As the title says, this is the final push needed for me to own a gun. We live in a relatively safe area and even though I’ve never been against owning a gun, I’ve never felt the need to get one. My wife who is very middle of the road politically wants us to get one now too, but we’ve never owned one before, so I have questions! You are all like family and I trust your opinions:
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Forgive me, I don’t know much (Especially terms), but we’d probably want a pistol. Any recommendations for someone brand new to firearms?
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What is the process like to acquire 1, especially in Commiefornia?
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We would want to be safe, learn about how to safely shoot it, and go to a range to get lessons. Is it as simple as calling ahead of time and just bringing your gun in?
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Any other tips for a noob?
Thanks fam!
Get a nice Tactical shotgun with a full stock no pistol grip only shotguns. Get some high velocity bird shot..Makes an excellent home defense weapon, as it's easy to train on, has some forgiveness in the need for accurate shot placement, and most importantly it is less likely to over penetrate. This is the one thing I seldom to never seen discussed and it's one of the most important considerations for using a firearm for self defense. If you don't live in a city and have no neighbors around then an AR is a great choice, yet seldom do people talk about the 5.56 or any intermediate rifle rounds and their potential for penetration and the danger of missed shots... Pistols are a good option 9mm in a expanding round is cool a frangible round even better..Keep in mind handguns require training to be effective, also if you have little experience I would suggest starting with a revolver if you insist on a handgun..It's stupid simple, no need to worry about rectifying malfunctions if it doesn't go bang pull the trigger again..I would suggest a 38 special with a hot load and of course hollow points.. Larger calibers should be avoided, it's far more effective to hit what your aiming at as well as the recovery time after the first shot..Of course these are my own opinions and you should handle many weapons and choose what feels best and what you feel you're most capable of handling..
I disagree on the revolver, while they ARE simple, you have to weigh likelyhood of malfunction and ease of clearing against ease of reloading, and on the shotgun, you NEED to consider noise level, bottom line is that your choice of defensive gun is a personal choice that needs to be carefully considered, and depends heavily on use case and local law, the gun you will practice with and keep handy is the right gun
Logical points, yet virtually all civilian home defense shootings are resolved within 3 rounds fired. With the vast majority being one shot, the only noise from a shotgun is charging the weapon and it despite the urban lore isn't much louder than charging ones sidearm.. Ideally you don't want to go "hunting" for an intruder in your home, you want to arm yourself and if possible gather into a defendable room..Then shelter while the police are inbound and engage if the intruder tries to breach the room you and your family are in...So the negligible sound of racking your shotgun is pretty much irrelevant..
The sound I mean is that of firing, if you need to use your weapon the only sounds the threat should hear are "reach for the sky"(or some such) followed(if they do not comply) by a bang, and yes you should not go hunting unless you have someone less capable not accounted for, as for the 3 rounds thing, I still have riots on the brain, if there is a mob outside I want to be able to reload quickly and with minimal difficulty even under high stress
Indeed, personally I wouldn't choose to engage rioters even if they are burning my shit..As long as my family is accounted for.. Though the current situation changes things for sure, I actually would choose my AR as my go to in a riot situation all day every day..