Put technology to work!

ithacaartist · 10-04-2012, 08:43 AM

Earlier this year, I had occasion to drive from Ithaca NY area to Salamanca. This is the chosen half way point where we were to retrieve my girlfriend's mother (The Monster-in-Law). brought there from Cleveland by her sis, for a visit.

About the only feature Salamanca has to offer, other than cheap tribal cigarettes, is the casino. Big adherents to the Gambler's Fallacy, the women wanted to go in and waste some money. OK, fine, I met them later, when they were poorer.

In the meantime... I drove back to "town" and asked where there was a gun shop, which I was able to find--but it was , of course, closed. Awww...

Anyway, with the advent of all these "apps" for the smart(?) phones, I wondered if there is a Gun Shop App--something that can tell an out-of-towner whete the gun shops are, and when they are open. Anybody hear of such a thing?

mrerick · 10-04-2012, 09:59 AM

I teach firearms safety, and so encounter many younger people regularly in the context of the shooting sports. I'd estimate one out of 1,000 actually engage in real shooting sports.

Apps on the Android or iPod? Games... Crude simulators... a few practical apps. Gun store guide? Not to my knowledge. First person shooters; zombies; action animations, etc...

You'll find useful stuff like "Plink Log" and some Shot Timers.

But, if you go into a mapping application like Google Maps on the Android platform, and then search on "Gun Store" you'll get lots of commercial hits. Here's what it looks like on my region using the PC Google mapping application:

sheepherder · 10-04-2012, 06:25 PM

Can you do this on a PC using Google???

lugersrkewl · 10-04-2012, 06:51 PM

thats a big 10-4 good buddy.....high point guns took there name from a town in Carolina??? learn something everyday

mrerick · 10-04-2012, 07:05 PM

Rich, just go to the url:

http://maps.google.com

and search on "gun store" instead of an address.

Same thing will work with the Android Google Maps App.

Marc

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	Put technology to work! Earlier this year, I had occasion to drive from Ithaca NY area to Salamanca. This is the chosen half way point where we were to retrieve my girlfriend's mother (The Monster-in-Law). brought there from Cleveland by her sis, for a visit. About the only feature Salamanca has to offer, other than cheap tribal cigarettes, is the casino. Big adherents to the Gambler's Fallacy, the women wanted to go in and waste some money. OK, fine, I met them later, when they were poorer. In the meantime... I drove back to "town" and asked where there was a gun shop, which I was able to find--but it was , of course, closed. Awww... Anyway, with the advent of all these "apps" for the smart(?) phones, I wondered if there is a Gun Shop App--something that can tell an out-of-towner whete the gun shops are, and when they are open. Anybody hear of such a thing? __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	I teach firearms safety, and so encounter many younger people regularly in the context of the shooting sports. I'd estimate one out of 1,000 actually engage in real shooting sports. Apps on the Android or iPod? Games... Crude simulators... a few practical apps. Gun store guide? Not to my knowledge. First person shooters; zombies; action animations, etc... You'll find useful stuff like "Plink Log" and some Shot Timers. But, if you go into a mapping application like Google Maps on the Android platform, and then search on "Gun Store" you'll get lots of commercial hits. Here's what it looks like on my region using the PC Google mapping application: Attached Thumbnails __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Can you do this on a PC using Google??? __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	Rich, just go to the url: http://maps.google.com and search on "gun store" instead of an address. Same thing will work with the Android Google Maps App. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	thats a big 10-4 good buddy.....high point guns took there name from a town in Carolina??? learn something everyday