http://www.wintermute.cc Politics, Philosophy and Pedantry from a North Side Sysadmin Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:48:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.wintermute.cc/2010/07/19/how-to-buy-a-handgun-in-chicago-step-1/comment-page-1/#comment-153722 How to buy a handgun in Chicago – Step 1 | Chicago Handgun Owners Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:48:50 +0000 http://www.wintermute.cc/?p=88#comment-153722 [...] Junius @ Looking Backward shares with us a glimpse into his first steps in obtaining his Chicago Firearms Permit. In pursuit of the ever-elusive legally owned Chicago-bound handgun, I found myself in a western suburb this weekend going through the NRA Basic Pistol course. I cannot recommend this class highly enough to someone with little practical experience in shooting or weapons safety. The class goes into great detail in examining the constituent parts of revolvers and semiautomatic handguns, spends time discussing safety in detail (as well as legal and ethical liability), shooting stance, grip, correcting shooting errors, assessing the difference between calibers and how to recover from common weapons malfunctions. And that’s just the classroom portion. [...] [...] Junius @ Looking Backward shares with us a glimpse into his first steps in obtaining his Chicago Firearms Permit. In pursuit of the ever-elusive legally owned Chicago-bound handgun, I found myself in a western suburb this weekend going through the NRA Basic Pistol course. I cannot recommend this class highly enough to someone with little practical experience in shooting or weapons safety. The class goes into great detail in examining the constituent parts of revolvers and semiautomatic handguns, spends time discussing safety in detail (as well as legal and ethical liability), shooting stance, grip, correcting shooting errors, assessing the difference between calibers and how to recover from common weapons malfunctions. And that’s just the classroom portion. [...]

]]> http://www.wintermute.cc/2010/07/19/how-to-buy-a-handgun-in-chicago-step-1/comment-page-1/#comment-153721 Ed Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:39:33 +0000 http://www.wintermute.cc/?p=88#comment-153721 I enjoyed the post, but that process sounds utterly absurd. Good luck with all of that! I enjoyed the post, but that process sounds utterly absurd. Good luck with all of that!

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