Just a quick heads up. A couple months ago I stumbled upon an artist who has absolutely blown my mind. Her name is Leerone, think Amy Lee from Evanescence only with meaningful lyrics. Although I hate to compare to anyone.

http://www.leerone.com/gallery/events_download.php

I can't quit listening to "Care for Some Whiskey" and "Life Can Be". Please give this girl a shot, she's amazing, and you know it's true because I said it.

Confused.

How delicately can you unwind the strands of the heart?

How gentle can your fingers be once that delicate web is woven?

Hand Gun Selections II.

4) Fit. The gun must fit you as a person, on a personal level, personally (clear enough?). There are also several types of "fit" that must be considered. I would think the 1st would be grip, does the gun fit your hand? A retired-marine-turned-LEO friend of mine has massive mits, I would have a hard time seeing him run a Ruger LCP well. The grip is tiny! (The whole gun is actually) Whereas my stepmother, who has tiny hands, may have trouble getting a proper grip on a full size 1911 or N-frame S&W. I may be wrong, they both strike me as the type of people to do well regardless of nagging details like this...but for the rest of us, you will be best served by a gun that fits you properly. 2nd type of fit would be those of us interested in a CCW. I will go back to my previous examples, my stepmother would have to be very choosy in getting a gun that she could effectively conceal on her slender frame, and the law is very clear about keeping the gun concealed at all times. Where as a larger muscular framed 6ft 6 behemoth could pretty much pack an X frame revolver or a FN FS2000 discreetly. That last bit may have been an exageration, but not by much. :p (By the way, if I lose you, I assume you know how to use google) This seems pretty basic but it's a matter I think many people over look.

5) Price. This one looks easy but its not. In fact I'm about to contradict myself a few times. You are purchasing a potentially life saving tool. DON'T BE A MISER! The money you spend will pay huge dividends later. You want a quality gun made by a reputable company who is willing to stand behind their product. This does NOT mean you must spend $2200 for Kimber SIS with laser grips and backscratcher. For example Hi-Point fire arms, perhaps one of the most controversial firearm manufactures known. They make inexpensive, but reliable, pistols. No flash, no pizazz, no style, no frills. Just a simple polymer framed blow back design semiauto. It has gotten very good reviews from some very knowledgeable people in their field. And I personally have used one several times, we only had 1 fail to feed issue but a quick buff with an emory cloth on the feed ramp and a quick adjustment of the "wings" on the clip and the gun ran flawlessly since. Not to mention it is accurate (1.5" at 15' is certainly passable).

To be continued.. (life often gets in the way of srs bsns. )

6) Commitment.

7) Safety

8) Utility

As I said..

.. a refreshing change of pace. In a world with so much hate and ugliness it makes me feel super human to bring something so beautiful in to it.

Some 'Nuts.

Several of my adoring fans have been clamoring for my "Peanut Gallery". First I think I will define a few terms used in the previous statement. By several I mean one, and by clamoring, well that's obviously unsolicited. Bring on the peanuts! Here are a few of them, yes some are rather crude and possibly offensive. The angry peanut started back in high school in my Government / Economics class (yes that's right these two subjects are so obviously unimportant they cram both into 1 semester, a pithy 9 weeks each) taught by Ms. Maravich. Nate ***** and I were often the last two picked for partners (also gym) so we collaborated often. One assignment had us scrambling to finish a poster that detailed the effects of supply and demand. We drew a giant peanut. Shrug.

I have more and I'll share them when I have enough for a full post. That means dont hold your breath. If you have trouble reading any of the captions dont trouble yourself, it isnt worth it.

Hand gun selections.

Please see my disclaimer below. (search keyword disclaimer)

I have been asked a few times from different people "what handgun is best for me." This very question has been asked to fire arm professional 100's of time. While I am not an industry leading expert, I can read. More importantly I can compile. I thought I would post the list of considerations a person must look at when purchasing their firearm. These arent in any particular order.

1) You must consider what the fire arm is to be used for. I have a .22lr for target/sport shooting. It is a very good source of cheap recreation and its good to practice sight alignment, trigger control, and other fundamentals. It is not, however, general considered a good self defense tool. Although most experts agree something is better than nothing.

2) Caliber. I don't think any one factor causes more controversy in firearm discussions. The general rule is: Get the largest caliber firearm you can control, and get solid hits time and again. For me that may mean a .357mag (Ill come back to this) but for some one of smaller stature that may mean a .40 s&w, perhaps even 9mm. I would not consider any caliber smaller than a 380 for personal defense. The biggest gun in the world wont do you any good if you cant hit the target. But as I said previously anything is usually better than nothing.

3) Your location. I said some one like me would be able to fire a .357 mag accurately and consistently but that doesn't mean it would neccessarily be my 1st choice. One word: overpenetration. After a legal shooting a few things are going to happen one being that you are going to go to court and you are going to have to explain every single shot you fired. That's going to be a very bad situation if your .357mag or .44mag went throught the badguy (who you may have been legally entitled to use deadly force against) through the window and out into little Johnny who was riding his bike down the street. Even if you dont hit some one, a cival trial for property damage would be bad enough. (Begin Tangent 1)There are several types of amunition that can help prevent this frangible ammuntion designed to fragment and disperse upon impact, or hollow point bullets. Let me get one misconception out of the way conscerning hollow point bullets, they are not "cop killer" bullets. In fact they are nearly useless against the body armor most of our law enforcement professionals use. That was a media campaign launched by anti gun activists. You can do your own research into that. Hollow point bullets expand upon impact helping to disperse its energy. This does two things, increases stopping power against an assailant and reduces the likelyhood of the bullet over penetrating.

To be continued!! (I need to fix dinner)

4) Fit.

5) Price.

6) Commitment.

7) Safety

8) Utility

DONT SUE ME IF YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

Ill be sure to link back to this in any post that gives advice that should be tempered with common sense. Please read my full disclaimer below.

Information on this web site should be used as a guide only and should not be relied upon as the sole source of information relating to its content. Additional sources of information may be listed herein. No warranty, either express or implied, is made with respect to the information contained herein. Neither the author nor anyone, but you is responsible for any loss, inconvenience, damage (whether special or consequential) or claims arising out of the use of the information contained on this site.

In other words, I encourage you to obtain your firearm education and information from as many sources as possible. No one source can provide you with all of the information you may need to be a safe and competent shooter.

Welcome.

I am excited to finally join the blogosphere! (Do people actually even use that meme anymore? I may as well have called this internet thing the Information Super Highway right?) Im excited because of an epiphany I had the other day: My opnion matters more than yours. At least to me, which is all that matters. Snide snobbery aside, I needed a place to link to from various social networking sites, as well as a creative outlet aside from peanut drawings.