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      Question about shooting range

      If you don't get a lawyer to go over the details you run the risk of wasting your whole investment.
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      Is this legal? A good idea?

      Asking to see the buyer's LTCH is a great idea, because as we all know, Indiana's permit is impossible to forge. And there's no way someone looking to illegally purchase a firearm would go through all the trouble of getting pink paper. But seriously, the buyer isn't required to have a LTCH, as...
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      Shooting on Private Land

      Been a while since I looked into it, but I remember it as if there was a structure within 100 feet, you had to have permission from the owner. Like several other people have said, it likely varies with each county. You are certainly not permitted to shot over anything that is not your property...
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      gun safe in an unheated garage?

      The main issue you'd run into is condensation. A dehumidifier will only help if your safe is air tight enough so that the dehumidifier can remove humidity faster than air gets in. The actual temperature doesn't matter, inside or out, it's all about whether the temperature inside the safe is...
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      So yeah im thinking about fighting authority.....

      As far as the police/court not knowing that you're not having the gun repaired, etc. It doesn't matter, the burden of proof is on you to prove you were getting it repaired. See IC 35-47-2-24. It's at the bottom of this page: Indiana Code 35-47-2 Three cases of particular note are here...
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      Snow as a backstop....?

      I'm not really sure what this means, but I routinely find 9mm bullets nearly unscathed on the range after the snow melts. But only after the snow has partially melted and refrozen.
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      Taurus 738 TCP vs KelTec P3AT

      I have the Ruger LCP, and added some nitesites to it. It's quite painful to put a lot of rounds through. The trigger pull is so long that once you've pulled it all the way back the curve of the trigger doesn't hold your finger on anymore. And then the recoil causes the trigger guard to pop up...
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      BATFE Pulling ATI GSG-5's from dealers!

      If they were confiscated because they were illegal, he wouldn't be reimbursed. In the same way that crackheads aren't reimbursed when they loose their "product". I suppose it is possible the manufacturer could reimburse them, or give them compensation of some type just to keep the dealer...
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      Is there a locksmith in the house?

      If taking the battery out actually worked, you probably wouldn't want the safe anyway. But I'd recommend keeping the battery hooked up, so that you don't permanently lock yourself out. No electricity is used to keep the safe locked, you only need electricity to toggle the locking mechanism...
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      Is there a locksmith in the house?

      No, that's what they thought at first, but from all the incidents they investigated, they determined physical sticking had nothing to do with them.
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      Wanting to shoot at Applied Ballistics Saturday

      Rifles are safer when carried in a case. With it out of the case you might lay it on the counter or lean it up against a wall or something like that, being totally careless of where it's pointed. But in a case, you can do all that, and conceal the fact that it's loaded, cocked, and has a few...
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      Is there a locksmith in the house?

      I've been programming for almost 30 years now, and I certainly don't want a computer between me and anything important. Just call Toyota and ask them how that electronic accelerator is working out.
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      .40 vs 9mm

      A .40 obviously has more "stopping power", but the gun is larger too, and that stopping power isn't going to help if the gun is sitting in your gunsafe at home. The correct answer is the one that you will carry.
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      Guns from Walmart

      Try asking the guy behind the counter at Wall Mart about his prices. At best you'll get a blank stare. At least with the local gun store you get the opportunity to ask the question. And anyone who would even pose such a question is pretty much just screwing with the gun store owner anyway as...
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      Guess who walked into Don's Guns today...

      Based on the location of his store, my guess is his target customers are people who see it driving by, stop in one day and have never been in another gun store. Which explains why most of the stores I buy from are hard to get to.
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      home range

      If it's a city ordinance making the ban, it would depend exactly on the wording of that ordinance. My bet is it's illegal. Whether or not you can get away with it pretty much depends on if someone outside your house can hear the gun shots. I'd like to think that most people out walking their...
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      Who's From Southern IN?

      Jeffersonville here. I generally shoot at the Silver Creek Conservation Club and the Southern Indiana Rifle and Pistol Club.
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      Southern IN. Rifle and Pistol club

      I've made the crossing many times in my Honda Civic with no issues. But the last time I was there there were some large bumps in the road before the creek that ripped the splash guard loose. From now on I'll be taking a truck with more clearance.
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      Southern IN. Rifle and Pistol club

      The railroad is being closed. That's just what was in the January newsletter.
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      Southern IN. Rifle and Pistol club

      There is an access road that hugs the railroad tracks, and you're allowed to use that only when there's a scheduled match and the creek is not passable. It's owned by the neighbor, but it'd certainly be cheaper to get full-time access to that than to build a bridge. One thing I heard is that...
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