A couple people had expressed interest in this topic, and I have a bit of extra time for a couple days, so here goes:
Bona fides: I am a former infantry NCO and sniper, hunter, competitive shooter, reloader, hobby gunsmith, sometimes firearms trainer and currently work in a gun shop, mostly on the paperwork/compliance side. Back in the day, was a qualified expert with every standard small arm in the US inventory circa 2003 (M2, 4, 9, 16, 19, 249, 240B, 21, 24, 82 etc.), and today hang around the 75th percentile of USPSA classifications. I've shot Cap-and-Ball, Trap and Sporting Clays badly; Bullseye and PRS somewhat better and IDPA/USPSA/UML/Two-gun with some local success. Been active in the 2A community since the mid-90s, got my first instructor cert in high school, and have held a CPL for almost twenty years now.
I certainly don't claim to be an expert in every aspect of firearms, there's huge areas that escape my knowledge base, but if you've got questions I'll do my best to answer.
Technical questions
Gun control proposals for feasibility
Industry
Training
Wacky opinions
General geekery
Some competition links (not my own) just for the interested.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=U5IhsWamaLY&t=173
https://youtube.com/watch?v=93nEEINflXE
https://youtube.com/watch?v=utcky0zq10E
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Notes -
What's in your current collection?
What are you going to buy next?
What would you buy next if money/feasibility was no object?
What do you enjoy shooting the most?
What would you do with your firearms if the gov't suddenly instituted a mandatory buyback (inb4 boating accident)
What are some of your wacky opinions?
Pretty sparse, I don't collect guns. I shoot them until they die, then replace them. Two carry guns (one for suits, one for everything else), two competition pistols (old practice gun, new comp gun), three competition rifles (same, plus a PRS gun that doubles as a deer rifle), a couple .22s and a hunting shotgun.
Looking to swap the shotgun out for a nicer version once Beretta starts shipping proform guns again
A M240B, or more realistically, all the ammo I could get.
Suppressed .22 pistols are as much fun as you can have with your pants on.
Meh
Magnum cartridges are a conspiracy against morons. Here's your .375 H&H six pound mountain rifle, Skippy, have fun! Cool story, he just sold it back to us for a third what he paid for it. I'm gonna sell that gun six or seven times.
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