OCinBlaine
Regular Member
Not sure if I failed to search hard enough, So I am going to intro myself, as I just joined this forum.
Long time lurker, really enjoy this forum, for the most part. I live up In good Ole' Blaine, 31 Male. I work for an Organic cereal producer, and am proud to OC!
I actually hadn't put much thought into owning a handgun, have had my sights on a Semi-auto .308 for a long time.....Up until shortly after moving into a house on the border of Canada. It was my day off, the wife was at work, and I was getting my 3 kids ready for school. My oldest son asked me why there was a man staring at him from our back yard! It took me a second to fully grasp what he was asking. I at first figured him for a prankster, but then recalled my oldest isn't really into that sort of cry wolf thing.
Well I stuck my head out the back door and didn't see any one. looked over at my son, and started to call him out on his Balogna Sandwich he was trying to feed me. he cut me off short of finishing my sentance to inform me, that the guy went around the side of my house.
Off I run to the front door, figuring I'd catch him running down the sidewalk. Yet there wasn't any one out there. At least until I looked over at my fence and found a college aged kid ducking down trying to hide!
I was furious, started to see red, and remembered all three of my kids were watching me, listening to what I was going to say.
So, I chose my words wisely,(my kids have heard only 2 foul words come from my mouth, one being during the conversation I was about to have) And proceeded to let this dude know about where he can and can't be, in a loud attention getting voice. We have a few neighbors who's attention I got. Nothing like having witnesses.
Well, the very next day, I applied for my CPL, joined the NRA, got a membership to the Custer gun range, and went down and started the process to purchase a RIA 1911 (9MM)
This was 2+ years ago, and haven't looked back in regret since.
Currently working on a budget plan to get a nice purse/revolver combo for the wife, as she recently (on her own accord) got her CPL as well.
I had never thought about getting a handgun up until that point because, as a youth i hung out with the wrong crowd and put myself into the situation, and couldn't posses a gun or have a hunting license until I was 21. Well all that's behind me, and the charges don't mention firearm at all. just Class C Misdomeaner.
All I have noticed is I always get told to wait a few days when I purchase guns.
So, here I am. Proud to excersise my 2A!
Thanks for this amazing forum!!
Long time lurker, really enjoy this forum, for the most part. I live up In good Ole' Blaine, 31 Male. I work for an Organic cereal producer, and am proud to OC!
I actually hadn't put much thought into owning a handgun, have had my sights on a Semi-auto .308 for a long time.....Up until shortly after moving into a house on the border of Canada. It was my day off, the wife was at work, and I was getting my 3 kids ready for school. My oldest son asked me why there was a man staring at him from our back yard! It took me a second to fully grasp what he was asking. I at first figured him for a prankster, but then recalled my oldest isn't really into that sort of cry wolf thing.
Well I stuck my head out the back door and didn't see any one. looked over at my son, and started to call him out on his Balogna Sandwich he was trying to feed me. he cut me off short of finishing my sentance to inform me, that the guy went around the side of my house.
Off I run to the front door, figuring I'd catch him running down the sidewalk. Yet there wasn't any one out there. At least until I looked over at my fence and found a college aged kid ducking down trying to hide!
I was furious, started to see red, and remembered all three of my kids were watching me, listening to what I was going to say.
So, I chose my words wisely,(my kids have heard only 2 foul words come from my mouth, one being during the conversation I was about to have) And proceeded to let this dude know about where he can and can't be, in a loud attention getting voice. We have a few neighbors who's attention I got. Nothing like having witnesses.
Well, the very next day, I applied for my CPL, joined the NRA, got a membership to the Custer gun range, and went down and started the process to purchase a RIA 1911 (9MM)
This was 2+ years ago, and haven't looked back in regret since.
Currently working on a budget plan to get a nice purse/revolver combo for the wife, as she recently (on her own accord) got her CPL as well.
I had never thought about getting a handgun up until that point because, as a youth i hung out with the wrong crowd and put myself into the situation, and couldn't posses a gun or have a hunting license until I was 21. Well all that's behind me, and the charges don't mention firearm at all. just Class C Misdomeaner.
All I have noticed is I always get told to wait a few days when I purchase guns.
So, here I am. Proud to excersise my 2A!
Thanks for this amazing forum!!