you lucky people

[badal1965]

hi just joined your forum last night and i can't believe that such a great forum for po8's exists. as i live in comrade blairs britain i can only dream at what it must be like to actually fire a luger as mine is a 1918 DWM but deactivated under the orders of this poxy government of ours. all the robbers can get real shooters easy enough but if you are law abiding you've got no chance. anyway thanks for such a great forum.

[thegundude]

Welcome to the forums...

I agree. Freedom is a wonderful thing...

[Curly1]

You have my condolences m8 on the deactivated piece. It grieves me so to read of such things.

[John Sabato]

Welcome to the Lugerforum Alan, You have many fellow countrymen here on this forum...

A couple of which are considering emigrating to the "New World" to get their freedoms back... I must say I would be considering the same thing if I were in your shoes...

I hope you enjoy reading our forum. Please post photos of your DWM...

[Ron Smith]

Hello Alan,

I would like to add my welcome also.

It is a very sad state of affairs when a Democracy conspires to disarm it's citizens.

Democracies are controlled by Lawyers, and Lawyers depend on crimes. If they allow us to defend ourselves. They are out of work.

New York City's Sullivan law was passed by a group of corrupt politicians(Lawyers) who were in the pocket of organized crime. Who, in turn, were having a problem with armed citizens. It's difficult and dangerous to rob someone who has a gun. So, get a law passed to disarm the citizens. Hence, the Sullivan Law...The banning of unlicensed ownership and carrying of firearms in New York City. Named for the politician who submitted it and got it passed.

Ron

[Luke]

Ron -

So they disarmed everyone in New York City and everyone lived happily ever after! No more crime in New York City. Right? Right?

Luke

[stefanosg]

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

-Thomas Jefferson

[Ron Smith]

Luke,

Why certainly!! It's the Model of safety and security now. I'm loading up today and moving to the Bronx.

It's too damned dangerous here. Everybodies packin'.

Ya never know when some demented little old lady might pull a piece and smoke some poor unsuspecting meth addict, just because he asked her for her purse. Shameful, just Shameful....

[Ron Smith]

We had an incident here in town recently.

A 50 something Grandmother who lives in a bad neighborhood, and is raising her grandchildren with a low paying job. Got her Ford Bronco stolen out of her driveway.

A friend was bringing her back from the Police station after filing the police report. When they saw her Bronco stopped at an intersection.

She jumped out , ran up and yanked the door open. The theif, a 6'1" 190 lb Meth Tweeker, stepped out and tried to push her away. She put his gonads in the retracted position with her foot and commenced to kick the snot out of him while he was down. He was arrested at the scene and she got her vehicle back. She was 5'2" and about 130lbs according to the news report.

I love it....

[stefanosg]

Go Granny Go! This Bud's for you

Honestly though, she was lucky. Probably caught off guard because of her age. You never know with these crazies. Had the victim been younger and he the criminal had a weapon, the outcome may have been terribly different.

[Luke]

A R E A L American ! ! !

[Ron Smith]

That's true. It wasn't a very smart thing to do on her part and fortunately it worked out.

Still, a great story. I love poetic justice.

[badal1965]

I'm going to Vegas in February so does anyone know of a gun shop where I can hire/fire a Luger?.I will try to upload some pics of my ruined luger.

[G.T.]

Hello badel1965, I live in The Phoenix area, and If you would spring for the 45 minute morning flight to Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix, I would pick you up there, take you out shooting, supply the Lugers ( and P.38's) and ammo for the day, feed you, and put you back on the plane for your return flight.... garrenteed (sp.?) fun! Theres a bunch of guys here that'll vouch for me if you don't believe my offer! BTW, Tac, if you ever get over here, same offer for you! Best to all, til....lat'r....GT

[Ron Smith]

Hi Alan,

We have a member Lloyd Duff who goes by "Lloyd in Las Vegas" on Jan Still's forum. I have forgotten his name on this forum. You can contact him through the forum at thsi link.


http://luger.gunboards.com/


Ron

[Steinar]

Greeting from Norway also Badal1965!
It's always sad for us collectors to hear about deactivated ones.. The fact that you own one shows that you have a genuin interest in Lugers, wich is great!
Not sure If I want to drag freedom into the issue, as I feel that it would label Great Britan as the oposite.. But It's very hard to find the logic of only having armed criminals!
btw.. a little off topic, but this is something I found a little amusing http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/new...ay.php%3CBR%3E


Hope you get the chance to fire a Luger when in the US. Feel I can vouch for G.T as a great guy!

[Karl]

Morgan,

It is indeed an amusing article. If desperate criminals in the UK are now using the "LETHAL" .22 short cartridge then even a heavy jacket and a good pair of safety glasses might not be sufficient to prevent injury to innocent civilians at short range. But enough UK bashing, the sad truth is that this article could easily have been published in the US. On another note, I find it interesting that the heroic shop owner who "discovered" the deadly ammunition just happened to have a firearms license. What are the odds of that? KFS

[lugerholsterrepair]

GT, Ellie and I are trying to make it to the Phoenix gun show next weekend...Touch base with you and Jack Hiles. Hope I can make it...

I recall some years ago while in Vegas a Friend took me to a gun shop on the SW side of town and they had a gob of gun rentals there...Full auto too. MP40 is what I remember. I am sure one of our Vegas members will know if it's still in operation. Here in Yuma they have a range with full auto rentals.
Although, if it were me I would take GT up on his more than generous offer!
Jerry Burney

[G.T.]

Thanks Steinar! it would sure be nice to have you visit also, certainly give me a call, if you ever plan to get to the states! As most of the members already know.. my door is always open to forum members, and a good many of them have spent an afternoon & an evening (which is not enough time, BTW!!) looking at, and talking about Lugers! As Los Vagas seems to be a prime vacation spot, there is always an outside chance some of our more distant (overseas members) members might land there.. If made in advance, air fare, Los Vagas to Phoenix is but a $120.00 US dollars, round trip... I have stock piled a bunch of Wally world ammo, and have several places we can shoot without interference, both at ranges or out on our own ... and, I have an adequate supply of P.08 shooters... maybe all of them are shooters? to use for the day... also, there are several members in the area who I'm sure would like to attend the fun... It's just a thought, especially for our British brothers.. where it might seem more of a treat to them, then to us... Best to all, til....lat'r....GT

[thegundude]

FWIW, the store in Vegas with the machine gun rentals is calledThe Gun Store

I've rented guns there. It ain't cheap but it is fun...