Hey Frank, how much hair spray do you use?

[I don't use hair spray. My hair is naturally thick and full... because I'm awesome. -Ed.]

Enough to cause Global Warming...but not as much as John Edwards.

Mines bigger.

Why is your finger on the trigger? Planning to shoot the camera? I think someone isn't remembering the four rules of gun safety:

1. All guns are always loaded.
2. Never let the muzzle of a loaded gun point at anything you are not willing to destroy or kill.
3. Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until ready to fire.
4. Be absolutely sure of your target, and what is behind it.

Of course, you support an anti-gun candidate for President, so expecting you to demonstrate responsible firearms usage would be a bit much, eh?

[Another rule of gun safety is don't be a little weenie. -Ed.]

I would like to point out that no digital camera at any time has ever has a delay timer of any sort. So the camera HAD to have a human behind it. A human who is likely dead for the reasons sited in the "4 rules" and this is likely the only evidence as to who killed them as they knelt, begging for their life.

But.... did he give the gun to his monkey?

And did his gun pardon scooter libby??

There must have been a sniffling liberal taking the picture....in which no gun rules were broken.

If your digital camera doesn't have a timer, throw that cheap piece of junk out and buy a better one. My camera has a timer and a flip-out view screen so I can see myself if I take my own picture. It also has a remote shutter release so no one has to be in contact with the camera when a picture is taken. How about joining the rest of us in the 21st century? Great picture, Frank. My favorite 20th century pistol.

[It's my favorite 21st century pistol, too. Nothing beats a big hunk of steel firing a .45 slug. -Ed.]

I don't know, I think spacemonkey's right and now we know what happened to Laurence Simon.
I figured it was the cat-blogging that set FrankJ off.

I am confused.

I thought gun control meant you had both hands on the pistol.

Gun experts help me out with something. Serenity RPG says Zoe uses a hogleg which has the stats for a shotgun, but our GM insists that the hogleg she has in the picture(in the manual) is a rifle. So is a hogleg a shotgun or a rifle?

Yeah I could google it, but I want hear from folks familiar with the topic.

According to Zane Grey, a hogleg is a big revolver, like a Colt Dragoon or something.
And since he worked as a cowboy in the late 1800s before writing novels, I'll take his word for it.

You know Ron Paul votes for gun rights everytime!

gun control means hitting what you were aiming at...

That caption has earned you a nomination to a new cabinet level position I've just created: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the Obvious. In this position you'll get to stand behind Tony Snow at news conferences and tell reporters that they're 'obviously stupid'...fun stuff like that. No need to respond. Cheney will tell me if you're interested...he just knows these things.

No better way to get your point across than to have some thug stare down the big bore barrel of a 1911-A1 .45 ACP!

LOL. These posters keep getting better and better.

Zoe is carrying a Mare's Leg in Firefly, not a shotgun. It is a carbine with a cutdown barrel and stock.

Just an sorta off topic question:

As we all know, I'm one of the Resident Gimps with a non functioning Right Hand. How well would I be able to operate a 1911 with just my left hand? I carry a Glock 36 (.45 ACP) and can strip and clean it and can operate the slide with any trusty belt I happen to be wearing. I like the 1911, but will I be able to use it?

Well, the obvious thing you would need on a 1911 is an ambi-thumb safety for left hand (no thumb safety on Glock as you know).

Otherwise, just as with the Glock, you can switch the mag release button to the other side of the pistol. The 1911 is pre-made just like the Glock to make this switch, so you should have no problems. I have two Glocks and a Springfield 1911 and I would say the 1911 slide is harder to rack, but should still be no problem.

As for cleaning, the 1911 takedown is more complex and I'd think it would be pretty tough with one hand, but since you are used to living using one hand you might not have too much trouble. I'd go to a gun shop/range that rents pistols and ask them to show you the takedown and try it yourself. I'm sure they'd be happy to help out in general, but more so if they think it would lead to the sale of a 1911. I prefer Springfield and you can get their "Loaded" model with the ambi-safety for $700-$800 new depending on finish. It comes with Novak night sites and a bunch of other custom type features. You can get a basic model for about $550, but the sites are lame, no ambi-safety and a lack of other nice features like polished feed ramp, lowered and flaired ejection port, beveled magwell, dehorning, etc.

Since you already have a Glock in .45 ACP (great pistol), I'd stick with that unless you were looking to add to your collection or get involved in competitive type shooting. The 1911 has the shortest, crispest trigger pull out there. Then, for variety you might consider a trade-in on the Glock. I would say the Glock is probably the best pistol to have if you just have the use of one hand.

I shoot the 1911 just fine left-handed. Then again, I'm a girl.

Thanks for the 1911 advice. The shooting wasn't really what I was worried about. It was more maintenance and setting condition 1. I'll look into maybe expanding into that beautiful piece of American steel.

BTW, this NEEDS to be a T-Shirt!

This week hundreds of pistol shooters are gathered at Camp Perry in Ohio for the National Matches to determine the US National Pistol Championship. And Yes, most of them will be shooting 191l style pistols for most of the events. And they will be all be shooting one handed, exactly like the Man in the picture. Go Get em, Frank!

DesertElephant:
The safety of a standard (right-handed) 1911 can easily be operated by the index finger of the left hand, if you are using it left handed. If you are holding it properly (unlike Frank, with his finger on the trigger) with your figner straight and along the side of the pistol, your finger is already in that area.

You should disengage the safety as part of the drawing motion, so your index finger sweeps the safety off as it goes into the correct position along the slide.

Racking the slide is likely to be more of an issue, but should not be overly difficult. I would suggest not getting a pistol with Novak sights in your situation; the non-ramped rear sight on the standard pistols can be used to hook on a belt.

I, too, would recommend Springfield. Forged components are your friend; I won't trust a cast-steel gun when my life is on the line.

Yo Phelps,
thanks for correcting that misconception. Peeps need to know their guns... and their "Firefly" facts...

I'd like to point out that spacemonkey is absolutely wrong about digital cameras having no delay timer. Most of them do & if there was someone behind the cam maybe he had it coming?

Fred Thompson would have had 2 1911's...in each hand