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Originally Posted by bomelia
I think I will do just that. BTW, to give you proper perspective, I was more than a 10th of a mile away when he shot the gun. Actually, that made it worse for him. I have no idea what happened, though I am certain his driveway was occupied by squad cars for a while.
I still cannot get over how I had that "premonition". In my mind, it looked just like it actually happened. Perhaps guardian angels are real?
What kind of hand gun (model) would you guys reccomend? Still, I could not carry one on a run like that. Too heavy and conspicuous. Law enforcement would have me in the back seat way too many times (no matter how legit I was). Plus "carrying" on your person is another bag of worms anyways, is it not?
Mike
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Sounds like your subconscious recognized signs of danger that have been quietly ingrained and reinforced by years of seeing, hearing and reading stuff over the course of your lifetime. Good thing too. If you had stuck around any longer, your encounter with Bubba might have been more up close and personal.
Choosing a handgun for carry is a very personal thing and difficult to advise on. Based on your lifestyle, you may want something very small, light and concealable like an Airweight revolver in .38 Special. On the other hand you might not be comfortable with the 5-shot capacity, the caliber itself or the challenge of becoming proficient and consistent with a small short barrelled gun. You may like the simplicity, reliability and user friendliness of revolvers or you may crave the higher capacity of a double stack autoloader. Have fun trying them all and pick the one (or ones) you like.
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How on earth a tired runner soaking his feet could provoke a man to use his shotgun is way beyond me.
Well, he WAS in Tennessee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dave -
! I was going to say I thought that sort of thing only happened with you crazy Cajuns in the Louisiana Bayous
and the Hillbillies up in the Ozarks, but I remembered this article I myself posted a little while back. I can understand a person defending his property from hostile intruders, but shooting someone who just wanders by baffles the hell out of me!
Sad story here:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7557222&page=1