What I learned at the gun counter today.

[Joe Williams]

Swung by the Crawfordsville Big R today to check on ammo, and see if they've got any interesting guns in, as is my habit when I run to the bank. Just FYI, they do not have any .22LR or handgun ammo. Learned a couple interesting things today, though. To be clear from the get go, I do NOT have a Big R representative to thank for this education.

1) You cannot open carry a gun on your person or in your vehicle if you have an open carry permit. Thankfully the gentleman was smart enough to bring a holster, because apparently in the factory box is open carry. I didn't actually pursue that line of thought, though.

2) It is illegal to take a handgun across state lines without a special federal permit. This means that reciprocity is a trap. Say we go to Michigan, get pulled over. Even though our permit is valid, we are still going to be arrested for violating the federal law.

I never knew that

OTOH, I did see an interesting, tiny little gun today. A teensy, tiny .380 called the Desert Eagle Micro. I'm gonna have to study up on that, and think about buying one, just so I can say I have a Desert Eagle. "This is my .380 Magnum. It shoots through... well not much, but it's my Desert Eagle, dammit!"