Advice for Chairman Steele

At this time everyone will be giving you advice on how to run our Party! Rather than add to that pile of advice. I’d like to advise you in an area that you can really use.

In an interview earlier this month you said you didn’t own any guns. That’s rather alarming to this country boy! So here is my advice!

For your handgun I advise two choices either is ok. A lot of hand gunners suggest Sig Sauer, Glock, or Taurus but when you factor in money cost of ammo etc. there are really only two choices a model 1911 or the much newer MNP by Smith and Wesson. 

Ronald Reagan carried the .32 but in order for that to be an effective choice you have to have a lifetime of shooting experience. (Since I inherited one that’s what I carry too.) 

Some will disagree about the 1911 but as my Dad always said the quintessential Americanness of the 1911 makes it an overwhelming favorite of any who shoot it. The MNP on the other hand fits in your hand like you were born carrying it! And if you get the MNP get it in 9mm the ammo is cheaper and the .40 is really a compromise that has neither the hitting power of the .45 nor the magazine capacity of the 9mm.

Now about long rifles, My favorite rifle caliber is the 45-70 (Even if it has the appellation “government” attached to it) It throws a huge hunk of lead downrange. However this choice has numerous disadvantages one of which is ballistics! To go more than a couple hundred yards you have to elevate the muzzle nearly like an 81mm mortar!

I suggest you go with the flat shooting .270 it has little kick and is usually very accurate in a pinch it could be both your Elk and Deer rifle!

Now about your home protection weapon, I feel that there is really little debate about this choice. Get a short-barreled (but still legal) 12 ga. pump shotgun if it is loaded with no. 6 or 7 birdshot this will handily take out a home invader without going through numerous walls so it is safer than buckshot but will still do a number on said thug.  

Now concerning the missus, her rifle should be a .243 it’s a good deer(or Antelope) rifle with acceptable ballistics. Her handgun, most authorities agree, should be a small .357 revolver. I suggest stainless steel hammerless so it will not get caught on anything in her purse should she need to pull it out. The .357 revolver has an advantage in that it can use .38 special ammo for practice, which is much cheaper, then when loaded for action she could load it up with esp. thug effective hollow points.

Now other rifles and guns are effective and have their advantages. What should every household have?

Some guns are just “family guns” like a nice Remington semi-auto rifle .22 with a scope.

So every household should have the following:

1. Home defense shotgun
2. Deer Rifle (or Elk as needed)
3. Two handguns (shooting with wife is great fun)
4. A scoped .22 rifle for plinking

Now about ammo esp. with Obama in office (you will probably need to buy both ammo and guns sooner rather than later) How much ammo should you have? As much as you can afford and safely store! My guidelines are at least a 100 rounds a weapon! Except for .22 ammo you should have at least a couple bricks .22 ammo. Be sure and get the gilded or copper plated ammo it works better in the Remington.

Future purchases should include a .410 shotgun to introduce the grandchildren to sporting firearms.  The 28 guage that Vice-President Cheney owns is little more than a "pop"gun.  No need for you to buy one of them!

True cleaning of any firearm should include Hoppes #9 this sweet smelling solvent cleans even the most abused gun! Clean your guns every time you fire them! This will ensure that they are ready when you need them!

C& E Gun Shows has a great gun show just down the road from you in Richmond!

Oh and one last thing lock your guns and ammo up! That would have saved my Dad two picture windows. My rear end still remembers the second time I shot out the window.