Better to buy a gun at a gunshow or at a store?

[unbreakable]

im investing in a small gun for home defense soon.. what is the best option?

i live in Texas.. gun show or store?

[the mesiah]

im investing in a small gun for home defense soon.. what is the best option?

i live in Texas.. gun show or store?
What kind of gun and where at in texas?

[nathanjizzle]

did you know that .3 percent of people that have purchased a gun for self defense end up shooting themselves?

[~primetime~]

You can bypass the two week wait for a handgun at a show

Probably a much larger selection at a show as well.

[tomtucker]

did you know that .3 percent of people that have purchased a gun for self defense end up shooting themselves?

what are the chances of shooting a family member or other friendly ?

[~primetime~]

All those "chances" are heavily skewed by low income morons. Take away the white trash and ghetto folk who clean their guns while drinking cheap beer and you have much different "chances" for things going wrong.

If you're a responsible adult with no history of depression you can ignore all that.

[Patrick Chewing]

http://www.beretta.com/en-us/px4-storm-compact/

[Nanners]

You can bypass the two week wait for a handgun at a show

Probably a much larger selection at a show as well.

there is a two week wait for a handgun in texas?

in oregon you can go into the store and walk out with a handgun the same day.

[niko]

what are the chances of shooting a family member or other friendly ?
Much higher than not having a gun in your house.

What is the chance that someone breaks in, you actually have a chance to stare them down with the gun with your family members all behind you so you know you can use it? (You can't use it if people are wandering the house). You also need to have time to load it and be ready.

I see value but I think this thought that you'll have a gun as a deterrent is overrated because there's so many situations it's not going to help. It's probably more so when you live in the middle of nowhere and can hear someone driving up, coming up. In NY, chances are when you hear the person they are on you.

[~primetime~]

there is a two week wait for a handgun in texas?

in oregon you can go into the store and walk out with a handgun the same day.
I thought that was nation wide, Brady Law... They have two weeks to do a background check on handgun buyers.

[Nanners]

I thought that was nation wide, Brady Law... They have two weeks to do a background check on handgun buyers.

they did run a background check, but that only took them 5-10 minutes on the computer.

[SunsN07BookIt]

If you know what you want, gun shows have the best prices but you can rarely test them out. Many gun stores, also have ranges where you can get a feel of the weapon before you buy it. The latter is the best option if you are clueless as to your needs.



did you know that .3 percent of people that have purchased a gun for self defense end up shooting themselves?

And the vast majority of that number is suicides.

[boozehound]

honestly, if you are buying something for home protection, buy a shotgun.

Also, unless you have friends who can show you the ropes, it might be smart to cultivate a relationship with a local gun shop/range so you can ask follow up questions.

[Akrazotile]

honestly, if you are buying something for home protection, buy a shotgun.

Also, unless you have friends who can show you the ropes, it might be smart to cultivate a relationship with a local gun shop/range so you can ask follow up questions.


This. Just think of how much nicer it would feel to blow an intruder away with a shotgun.

If someone breaks into your home, you dont wanna put neat little holes in them. You wanna make em real messy.

[Patrick Chewing]

Contrary to what gun shop owners will tell you, don't buy a revolver as your first gun for home defense. You'll be dead in minutes with a 6-shot chamber.

[Styles p]

i just got my first handgun a little over a month ago and damn it's a bitch in nj the whole process took about 3 months.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/veltape/unnamed_zps3121a7dd.jpg
two tone gen 3 glock 19

[KyrieTheFuture]

Buying a gun for home defense is so ****ing dumb

[tomtucker]

wonder if i had a gun if i would get in more or less trouble.....:confusedshrug:
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are you more, or less likely to end up dead if you have a gun ?:confusedshrug:

[dkmwise]

wonder if i had a gun if i would get in more or less trouble.....:confusedshrug:
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are you more, or less likely to end up dead if you have a gun ?:confusedshrug:

Wonder if I'm more likely or less likely to get into a horrific car accident if I have a car or don't have a car?????

[dkmwise]

I thought the wait was so you don't get pissed off people going in and buying a gun walking out and shooting their husband/wife for cheating

Give people a couple weeks to cool off

No reason to need a gun immediately anyhow. Or ever really.

Brady checks are just background checks but they are done very quickly, usually the employee at the gun store will stay on the phone until it is completed. Waiting periods are done state by state, I know in Vermont as long as you pass the background check they hand you the gun right there

[pauk]

Americans.... :)

[dkmwise]

Wonder how many people got shot cause of that

Very very few in this state anyway, virtually no gun laws or regulation and lowest crime rates in the country.

[MavsSuperFan]

Very very few in this state anyway, virtually no gun laws or regulation and lowest crime rates in the country.
That has very little to do with the fact that gun laws are lax.
Crime is correlated with poverty.

[CelticBaller]

did you know that .3 percent of people that have purchased a gun for self defense end up shooting themselves?
so almost nobody? those are pretty low odds

[Meticode]

Living in Wisconsin, at least in our area prices are so high at gunshows and marked up.