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From: jordan@greipa.UUCP (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns
Subject: Guns for home defense
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Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 13:43:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 20 13:43:00 1985
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Author: decwrl!decvax!linus!raybed2!rayssd!mpc (Manny P. Costa)

Article: 9:10

[I know this article's gonna generate a real flame-fest between
those of us who "know what's best", but try and restrain yourselves.
I myself am going to leap right into the fray. -jh]

      Here's my question.  I'll be honest right up front and admit that I don't
know beans about guns. I've never even owned a gun. But I guess I've been bitten
by what ever bug it is that causes someone to go out and buy their first hand
gun. When I was in the Navy, I always had to carry a military .45 when I was on
watch, and once a year they would take the crew and re-qualify us on shooting
that handgun. I remember the gun as simple piece of machinery that was capable
of stopping an intruder if you had to fire at one. Perhaps someone was thinking
of this handgun when they coined the phrase: "Whatever you build, make sure it's
sailor-proof." I've always fancied that type of handgun, and now that I'd like
to purchase a handgun I was thinking of buying one of those.

       Since I don't know anything about handguns, could someone please tell
me if I'm making an intelligent decision? I'm not interested in target shooting
or in carrying the weapon on me. All I'm interested in is having a handgun in
the house for protection, and if the need ever arose for me to fire at an
intruder, that if I hit him with a shot, he's not going to still keep coming
at me. Also, if I did fire the gun, I don't want the recoil or kick or
whatever it's called, to knock it out of my hand, (I remember I had no 
problem with the military .45).

       If my reasoning is totally against all virtues of common sense, don't
flame me. EDUCATE ME!

Manny Costa
Raytheon
Submarine Signal Division
PO Box 360
Portsmouth, RI 02871