Bought a handgun shortly after the election [View all]

Last edited Sun Feb 26, 2017, 06:19 PM - Edit history (1)

I bought it for 3 reasons which I'll list below in order of importance:

1) I occasionally enjoy target shooting

2) The meth heads and prescription pill addicts are getting bolder and bolder around here where I live.

3) I think there's a chance, a very slim one, that this country might to to hell in a hand basket with Trump in the WH.

Edit: Reason #1, despite being primary, was never enough, in of itself, justification for me to purchase a handgun. Even when combined with reason #2, it still wasn't enough but adding reason #3 put it over the top.

Not having much money, being on SSDI and getting a small veteran's comp payment, I purchased a Rock Island Armory Model 200 38 special revolver for $243.00 and so far I'm very happy with it.

I'm saving up for a small handgun safe and until I get on, the live ammo is not in the house and only I know where it is. Once in a while, I go to an open area outside of town where people sight in their guns and I fire a dozen rounds or so at a target. At least 3 times a week and sometimes more, I do dry fire and reload drills, using snaps and speed loader strips, down in my basement for about 20 minutes. About half the time I dry fire, I do DA and the other half, I dry fire SA. My movements are much, much smoother compared to when I first started doing the exercises.

I plan on taking a CPL class at the end of April. Not so much so I can conceal carry but it will make transporting a handgun in a vehicle or have it on my person when riding my scooter much less of a potential hassle and I also want to take the class for the training.