Rachel's Got a Gun
Well, I guess, technically speaking...HANS has got a gun and Rachel uses it from time to time.
So, I signed up through the NRA for a basic pistol course that I will be taking next Saturday for about four hours. This time includes some basic instruction on parts and caring for the gun as well as range time and a stop at a dealer afterwards to "shop". I like Hans' gun and it has been oohed over already by the Marine LTCOL who is going to be teaching the course. He says (and of course, in the De For household we already know this) that the Germans know how to do things right. Sig Sauer .40 is what we own.
This gun is a little big for me, though. I barely have the upper body strength to put a bullet in the chamber, so I'm thinking that I'll look around for something a little more...feminine? Just smaller, maybe a Walther .22. James Bond has a Walther, so I'm down with that and we're still sticking to the German family of guns.
I know that the decision to take this course is coming hard on the heels of an election that has let a lot of conservatives down, and I won't lie: I'm afraid that this country is leaning farther and farther from the tenets of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and that at some point before too long, our basic right to bear arms might be compromised.
I'm hoping that we never get to that point. This household has had and will have a gun or guns in it and it has always been my intention to know how to properly use them. A handful of times of Dad and Hans showing me how to shoot just aren't enough. I want to have confidence that if someone was breaking into my house and our first line of defense (aka: Elsa--thank God for that other German weapon) was breached, I could use my gun.
Just so you know, I hope to God that I never have to use a gun in self-defense.
So there you have it. I'm not sure why I'm sharing this as I'm certain that most everyone who reads this with the exception of my husband, father and brother are going to be horrified that I want a gun and want to learn how to handle it.
Wish me luck!
So, I signed up through the NRA for a basic pistol course that I will be taking next Saturday for about four hours. This time includes some basic instruction on parts and caring for the gun as well as range time and a stop at a dealer afterwards to "shop". I like Hans' gun and it has been oohed over already by the Marine LTCOL who is going to be teaching the course. He says (and of course, in the De For household we already know this) that the Germans know how to do things right. Sig Sauer .40 is what we own.
This gun is a little big for me, though. I barely have the upper body strength to put a bullet in the chamber, so I'm thinking that I'll look around for something a little more...feminine? Just smaller, maybe a Walther .22. James Bond has a Walther, so I'm down with that and we're still sticking to the German family of guns.
I know that the decision to take this course is coming hard on the heels of an election that has let a lot of conservatives down, and I won't lie: I'm afraid that this country is leaning farther and farther from the tenets of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and that at some point before too long, our basic right to bear arms might be compromised.
I'm hoping that we never get to that point. This household has had and will have a gun or guns in it and it has always been my intention to know how to properly use them. A handful of times of Dad and Hans showing me how to shoot just aren't enough. I want to have confidence that if someone was breaking into my house and our first line of defense (aka: Elsa--thank God for that other German weapon) was breached, I could use my gun.
Just so you know, I hope to God that I never have to use a gun in self-defense.
So there you have it. I'm not sure why I'm sharing this as I'm certain that most everyone who reads this with the exception of my husband, father and brother are going to be horrified that I want a gun and want to learn how to handle it.
Wish me luck!
