Drive-By Shooting

You hear about them on the news and see it in the movies, but you never think you're actually going to be involved in one - a random drive-by shooting. My daughter and her son experienced that yesterday during lunch in the Charlotte (NC) area.

They were just sitting down, when a bullet came through the front door, striking the chair in which my daughter's son was just getting ready to sit in.  It passed through an oak slat in the back and grazed his forearm. Fortunately, nobody was seriously hurt.  The police later discovered the bullet (.22cal). They said this was the third time this type of event had occurred in that area. 

I guess that's why we sell guns. Seems like everyday, people are in situations where they need to protect themselves from the crazies and criminals out there. What if the shooter had actually come into the restaurant and started shooting innocent bystanders. You would want to either have a weapon to defend yourself or hope that somebody else there had a weapon to fight back. 



We are fortunate and extremely happy that nobody got hurt. Unfortunately, there is somebody still out there that thinks it's perfectly okay to shoot into a crowded restaurant. Sad but true.

UPDATE: there were actually 6 shootings in a 12 hour period;  apparently the shooter's target is automobiles.

See the coverage here: 
 http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/6-shootings12-hours-has-charlotte-residents-high/nPP6j/

Greensboro Gun Show

Last Saturday, we went to the gun show at the Greensboro Coliseum. WOW!  What a crowd! If crowds mean people are interested, then I would say a lot of people in the Greensboro area are very interested in guns.

When we arrived around 2:00, the lady taking the tickets said the count at that time was over 8,000 (the show opened at 10:00 - and this was the first day). 

So, what did we see there? The usual stuff - tables covered with rifles, shotguns, pistols, military garb, ammunition, knives, and on and on. Two things that were perfectly evident; there were a lot of women looking at guns, and the overall demographic profile seemed to suggest there were a lot of "new" gun fans at the show.

The women seemed to be looking for small, lightweight semi-automatics that can easily fit in a purse or pocket. And the dealers seemed to be anticipating that. I saw Keltec 3TAP, Ruger LCP, Bersa Thunder 380, Taurus P22 and Beretta Tomcats.  Don't remember seeing that kind of gun at the show in those numbers.

Still, there were a lot of "assault" style rifles and self-defense shotguns.

This turnout might be a sign of the times.