CelticCross74 Wrote:
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> WTF is wrong with an NRA bumpersticker on an FCPS
> employees car? Im no huge fan of the NRA but do
> know first hand their Fairfax HQ has the most bad
> ass firearms museum I have ever seen. The best CCW
> course in the country is given there its where I
> took mine back in 96. My CCW instructor was a
> freshly retired career Marine that had recently
> passed the bar and become a lawyer.
>
> The course was a couple of days. First day was
> this no BS Marine and legal professional laying
> down the MF law in your face the huge
> responsibility that comes with carrying a legally
> concealed firearm. Being a gun newbie at the time
> I chose as my first handgun a S&W model 640 .357
> Magnum, real sweet piece. Snub nose, thinner 5
> round cylinder with the hammer built inside the
> gun. The instructor called me an idiot to my face
> for choosing this make and model for my very first
> handgun.
>
> 2nd day was all day spent on the NRA HQ's
> fantastic firing range. The staff that ran the
> range where the most professional firearms
> instructors Ive ever seen. Being young and naive I
> chose the hottest hollow point .357 Magnum ammo I
> could find. First the instructors went over basic
> gun safety hands on with us then firing stances,
> how to properly hold your gun etc.
>
> Then we got to start shooting downrange. Im a
> pretty good sized guy and at the time strong as an
> ox. The reason the course instructor called me an
> idiot for choosing a snub nose .357 Magnum while
> also noticing my super hot full house Magnum loads
> became clear as day the second I fired off the
> first shot.
>
> The sound of the gun blast was deafening, the
> fireball that came out the end of the short .357
> Magnum barrell was so huge I thought it was going
> to blow back and engulf me in flames for a second.
> It recoiled so hard it kicked up into my forehead.
> Very humbling experience. Sold the Magnum years
> ago recently picked up a far wiser choice in the
> excellent S&W 9mm Shield.
>
> My point to the OP is GOOD theres an employee on
> the grounds that likely knows how to actually
> shoot his gun. Wouldnt bother me at all if this
> NRA "terrorist" secretly packs a piece on the job
> in case of a "Columbine" or ISIS
> situation....there absoloutely are kooks in the
> NRA but they are in the minority.
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