Jim,
Here is a man that could also use the "Hillbilly" option: maybe a Glock 23. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I carry a SureFire C2 & Punch II (always), a Kel-Tec .380 (almost always), and a Glock 27 with a +1 magazine (very frequently). God bless America for the CCW! <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
Tell those "sissy boy" friends of yours they don't know what the hell they are talking about! I'm sure if you were together and attacked you would see them in an entirely different light. A man with a weapon has courage an unarmed man has no recourse but to beg for his life.
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