Hmm, If you have it on arm's reach all the time and are you a good shot? I have a dog and few cameras in/outside house on 7/24 recording any alarm situation. I'd like .45 which I used to carry/use in the service.
Stormin Mormon wrote, on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:06:23 -0500:
I went to one today, and they recommended the revolver. They've had people like me, who are not 'gun people'.
They say the revolver is easy to maintain, will never go off accidentally, even if dropped, and has plenty of rounds for what I need it for.
Looked at two, in particular, both take 38 or 357 they said: $600 Ruger SP101 $850 Smith & Wesson 66.8
Out the door, with the mandatory tax and fees adding about $125 bucks, do those prices seem decent?
Frank wrote, on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:01:54 -0500:
Why would something that is far larger, and has far more parts, cost half?
TimR wrote, on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:10:19 -0800:
The gun shop told me I could carry it all I wanted on my property. But I coudn't carry it off my property without it being in the trunk and locked.
Good question. I suspect main reason is that sale is much less restricted by the states. As a matter of supply and demand, handguns, thanks to Obama became scarce and prices went way up while shotgun demand probably remained steady. When you get to a gun shop you might ask them.
Part is because of the name, part markup, part just because it is a handgun, part because people will pay for it.
I don't remember the years or the price, about 40 years ago Remington and Winchester had some shotguns for a low price. I knew a man that was a salesman for Winchester,and he told me the price it cost Winchester to make the shotgun and half of it was the wood stock.
For someone that is not going to shoot too much, you may want to look at a Tarus revolver. I have a .38 I bought about 35 years ago that is an almost duplicate of a S&W but cost way less. Maybe not as good of a gun, but plenty good enough for ocasional use. I and my wife have probably put about
1000 rounds through it.
With most autos holding from 12 to 20 rounds it is not really necessary to carry more ammunition unless going into areas looking for trouble.. I doubt that most people would last long enough in a gunfight to shoot more unless they are just spraying lead.
I have a small 40 cal that I carry and it holds 10 rounds. Anytime I feel that I would need more, I would carry a shotgun or rifle. Probably my AR with 30 round magazines. I don't go places that I would even think I would need a gun. As one of the gun writers said ' a handgun is what you use to fight your way back to a rifle'.
I don't know that carrying on your front lawn would be ok. I don't think gun shop employees are qualified to give legal advice (and neither are police).
tiny things are often more expensive. Where have you been?
Taurus makes good guns but I won't buy another one. It was impossible for me to order a pistol scope mount from Brazil.
Let me clarify: if you take a single step off your property, you would be in violation of the law. Is the sidewalk "your property"? Probably not. Go to say hi to the neighbor, or meet the mailman, or take the trash cans in off the street?
Pico Rico wrote, on Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:17:05 -0800:
The sidewalk is my property, as is 1/2 the roadway, but, both have a public ROW easement, as does the power company to access my meter in my basement.
You should not assume that you can carry on the sidewalk or the roadway.
Maybe in Texas.
Elsewhere you should use that phone to call the police.
I'm not much of a gun prices person, totally no information. I'm in PRNY, so any prices I see may be higher than in a state that has some freedom remaining.
doesn't apply to OP - he said he is in California.
I don't own a gun, so I don't follow all the details exactly. PRNY now has a magazine capacity limit. Men have gone to jail recently (and had their guns taken and their firearms privileges revoked) because they had two bullets more than legal in a pistol. 9, where 7 is legal, I think it was.
Again, please ask at the gun stores. Ask at more than one is a good idea.
from memory, a farmer in Iowa was tired of someone breaking into his unoccupied farmhouse robbing and doing damage, so he rigged a shotgun trap. Perps broke in and took them off at the kness [my memory, may be wrong] so they claimed they were innocently breaking in to seek shelter for the night and successfully sued, gaining ownership of the farm. The judge was NOT sympathetic, in fact livid, asking what if children had broken in as a lark? and kind of threw the book at the farmer.
Don't think that's an urban myth either.
My main home defense weapon is a coach gun. This is a short, double barreled shotgun. Easy to maneuver but you only have two shots before reloading. My friend has a pistol grip, pump action shotgun which has more shots in the tube.
Paul
Though I did not hear that one, I have read first hand, stories about people setting boobie traps and I believe they were always found guilty of something.
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