23 May 03 20:55, Dana Booth wrote to Roy Witt:

 DB> Roy Witt wrote in a message to Dana Booth:

 RW>> I have almost all Colts, except for a SAA Ruger 44mag and a couple
 RW>> of Ruger .22 bull barreled target pistols.  I think I'm done buying
 RW>> anymore firearms until I relocate out of California.

 DB> Kind of a pisser...

The real pisser is that the state DOJ has been keeping firearm sales
records for about 10 years.  Once you're on that roll, or you register one
of the assault weapons on their list, you're subject to searches for other
weapons, anytime they feel like it.

 DB> I live in Washington State, where the politicians pride themselves in
 DB> being as liberal as in California. (like they could think on their
 DB> own?)

Hopefully you don't have a Feinstien or a Boxer...

 DB>  The big surprise is our firearm laws... Concealed carry, for
 DB> instance, we're a "must issue" state, where there's no tests, no
 DB> classes, nothing. If you apply for a CCW permit, you'll get it,
 DB> pronto, by law, unless of course you're a felon or something.

Weird place. I lived in Seattle for almost a year, once. I couldn't get
over the fact that if there was no place for you to sit in a bar, you
weren't served.

 DB> My kid lives in Idaho, where they have the finest hunting laws, and
 DB> even there, the CCW permits are harder to come by then here.

LOL! I have two daughters, one who lives in Florida and one who lives in
Texas. What a waste! Neither one of them likes firearms, let alone have a
'will issue' carry permit.

 DB> Anyway, Colt is a fine firearm, but OTOH, there's lots of good guns
 DB> out there that can also fill the spot of a true 1911.

I like mine. It came to me via a Colt Python deal I couldn't refuse. I
bought the Python from a fellow worker and we were laid off a week later.
I hadn't paid him the full amount and still owed him $200. He had my phone
number and address, but I never heard from him again.  I wasn't too overly
thrilled with the Python, so I put it up for sale on consignment at a
gunshop. When it sold, I put the money toward my Colt 1911A1 and was happy
ever after.

 DB> Sometimes, it's impracticle to carry a full size gun. I have some
 DB> Makarov's that fill this bill pretty good. Mak is a great gun,
 DB> between the 9P and a .380.

I have two .380s that I like to carry. They're a whole lot lighter than
the 1911.

 DB> My wife's cz-83 is an excellent carry gun in .380, and we both have
 DB> .32 pocket guns as backups.

I have a Colt pocket pistol with aluminum frame and slide in .380. It's a
really nice and light carry gun.  Shaped and works like the 1911.

 DB> I know that .32's are crapped on, but I'd rather have a mouse gun
 DB> than my fists at my age. :) Mine's a Kel Tec p-32, hers is a Beretta
 DB> Tomcat.

I've seen a .25 scare off a potential rapist. He turned white as a sheet
when the gal shoved it under his nose...

 DB> I'm rambling now, besides, in case the atf is listening, I sold them
 DB> all at the last gun show. :)

You couldn't do that here. I turned all of mine in at the last 'buy back'
program...:o)


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