All Forum Posts by: Rich Schroeder

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/krugman-death-panels-vat/2010/11/14/id/377008

All of the crying that was done, all of the hate speach towards Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush, etc...turns out they were right. Makes you wonder who would support legislation that was clearly based off of lies.

I'm not a plumber. but with access I can run new pex lines for probably around $500 in one day. Just another angle to think about.

I found a post from MikeOH that sums things up pretty well...

"If I knew when one of the many drug dealer scumbags that I have evicted will appear and want revenge, then I wouldn't go there at that time of day. If I knew when a tenant I evicted and made homeless would be at Walmart, then I wouldn't go there at that time. If I knew when some unstable mail delivery guy was going to go postal at McDonalds, I would pack my lunch that day. Unfortunately, I don't get the schedule of dangerous times and places, so I carry my gun anytime I'm working. When you're working in low-income neighborhoods, any time could be dangerous. You never know when some hopped up meth addict will be walking down the street and decide that he needs your money.

I carry a Baretta 3032 (32 cal) Tomcat with frangible rounds for added safety in apartment buildings and other close quarters. It is a semi-automatic, 8 shot pistol, double action on the first shot. It is remarkably accurate for such a small gun. The only thing I don't like about it is that it's a little difficult to decock after you've fired that first shot (due to the small hammer). It has a very unusual barrel which tilts up, allowing the chambered round to be removed and I usually acutate that before attempting to decock it.

I would like to carry something with a little more power, but it is difficult to conceal anything larger and still work with it (doing the maintenance, climbing on roofs, etc). I also like the reliability of the Baretta, which has never misfired and is very well built. My wife and I both have Baretta trap guns and I have found their performance to be outstanding.

I wear mine with a belt type holster (on my side during the winter, under a hooded sweatshirt and a little farther back during the summer, under a hawaiian shirt. My wife and I do go to the range occassionally. We usually make a day of it, shooting some targets and then dinner. What could be better?

"And hey, if you'd like to bring up some legal issues that would be great"

Legal issues? There are plenty of them. However, as they used to say in the military " it's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6" !

Mike

That's super. Now let's move on to the subject at hand.

Also, Bill, have you ever evicted someone and the last words to you are..."I'm going to get you". Just curious.

thank you for your input. Some of it was helpful. Not that I have to justify myself, but I've been a responsible gun owner for many years. I have no fantasy of shooting in the middle of the streets at high noon.

At any rate, just because you have never had to draw a weapon, it does not mean that you never will need to. Just like learning CPR. You hope you never have to use it, but it's good to have JUST IN CASE. Being prepared for criminal activity, which happens all the time across the country. Again, the purpose of this discussion is to get practical input from responsible gun owners such as myself, not to justify my need to anyone. But thanks anyway.

We finally got a good governor in Wisconsin (one of the last two states that do not allow conceal carry in the country). So I anticipate being able to conceal carry soon. Some questions for those of you who conceal carry.

-what type of weapon do you carry?
-preference to a certain holster?
-for what purpose do you conceal (landlord, being prepared, etc)
-for those in the Midwest, how do you handle the winter months? Does heavy clothing interfere with your ability to draw fast?

thank you in advance for your input. I plan on carrying most of the time, but always when I am on the job as a landlord. Not sure if I want to buy a body holster, hip holster, etc.

$40k gets me $575 in cash flow per month and enough left over to buy a used bass boat and a couple rods/reels.

interesting statement. When a political party (dems) are anti-business...meaning they hate insurance companies, banks, etc...OF COURSE they will receive less support from private business! The republicans (the only party that still wanst private business around) are their only hope...OF COURSE businessess will send more money their way! For example, would you give political money to someone who wants to put YOU out of busines?

In Addition, can you back up your claims that republicans don't have the best interest of the consumers in mind? This is a very broad statement.

Thank you.

LMAO! that's much more funny than John Stewart.