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December 12, 2005

Getting older changes you

In some ways since I was a teen, I really haven't changed all that much. I still love computers, I love comics, I play video games and things of that nature. In other ways, I've been finding myself becoming more and more open minded and even a bit conservative. An example of this is regarding guns. When I was younger, I didn't like the idea of being around guns. I was of the impression that guns are bad things that do nothing but hurt people.

I've grown up and since know better.

I realized while I was on my trip to Arizona that I really left Amanda in a bad spot while I was gone. She was alone in Louisville without any way to protect herself should someone try to break into the apartment. I thought long and hard about the reality of this situation and the more I thought about it, I became more and more frightened.

I sat down with Amanda a few weeks after I arrived home from my trip and told her that I was interested in buying a gun. She, being the redneck chick that she is, immediately agreed. She then started talking about getting our permit to conceal so that we could carry our guns on us, which really didn't bother me one bit. I've known people who've had permits to carry before, and I've always felt safe being around them. After all, in order to get a permit, you have to take classes and prove that you know your stuff before you can even get one.

So, with all of this stuff in mind, I've been doing some research on what kind of gun that I was interested in. I've known for a long time that I've wanted to get something that I could take to the shooting range and use for target practice, but after talking with many people about it, I discovered that guns like this aren't any good for home protection. I needed something with a higher caliber, like a 9mm or a 12-gauge. I have absolutely no interest in a shotgun, but the 9mm I didn't mind.

So, on Saturday I went to a gun shop with my neighbor, John. We looked around for a while at the rifles, but I eventually found myself looking at the pistols in the cases that went around the parameter of the store. I found a Walther P22 and P99 that I liked a lot, mostly for the look of the model. I found a great gun for Amanda as well, a Beretta 3032 Tomcat.

So, that evening we went over to Dave's place and I was telling him about my finds for the day while the girls were out shopping. He said that he wanted me to see something and went into his storage closet and began to dig. He came back with a gun case and said "I'm looking to sell this if you're interested". It was a Stainless Steel Ruger P89, as seen in the picture below:

Stainless steel goodness known as Ruger.

I messed around with the gun for a while, taking the time to learn the mechanics of it and such. I was very impressed ... the gun was an older model, but because of Dave's careful nature, it looked brand new. He even said that it had most likely only have gone through 3-5 clips tops.

When the girls got back, I had Dave pull the gun back out so that Amanda could see. She liked it immediately. While we were at it, I had Dave pull out the rest of his collection so that Amanda could see them all. She was really impressed with the collection, as was I. I asked Amanda what she thought about buying the gun, and she was all for it.

So, it looks like I might be the owner of a Ruger here in the very near future. :)

~out...

Posted by ed at December 12, 2005 08:34 PM

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