[JBC77]

Since most of aren't pulling pieces out at roadside fruit sellers A.K.A jjgold in the foothills of Costa Rica.....was wondering how many people are gun owners/permit holders. Whether it is hunting or home protection, whats your favorite gun.

I primarily like large calibre hanguns for home defense. The .380 of any make is good for the car or travel.

Buddy of mine has some private land where we practice....usually shoot watermelons, propane tanks....stuff like that. The propane tanks don't blow up when shot either.....you would think they would. But they don't.

Not much into hunting, never really had that stuff in urban northeast U.S.

[onlooker]

I have a registered stainless steel Smith and Wesson 9MM. Had it since I was 19.

[JBC77]

I have a registered stainless steel Smith and Wesson 9MM. Had it since I was 19.

That thing must pick up a ton of fingerprints. Had a stainless once, tough to keep the finish clean, but very sexy when polished.

[pokernut9999]

My girlfriend has a bunch of guns for hunting and protection. She has permit to carry also.

[ZeRo C@iDa*]

LOL.... My girl takes better
care of her guns than me*

[pico]

jennings 9

ghetto style

[LVHerbie]

I have a glock that I bought cheap from a cop who had to change to a different gun for some reason (I figured I could sell it for a little more then I paid for it I needed cash sometime real bad)... I had it for like 3 years and shot the damn thing once... I have in a lock box somewhere and not even sure where the key is to it...

[curious]

I like the Bren, 500 rounds a minute, .303 caliber, 100 round magazine. What I like most is it is REALLY loud, so if your in a drug deal that is turning south, you just fire off a few dozen rounds with the Bren and the crack dealers quickly come around to your way of thinking.

A bit expensive, but if you really need to shoot up a place and scare the living shit out of some drug dealers, my money is on the Bren.

[Willie Bee]

Just a couple of pistols, an old snub .38, a fun little toy, and a Ruger Redhawk double action .44 that is not a toy. Several rifles and shotguns, my favorite two being a Winchester Model 70 30.06 and my 'snake gun,' a Savage .22 Mag/410 Over/Under that is nothing short of a gas to go plinking with.

[jjgold]

44 caliber

unregistered

had it since 1988

[JoshW]

I had a gun period when I was younger, but I only own one gun now that I have stored with my father. I think in most cases (at least for me) the risk of having a gun in the house out weigh the potential benefits. If I lived in a high crime area I might feel different. In general I think if you are going to have a gun in the house you should get serious training on its use in home defense situations.

[ritehook]

The best firearm for concealed carry is something no bigger than a six-shot .25 automatic. Or even a two round Derringer.

Why? Because on the street you won't be shooting at anyone or anything unless they're close enough to do you damage. That's realism, not macho fantasy.

Once, years ago, while working as an insurance salesman, I had to cross, at night, a large lot on a dark street to get to the house where I think I had my appointment.

Midway across this lot two dogs - one medium-size and one small - came after me. Not just barking, but snarling and lunging.

The bigger one was leaving his feet to get at my face or throat, When he did that his smaller friend would dash in to try to bite my lower legs.

All I had to protect myself was my briefcase, which I would put up in front of me whenever the bigger one took a fangs-bared lunge. He hit his face a few times on it but just kept a-comin'.

The little one grabbed pants-legs a few times, but never broke skin. He'd dash away for a few seconds when I kicked at him.

All the while I was walking slowly backward, back to the street where I'd parked my car. It took me about 10 minutes to get there, and the dogs broke off their attack when I was within about 20 yards of the sidewalk.

Sure, they were just exercising their territorial imperative. (And I think may have been deliberately let out of the house by the person I had an appointment with.) But if I had stumbled, or if there had been 3 or 4 animals instead of just 2, I could have been killed, or at least mauled and needing rabies shots.

I sometimes think of that night, and think if I had a small caliber handgun in my briefcase, or in my pocket, even a Derriger, I could have shot the more aggresive dog in mid-lunge.

And would have done so in a heartbeat, even tho I'm a dog-lover (both the real thing and also in sports, LOL).

You don't need a cannon on the street. Unless you're dealing drugs and are at war with a rival gang.

[old threads]

Three rifles {22, 270 and 308** and two shotguns {old 12 gauge and a Remington 870**. No handguns.

[rugbybdyb]

gloc 9mm and a sawed off 12 guage shotgun for home defense and I have shot skeet with it as well very fun, felt like some sort of gangster....

[jjgold]

you guys are fukkin sickos

[jjgold]

capitol pig do you want to fly down to CR? You would fit right in here.

[jjgold]

Guy I went running today in the foothills with the rebels in CR, I only had a 44 caliber, I fired a few times but mainly was in the trench. I had no clue who we were fighting, t was over land I think. I think you would love it and have the arsenal to be competitive.

[Ted Stickle]

B-B and paint ball plus a pocket knife.

[jjgold]

capitol guy have you ever popped anyone?