Recent content by old curmudgeon

You mentioned travelling to or through reservations out west: I saw a TV program a year or so ago that was a real life thing and the subject was tribal law. I forget the state, but it was one of the far western states. The reservation cops were stopping cars and confiscating weapons that...

Thanks to both of you.

Has S&W joined those firearm manufacturers who have agreed that they will not sell to agencies of those states that are anti 2Nd Amendment? Does anyone know of a published list that will be kept up to date of those manufacturers who have joined the group? Does anyone know what position ammo...

I realize, but failed to mention, that I was not blaming you for the gun laws in MD.. Because to have worked as an LEO in 46 states, you would have to be a fed of some sort...FBI, marshal or more likely ATF. Not likely working for the state of MD. Frankly, I wish the gun laws in NC were...

I used to go through MD on interstate 81. I also hunted in MD a few times. Because of their firearms laws and the current attempt to wreck the 2Nd Amendment and my desire to support the 2Nd Amendment in any way I can, I refuse to enter the state for any reason whatsoever. Therefore, it is of...

Were you armed? Are you still an LEO? Does MD exempt ex LEO's from their draconian firearm laws? Was the bar in MD? Does MD law allow drinking while armed or even in a bar armed drinking or not? Was the other guy an LEO on duty or maybe undercover checking bars? Since MD has such draconian...

Of course the guy had the right to be there at 3:00 AM. He also had the right to ask for a cigarette. Are you so naive that you do not know that the successful con man or street robber always starts off his initial contact with something that is totally legal and innocent in appearance? The...

There have been a couple of references on this thread about hospitals being gun free zones. I know what the law is for the rest of us, but wouldn't a retired LEO with a carry permit be an exception the the law that bans weapons in hospitals? It really is a dumb law anyway. As you know, lots...

I think everyone is being overly polite to you. So I will say it. You are really making a fool of yourself criticizing a cop who has made it to retirement age. Just think of what he has seen in all of those years. And hiding it behind his leg is no more threatening nor brandishing than...

I own two. One for hunting. Neither for walking down a dark hallway.

I did not think this was a discussion about taking a gun to a fight. I thought the thread was about what the ordinary person not skilled in clearing buildings, with no backup, should do within the confines of his own home. Not about cops and robbers. What happens to the ordinary person...

Exactly. If your longest hallway or room is 25', there will never be 25 ft. between you and the bad guy unless you and he are both plastered tight against the wall. If the living space is 25' long, you most likely will be something like 15' apart AT THE MOST. At 15' or less, a shotgun pattern...

NC law is strange. If they guys are breaking in, you can shoot them. If they are already in, you have to determine what their intentions are... That was before the castle law. I don't think the castle law changes that. CCW law and self defense law in NC is a tangled web.

I don't have the link but a couple of years ago I saw a video in which a woman, who was relatively quick, dressed as most of us do when we are carrying. She carried at 3:00 under a light unzipped jacket. Her "attacker" was equipped with a stage knife, probably rubber. From 21 ft., he charged...

"West Virginia, this means that Joe Manchin has sold you out" (my title) The original link to an interview with your senator was deleted. So here it is again. I am really surprised as I always considered WV to be one of the last states that would give up their freedoms.