Firearm EDC among Becker Users

BaldingEagle said:
Oregon, I appreciate your candor, but I personally don't want to wait on the police to arrive while I'm being held up in the WalMart parking lot, or my family being taken hostige during a home invasion. As for fire power, I carry a Smith & Wesson Scandium framed 1911 45 ACP. It feels good to me.
Cheers
Balding
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I'm just philosophcally oppossed to the concept of firearms, i mean don't guns kill people?
 
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C'mon guys, he has FAL in his username for goodness sake. :o :D
 
Oregon you shit head....LOL

I don't EDC a gun much, usually only camping or when I'm going somewere that might get crazy.

But I do always have a good sharp knife on me
 
Maybe not scare me, frighten is a better way of putting it.
 
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smoakie976 said:
I don't carry right now, but have been looking into getting my CCW and a Glock 23. A guy I work with told me to get a S&W Sigma, cheap and reliable he said and easy to carry, what do you guys think of those?
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Are you a novice shooter smoakie? If so, my advice would be to go to a well-stocked gun store and find a salesman who will spend some time with you letting you handle various weapons. While he's explaining the features, he can be imparting basic safety concepts too, and you can begin the process of finding what feels good in your hand(s). Even if you're an intermediate or advanced shooter, feel is a fairly important part of the choice you're getting ready to make. I'm not saying that a Sigma is not a good choice, personally I think they're great guns and a good value. I'm just saying that a friend telling you to get one is not a good way to make that choice.

jarodmichael said:
Thank you very much Blues. Its just my personal belief to follow the Constitution rather than follow the government or any man blindly. Many Soldiers take what the government says for gold, but I know when I took my oath I swore to defend the country and the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. I do not take oaths lightly. Ever since the time of knighthood, if a man breaks his oath, his worth is lower than the belly of a snake.
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I was 17 when I went in. Liberal as the day is long, hailing from a generations-deep Democrat family full of artists and folk singers (think: Pete Seger & Woodie Guthrie types - commies to the bone, and one of my favorite uncles was one of their friends and musical contemporaries). I always thought of the word "liberal" as being synonymous with freedom-loving. Now I think of it as being government-loving, and the best we can ever hope for with government is that we are capable of holding it to the least liberty-killing state of being we can muster. The more government fails, the more proof exists of the fact that We, The People are failing. The more intrusion and encroachment on individual liberty the government imposes on us, the more are we, the guardians of liberty, exposed as ineffective, lazy and apathetic citizens.

Anyway, me and the UCMJ ended up butting heads towards the end of my tour, and I sought and found free legal help with a small ACLU-funded firm in Heidelberg, Germany. Long story short, they beat the charges and got me out with my Honorable discharge intact. I thought I owed the ACLU when I got home, so I looked up the local chapter and volunteered to help however I could. Chapter Prez invites me to a steering committee meeting, I go, and what do you think is first up on the agenda? "Educating" the public on the upcoming referendum on gun control! I sez to the Prez, doesn't the 2nd Amendment protect a citizen's right to keep and bear arms? She gave me some double-speak and makes it clear that there was no room for gun-nuts in "her" chapter of the ACLU. AMF lady. That was my first real-life lesson on the distinction between liberalism and conservatism, between the "Constitution-is-a-living-breathing-document" and the "Constitution-is-a-blueprint-that-can-only-be-changed-by-an-intentionally-arduous-process" crowds. As you say Jerod, my oath was to the Constitution, not a person or party, and even at 19 or 20 years old, I understood that much and took it as seriously as anything I'd ever committed to up to that point in my life. The intervening 37 or so years have served only to solidify my belief that without the unwavering, unbending commitment to the Constitution firmly driving the national, collective mindset, this country will devolve into tyranny. Unfortunately, it's an inevitable devolution when viewed from the perspective of history and the "life-expectancy" of free nations. I believe that inevitability is the basis for the oft-quoted Jefferson line:

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
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Not sure it will happen in my lifetime, but I am as sure about the fall of freedom in America as I am that only Jefferson's poignant description of liberty's natural manure will ever have a chance to regrow that tree.

'K, got on a tangent there. Sorry 'bout that, but I think why we carry might be as interesting as what we carry, so there ya go.

abrasion said:
I have the pleasure of having my CC Permit. I EDC a Ruger SP101 2 1/4" .357. I love this gun! Compact, durable, lots of punch and good value for the money, kind of like a BK2.
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You know, I'm surprised to hear myself saying it, but that analogy holds up! I'm an auto-loader kinda guy myself, but the SP101 is a tough, stout, well-designed and well-built tool that's well-suited for a wide variety of roles. Good observation abrasion!

Blues
 
Ban all guns. Kidding of course. But severly restricted is good.
 
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jarodmichael said:
I always thought about getting a Makarov for a CCW. Any thoughts?
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I have used a Makarov as service gun and I can say is a very good gun . Is light ,no problems with it (only some older then me ammo ) and I shoot it more accurate then my Glock , cheep ammo ( 9x18 ) ,all metal Russian made gun = tough as nails .
PS : I like the way you think , if majority of americans would think like that America wouldn't be where it is now, on the edge of tirany an economic colapse .
 
Hi all,
I honestly don't want to comment on anything about gun rights, mainly because I live in a different place with different reality and different laws (but no constitution).
But there is one thing I wish and pray for you all : That you'll never, ever need or want to really use those guns in a real life situation. Ever .
Just my 2 cents...
 
OREGON FAL'ER said:
I'm just philosophcally oppossed to the concept of firearms, i mean don't guns kill people?
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Yes they do, but with the proper training and a little restraint, only bad people.

Oregon, just read all 3 pages, you had me going, .

Back on track, I carry a glock 26, 35 , or any other glock in my inventory at the time.
I also like S&W 29, and ruger single actions.
Vehicle has a AR, marlin336, or riot gun.
Ruger 10/22 is thee 22 rifle. IMO...
 
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I carry a Glock 23 stoked with 165 grain CorBon's. I carried a Glock 27 for about 5 years every day and figured if I really got in a gunfight, the extra size of the 23 would be handy. I carry my Kimbers on occasion, I really like the 1911, but a single stack gun that weighs as much as a fully loaded 1911 gets annoying- even with quality holsters. So I stick with Glock most of the time. Great thread. Guns and knives!! Here, Here!
 
jarodmichael said:
I always thought about getting a Makarov for a CCW. Any thoughts?
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Well, the 9mm Mak round isn't going to be as hot, but they're great little pistols.
I bought two of the Bulgarian models for $100 each back when they hit the C&R market.
Each has been a great little shooter. I have carried one of them on hikes in a Fobus paddle holster.
 
Guns don't kill people. Bullets kill people. Well... unless you use the gun like a hammer.
 
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