addendum

just a kind-of update on the last couple of posts.   carry permit still pending.  they said 6 weeks to 90 days, so i'm unconcerned. it's only been a week or two since i filed the paperwork. 

however - yesterday, i did buy my very own, very first gun!! i bought a Glock 26, which is a .9mm and it is a

mazing how different it feels to own something like that. 

powerful. and frightening.  and amazingly, incredibly independant. 

my very good friend Patrick and i went to the gun show in Franklin and strolled and inspected and searched until we found what i wanted.  it's not a sig sauer, but it also didn't cost me any appendages, limbs or first-born children.  so - i handed the guy my driver's license and my large stack of $20 bills fresh from the ATM and he handed me my gun.  

wanna meet me at On*Target later for some target practice?  'cause now i'm anxious actually fire it!! 

permit pending...

the fingerprinting, the application, the fees - it's all done.  TBI is running some crazy-intensive background check on yours truly and once that clears, they'll mail my handgun carry permit to me. 

well, how cool is that?  i've (nearly) done something that i never really thought i could.  with a very minimal effort at that.  

now, on to the rest of the list!!