Gun laws excabberating the problem
Since a lot of people are in the mood to discuss gun laws, I will lift the curtain on some of the bizzaro laws we've passed in the name of making our nation safer. The problem typically stems from people trying to regulate an industry and hobby that they don't understand and sometimes...make the problem worse. Behind a cut for those who just don't
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I understand your dilemma. I have a .22 handgun with an 11 round clip. If what I support were to happen, I'd have to turn it in somewhere, no money back at all. Sometimes life happens thattaway...
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Unwanted pistols are a lot easier to deal with. Since there is moderate to serious paperwork involved in their purchase you can't sell it at a gun show but depending on the model, some of the older .22s can command quite a bit of coin, even at gun store prices. If it's a Woodsman, that would put quite a few things in your stocking.
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Now, my .38 revolver? That's a great handgun. I'm quite proud of it. It's around 80 years old, a S&W long barrel, pre M&P. Great pistol.
But I get your point about people not knowing enough mucking things up. But, that's the downside to collaborative government.
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There is something about the .38 target revolver. Not only are they amazing fun to shoot and gorgeous bits of manufacturing prowess but they recall a day when none of this was an issue...an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.
I think in this case, more collaboration would have been better. The whole thing just reeks of two radically opposing views working regulation at cross purposes and creating something that serves neither the cause of keeping guns available to sportsmen nor keeping the most dangerous of them off the streets.
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Why would a sportsman want to own a military weapon to shoot deer or targets or elephants? That doesn't make any sense to me. Were I a hunter, I'd rather use a rifle designed for hunting animals and not people.
Maybe I'm weird.
Oh, and the .38 was a police revolver. It looks well carried, cared for and used. I was advised against having it re-blued, better to leave it the way it is. Also, it still has wood grips. It looks quite a lot like this
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/harry_paget_flashman/pix2697884402.jpg?t=1315008856
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There are also what is called "three gun" shooting matches that have grown out of police training where the competitor is expected to not only show proficiency with a rifle, pistol and shotgun but is required to switch between them in the middle of a course of fire. It's quite difficult and a lot of fun.
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