CatHedral
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The story described the young men as “pale”.
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Fogdog
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The story has been described as an urban legend
Pistol-packin' granny is urban legend
Bill White Of The Morning CallTHE MORNING CALL
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle.
She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, screaming, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"
The four men got out and ran away. The lady loaded her shopping bags into the car and got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why. It wasn't her car.
She found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down. She got in and drove to the police station.
The sergeant to whom she told the story nearly tore himself in two with laughter. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a carjacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than 5 feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun. No charges were filed.
Brings new meaning to a senior moment!
The preceding story was slightly abridged from an e-mail that a reader sent to me to check on its veracity.
It's an urban legend. It has become so popular, in fact, that it was recreated in a scene from the television program "Judging Amy." Tyne Daly's character pulled a gun on teens she found sitting in what she thought was her car.
Pistol-packin’ granny is urban legend
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, screaming, R…
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I don't know if it's a made up story or not. Snopes does.
Pardon me if I harsh the buzz about stories of confused old people pointing their guns at other people. One story that I believe to be true was told of an old cracker granny who brought a gun to a honking delivery truck because, she says "rattlesnake". The story contained no malice and nobody was hurt but I'm not laughing because I'm so goddamn tired of hearing about yet another near miss in an incident that involved confusion and guns. But it's OK, so yukkiity yuk yuk.
Every gun owner has a similar story. More than once the story of a friend or family member, a husband was drawn on because his wife didn't expect him to be home right then. A sister in law shot a dishwasher because missed. She was shooting at a mouse in her kitchen. My dad who drew on a brother because my brother who had been kicked out of home, was homeless and he snuck into the camper parked in the front yard.
The near misses due to mistakes like that? They are common. Sometimes people get killed or injured by mistake. When white people hold a gun on a black person by mistake, it goes sideways all too often. So, sue me if I don't find those stories funny.
CatHedral
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Perhaps I am a lucky gun owner, no bad stories.The story has been described as an urban legend
Pistol-packin' granny is urban legend
Bill White Of The Morning CallTHE MORNING CALL
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle.
She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, screaming, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"
The four men got out and ran away. The lady loaded her shopping bags into the car and got into the driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why. It wasn't her car.
She found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down. She got in and drove to the police station.
The sergeant to whom she told the story nearly tore himself in two with laughter. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a carjacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than 5 feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun. No charges were filed.
Brings new meaning to a senior moment!
The preceding story was slightly abridged from an e-mail that a reader sent to me to check on its veracity.
It's an urban legend. It has become so popular, in fact, that it was recreated in a scene from the television program "Judging Amy." Tyne Daly's character pulled a gun on teens she found sitting in what she thought was her car.
Pistol-packin’ granny is urban legend
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, screaming, R…
I don't know if it's a made up story or not. Snopes does.
Pardon me if I harsh the buzz about stories of confused old people pointing their guns at other people. One story that I believe to be true was told of an old cracker granny who brought a gun to a honking delivery truck because, she says "rattlesnake". The story contained no malice and nobody was hurt but I'm not laughing because I'm so goddamn tired of hearing about yet another near miss in an incident that involved confusion and guns. But it's OK, so yukkiity yuk yuk.
Every gun owner has a similar story. More than once the story of a friend or family member, a husband was drawn on because his wife didn't expect him to be home right then. A sister in law shot a dishwasher because missed. She was shooting at a mouse in her kitchen. My dad who drew on a brother because my brother who had been kicked out of home, was homeless and he snuck into the camper parked in the front yard.
The near misses due to mistakes like that? They are common. Sometimes people get killed or injured by mistake. When white people hold a gun on a black person by mistake, it goes sideways all too often. So, sue me if I don't find those stories funny.
I used to be 2A rah rah.
But when I saw how tightly gun rights correlated with supremacist militia, I was faced with a choice.
Breaking racism is more important than gun privileges. Not even close.
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Fogdog
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I support the right for peaceful people to safely own guns. I just want the whole 2A. What we have right now doesn't fit the "well regulated" part.
injinji
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He was talking about Mamma and the UPS driver.
injinji
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I'm a collector who would love to see tighter restrictions on gun buys. Way too many folks own guns who were not raised around them. Scary situation.
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CatHedral
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To be fair, well regulated then meant something different.
Fogdog
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Well regulated. That's what they said. It's also abundantly clear that the Constitution was written with the future in mind, so, whatever well regulated means, that's what it means.
It was intentionally vague. What I'm seeing just in gun sales and distribution alone, they are not anything like well regulated.
rkymtnman
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first and foremost, well regulated should definitely exclude anybody guilty of domestic violence and any history of mental illness.
you think those guys could even dream about something like this??
rkymtnman
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Mini Gun. made by GE (general electric) We bring good things to life!!
5 to 6 THOUSAND rounds per minute.
Fogdog
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That looks well regulated.
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smokinrav
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The wonderful sound of the infantrys best friend.
blu3bird
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Ok you guys, I have a full weekend off from work for once, I'm happy about that
I've been wanting to show off some more new additions to my knife arsenal, I just haven't had time
I've been completely out of control and been on a knife buying spree the last two weeks. I need to chill out and slow down, I have 31 pocket knives now. Anyways though, here they are
From left to right -
Benchmade Osborne 940-2
Spyderco PM 3
Spyderco PM 2
Hogue Sig Sauer K320A (automatic)
Pro Tech TR3 X1 (automatic)
All knives Made in USA
The Pro Tech knife is my favorite, made in California in small run production batches and has an American CPM D2 tool steel blade. That CPM D2 is from from Crucible Industries, it's a high carbon steel not stainless. It's a powder metallurgy steel with fine grain that takes and holds a surgical wicked sharp edge from the smaller and more evenly distributed carbides from the powder metallurgy process. Also has phosphor bronze washers with incredible smooth action.
This Pro Tech knife is amazing, so much craftsmanship has been put into it
And before I forget, I found this delicious little snack, highly recommended
I've been wanting to show off some more new additions to my knife arsenal, I just haven't had time
I've been completely out of control and been on a knife buying spree the last two weeks. I need to chill out and slow down, I have 31 pocket knives now. Anyways though, here they are
From left to right -
Benchmade Osborne 940-2
Spyderco PM 3
Spyderco PM 2
Hogue Sig Sauer K320A (automatic)
Pro Tech TR3 X1 (automatic)
All knives Made in USA
The Pro Tech knife is my favorite, made in California in small run production batches and has an American CPM D2 tool steel blade. That CPM D2 is from from Crucible Industries, it's a high carbon steel not stainless. It's a powder metallurgy steel with fine grain that takes and holds a surgical wicked sharp edge from the smaller and more evenly distributed carbides from the powder metallurgy process. Also has phosphor bronze washers with incredible smooth action.
This Pro Tech knife is amazing, so much craftsmanship has been put into it
And before I forget, I found this delicious little snack, highly recommended
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