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Sometimes it does. In fact, I'd say that my new Galco OWB holster controls it quite nicely while riding.

62 was pretty clean, only 1 minor bad spot by a school. I took 161, 62, 36, 77 home. 62 was pretty sweet right between 541 and 36. I was thinking about trying 93 up instead of 77, but it was kinda shitty before winter, so it probably isn't much better now.

That was Schmuckingham.

I did about 350-400 miles today. I saw a TON of bikes everywhere I went. I had my first 848 and 08 ex250 sighting today just outside Columbus on 62.

And I believe you have the distinction of being the only one who was legitimately mistaken for being gay.

PM me your #. I went through coshocton today on my way back from Columbus. I find myself down that way fairly often. We're going to do the loop around Atwood Lake tonight. Meeting up at the strip in N. Canton then heading down.

I am still in columbus, but I should be leaving here shortly. Perhaps a late afternoon cruise through the valley and food at QSL valleyview?

I'm leaving in about an 1-1.5h. No one else wants to go?

I'm about 75% sure I'm coming.

still no email

Anyone want to ride down to Columbus tomorrow?

Just sent paypal for 5.

I think maybe a dozen or so were there consistantly through the evening. 5 of them were the folks that I went with. I'm still waiting on my hands to thaw out from my ride home.

A couple of us are heading up to the Canton QSL for their "winter" bike night tomorrow. Temp is only supposed to be 46, but no rain. We're planning on meeting there around 6pm. Anyone care to join?

why do birds fly upside down over Ann Arbor? Nothing worth shitting on.

Mine took 8 days, but my company paid an expedite fee. My trip, of course, was canceled as soon as I had passport in hand. I think the fee is an extra $100 or so.

scratch that, I just realized that the 200 was today AND I forgot to record it. this really has not been a good weekend for me.

We could meet up tomorrow at QSL and watch the race at Daytona. That is, of course, assuming I don't get stupid again and try to fight a snow drift with my jeep and lose.

It didn't happen last sunday, thats the expert from the Columbus Dispatch that I saved in case the article went offline. That happened at least two years ago. I think it was Jan/Feb 06. The guy in question was not law enforcement, but a part time employee at a hotel. I didn't realize the link wasn't valid anymore. I'll have to see if I saved it or if I can track the guy down and get a copy.

I know for a fact that that is not quite accurate. I spoke with the CCW holder who pulled the trigger. He was an instructor as well. http://media.putfile.com/How-To-Make-Swiss-Cheese80 There is the video to the event, complete with music courtesy of the guy's roommate. I show this on occasion when teaching CCW classes as "Proper use of a coworker for Cover & Concealment" Man To Be Charged With Aggravated Robbery COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police said a desk clerk shot a man who was attempting to rob an east side motel on Saturday night. Officers said that shortly before 9:30 p.m., a man walked into the Super 8 Motel, located at 2055 Brice Rd., showed a gun and demanded money. Police said the desk clerk on duty then shot the alleged robber, Antoine Stephens. Stephens, 20, was transported to Grant Medical Center and was in serious condition on Sunday morning, NBC 4 reported. Police said he would be charged with aggravated robbery. The motel clerk's name was not released. It was unclear as to whether he would be charged. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the Columbus police detective bureau at (614) 645-4624. Anonymous calls can be made to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 645-8477.

Aside, from anecdotal data, I can't provide stats on uses of CCW because quite honestly, I am not aware of any LE agency that tracks that data. Can you provide any data that says folks CAN'T protect themselves? The problem I have with what you are saying is that people who practice and train can't necessarily protect themselves. The whole point of training is to prepare yourself for those "oh shit" conditions. I would agree if you said people that get their CCW, carry and then never practice or train again are not likely to protect themselves, then yes. The whole point of CCW is that it makes it legal for the individual to take their personal safety into their own hands instead of having to rely on the gov't (police) to protect them. A gun, in many instances, is the most ideal tool for such. However, a gun, knife, years of martial arts training, etc... are all pretty useless without a little common sense and situational awareness. Those are the most important weapons of all in personal protection. As far as ccw/drop in crime research goes, Lott wasn't the only researcher out there who came to the same conclusions. Sorry I don't have any of that handy to provide a link, but all my crim related research/references has been boxed up in a basement for 4 years.

To your first assertion, research has shown that that is not the case. Like I said before, violent crime typically drops 3-5% when states enact CCW. The major case study on this was More Guns, Less Crime by John Lott. To the second assertion, the FBI UCR year after year shows that guns are used defensively ~ 2.5 million times a year. So saying that very few people would be able to protect themselves is incorrect. And that is only accounting for the stuff that actually gets reported to law enforcement.

Yes, but the point I think he's trying to make is that banning guns increases the violent crime rate, where allowing CCW decreases it. Crime will happen no matter what, I agree. It's basic human nature. I don't know the figures off the top of my head anymore (not had to do research in 4 years), but the percentage at which the violent crime rate increases when guns are banned is greater than the decrease when CCW is allowed. Mind you, this is looking at trending for 2 different environments, with different SES factors, but its rather interesting.

I don't do much in the way of bullseye these days, or competition at all. When I was shooting for OSU, I shot the 25m Standard Pistol event (ISSF aka world cup event, not an olympic event anymore) with a Walther GSP in .22lr with a 1000g trigger. I shot the 50m Free Pistol event with a Hammerli FP10 and ~50g trigger. I did the 10m air pistol event with a Morini for a while, then later a walther. I did best with the Morini, mostly because the grip fit my hand better. The electronic trigger was pretty nice. When I could get my hand positioned in the Walther grip correctly I was dead on, but I had consistency problems with it. I'll let you know the next time I'm in town. I'm sure I can talk to my old coach and we can hit the OSU range. I can probably arrange for you to try some of the match stuff they have in inventory as well.

State Farm. I think I pay 350/yr for full coverage.