's that exact reasoning that made all the gangsters their money through Prohibition...and continues to do so thanks to the DEA.
Anyway...I finally wised up. I read the Constitution for myself, without my Official Liberal Beer Goggles on...and lo and behold...I thought for myself...and realized how unconstitutional some things truly are.
Another part of my change was going into the military. I joined the Navy...and shot my first gun in Boot Camp. And to my surprise, I was pretty good at it and it was FUN!!! I got over my irrational fears, and got hungry. I shot my ship's M9s, M-14s, and shotguns for security quals (And trust me...if you can shoot a 5-inch 15-yd group on the fantail of a bucking flat-bottomed pig, you ain't half bad!!) Then, I deployed in peacetime on a ship carrying a SEAL Team...and they didn't use all their ammo...and wanted to shoot it up on the way back. MP-5s, M-1s, M-60s...I've been hooked (and shooting EVERYTHING the Navy would let me) ever since.
So...a couple years ago, I decided I wanted my own personal weapon. But, I was stationed in (and am from) California. And after researching what a pain it was to acquire a gun in Cali, I gave up for a while. Now, I'm in Texas...and I'm going to get something...I just don't know what yet. The choices available are staggering. So I started reading gunzines. But after a while, I realized that some reviews were less glowing than others, but they NEVER met a product they DIDN'T like...and that just can't be possible.
This is a long way of getting to saying "Thank You" to TGZ for helping me out by providing truly objective info. I feel like less of a "Kool-Aid Drinker" (in the generic sense, not just regarding Glocks) than at any other point in my life...and TGZ has been a big part of that in a short time!
Dave
Anyway...I finally wised up. I read the Constitution for myself, without my Official Liberal Beer Goggles on...and lo and behold...I thought for myself...and realized how unconstitutional some things truly are.
Another part of my change was going into the military. I joined the Navy...and shot my first gun in Boot Camp. And to my surprise, I was pretty good at it and it was FUN!!! I got over my irrational fears, and got hungry. I shot my ship's M9s, M-14s, and shotguns for security quals (And trust me...if you can shoot a 5-inch 15-yd group on the fantail of a bucking flat-bottomed pig, you ain't half bad!!) Then, I deployed in peacetime on a ship carrying a SEAL Team...and they didn't use all their ammo...and wanted to shoot it up on the way back. MP-5s, M-1s, M-60s...I've been hooked (and shooting EVERYTHING the Navy would let me) ever since.
So...a couple years ago, I decided I wanted my own personal weapon. But, I was stationed in (and am from) California. And after researching what a pain it was to acquire a gun in Cali, I gave up for a while. Now, I'm in Texas...and I'm going to get something...I just don't know what yet. The choices available are staggering. So I started reading gunzines. But after a while, I realized that some reviews were less glowing than others, but they NEVER met a product they DIDN'T like...and that just can't be possible.
This is a long way of getting to saying "Thank You" to TGZ for helping me out by providing truly objective info. I feel like less of a "Kool-Aid Drinker" (in the generic sense, not just regarding Glocks) than at any other point in my life...and TGZ has been a big part of that in a short time!
Dave