{"id":28210,"date":"2020-08-26T12:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=28210"},"modified":"2020-08-20T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:27:03","slug":"essential-shopping-at-the-gun-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/26\/essential-shopping-at-the-gun-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential shopping at the gun store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A friend here in Maskachusetts texted us regarding his latest trip to an essential business that remains legal to operate: &#8220;No employees in gun store wearing mask.&#8221; A bit later: &#8220;At another gun store. Also no masks. Cop in here also with no mask.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An exchange ensued regarding why an excursion was worth the Covid-19 risk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Me: You&#8217;re in a gun store because you don&#8217;t already have enough guns? How many guns do you think you have at this point?<\/li><li>Him: Over 400. My Glocks are getting out of date.<\/li><li>Me: Are there actually significant improvements?<\/li><li>Him: These are 1\/4 inch slimmer.<\/li><li>Second friend: Everyone is moving to red dot sights on pistols.<\/li><li>Third friend: No, the pistols themselves are stagnant if not possibly retrograde, but the improvements have been in aiming them.<\/li><li>Him: These are 3-4 oz lighter than the previous alternative. But [Third friend] is right in that a Glock from 1988 is 98 percent as good as new one.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, what will happen to all of the guns that Americans bought during the BLM protests? There were a lot of first-time gun owners who aren&#8217;t committed to maintaining proficiency at the range, cleaning the weapons, etc. Will there be a public health emergency of misfires a few years from now as these guns sit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firearms advice from our next president (however briefly he may serve):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HHZ7zXLvOkY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(my friends above beg to differ; &#8220;Best home defense is 6 inch 300 BLK SBR with 30 round mag with silencer and Aimpoint.&#8221; What about Biden&#8217;s idea of a double-barreled shotgun? &#8220;Those are for clay shooting. 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