Re: 8 & 9 year old girls riding bicycles

On 12/28/2024 9:21 AM, John B. wrote:

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:25:46 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 12/27/2024 8:59 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 12/27/2024 2:35 PM, AMuzi wrote:

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Sure, there are incidents like the woman last summer who
shot dead the guy attacking her husband using her one day
old pistol, but we'd have to call that a fortuitous fluke.
Start with that same woman asleep at 2am and the outcome
is less clear.  Your odds, with years of experience,
practice and 'muscle memory' are much better.

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But damn, what a thing to devote your life to!
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"I'm going to practice three times a week so in case someone
breaks into my house in the middle of the night, I can slap
my hand right on my gun, jump up into combat stance and blow
the intruder away!"
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Sheesh. 99.999% chance it's just a waste of time, plus a
paranoid mindset.
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Not really, for me anyway.
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The past several years, I shoot targets weekly with a pistol
I made and find it a challenging and relaxing pause in my
week. Naturally, YMMV. But familiarity with it, like
friction shifting or riding no hands, is just better with
more iterations.
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Am I practicing for defense in a life or death situation? No.

  Out of curiosity what sort of pistol did you "make yourself"?

An aluminum framed M1911/A1 chambered .22LR
https://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfromthepast/1911a.jpg
I'm old with insufficient shoulder for a real .45ACP and .22LR are dirt cheap to shoot. For anyone with basic machine skills, a project of just a few hours.
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