Soon can get things that go bang-bang!

[squirelawrence]

Passed the classroom portion of the NC Carry Concealed Handgun class today.  8 hours of instruction followed by 10 minutes of test - whee!

Which, since I already passed the range portion of the class, means that now I get to go hand in my application, get fingerprinted and background checked for something like the seventeenth time in the last 8 years, and hopefully then get issued my permit.  \o/

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[synecdochic]

\o/

Whatcha looking at getting?

[squirelawrence]

Heh - I'm old-fashioned. Thinking of picking up a 1911 .45, probably something like a Springfield Armory Loaded model. And then hoping to get a 1911 model chambered for .22 Long Rifle, as .45 ACP ammo is freakin' expensive. Even the cheaper ammo in .45 runs about $50-60 per 100 rounds, while .22 LR you can find for $80 per 2000 rounds.

And even if you go nuts and spend hours at the range, 2000 rounds is a lot of bang bang. Or plink plink, as the case may be.

[hilarytamar]

Oddly, the thought of you with a gun isn't actually any scarier than the thought of you without one. I suspect I think of you as armed and dangerous anyway – the gun is merely a detail of implementation. I have great respect for your ability to make [weapons | shelter | dinner for 12 | conversation | plans for world domination] out of, well, just about anything.

[squirelawrence]

You're so kind! My friend that I go shooting with says come the fall of civilization, I get to be in the shelter, as I can shoot, cook, spin, weave, knit, blacksmith, and generally be useful.

Never really been interested in world domination, though - one fairly small metropolitan area would do for me. Venice, say, or San Diego.