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Recent content by dyver1

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    Increasing acceptance of Open Carry

    I just returned 3 weeks ago from 13 months in Iraq. Since then I have criss crossed the state visiting my kids at colleges in Newport News and Radford VA as well as traveling out to Front Royal, through the valley and all over NOVA. I have carried every where. Mostly open carry and...
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    VAGUNTRADER Down

    imported post Looks like VAGUNTRADER.COM has suffered the same fate as OPENCARRY.ORG did earlier in the week with a message indicating it was marked as crashed. Hope it comes back up soon, I wanted to list my SKS Be Careful Out There! Paul
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    "If you allow carry in a National Park, people will stop going"

    imported post "If you allow carry in a National Park, people will stop going" I saw the quote above or something very similar when I was reading all the articles put out by the ANTIS as the new National Park carry law was about to come into affect last month. Oh the horror of it all...
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    Herndon UNICORN Condition ?

    imported post Last Sunday I was in Herndon at the Advanced Auto on Centreville Rd south of the Toll Rd at about 1230 PM. At the counter was an african american male customer open carrying what appeared to be a Glock in a nylon holster but the clip was clearly NOT in the gun but rather in a...
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    2009 Tax Return and Guns

    imported post I received the following via email and have NOT had a chance to verify anything about it. Wanted to run it by those here who follow this stuff a lot more closely than I do to see if this is fact or fiction: Thanks in advance to any of you who know the truth for setting the...
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    Smaller DA/SA Semi Auto

    imported post Took my SO to the range for the first time ever last nite and damn if she isn't a really good shot and now she is hooked. :celebrate We used my Sig P225 and she really like the design and function of the DA/SA Sig, but the P225 is too big for her hands. I am looking for a...
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    Looking for a small DA/SA Semi Auto

    imported post So I took my SO shooting for the first time last night and she is hooked. :celebrate She fired my SIG P225 and she is a really good shot and really liked the DA/SA design of the P225, but she has smaller hands than I do and it does not fit her hands very well, So my question is...
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    Texas Shopping

    imported post This video was sent by a friend who lives in Texas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHHyvR8DbQ It is hilarious. Enjoy Be Careful Out There! Paul
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    Asked to Disarm

    imported post Went with my 16 yo daughter tonight to the Verizon Wireless Store in Reston at the Reston Spectrum next to theTown Center. Sig 225 in my paddle retention holster on my side. This is not the first time I have been in this particular VZW store armed, since I just replaced a phone...
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    Unusual Open Carry in MD State Park

    imported post Went to Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont Maryland on Columbus Day with my kids. We took the "long way" through the woods up to the falls and it was a beautiful day for a hike. I of course left my firearm unloaded and locked up in the truck, out of reach so as not to be in...
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    Maryland's Version of Open Carry

    imported post Went to Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont Maryland on Columbus Day with my kids. We took the "long way" through the woods up to the falls and it was a beautiful day for a hike. I of course left my firearm unloaded and locked up in the truck, out of reach so as not to be in...
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    The Backup

    imported post This is a youtube link that a friend sent me that shows a rather unique home defense solution. I chuckled. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV50T5uEyw Be careful out there Paul
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    Gun Sales Thriving

    imported post Front Page of Today's Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/26/AR2008102602505.html Gun Sales Thriving in Uncertain Times Americans have cut back on buying cars, furniture and clothes in a tough economy, but there's one consumer item...
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    First Time Ever

    imported post I was dining at the Chinese Buffet today in the Sterling Town Center at the intersection of Rt 7 and Dranesville Rd and much to my surprise I saw another person come in who was also OCing. This was the first time EVER that I have seen anyone other than me out in public in this...
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    Concealed Permit and Schools

    imported post Friend of mine, his wife is a school teacher. She has a CHP for Virginia and lives quite a ways out in the country about 40 miles from the school she teaches at. She wants to carry in the car to and from school and secure the firearm in the vehicle while in school. Is this...
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