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For 30 years, Tom Gresham has been your trusted source on all things ballistic.

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You know, it's time for us to have fun again. I'm Tom Gresham, and is Gunn Talk, and all we do is talk about, well, guns and shooting and all kind of fun stuff. Outdoor things, generally speaking. I definitely prefer shooting outdoors to indoor ranges, not a real fan of indoor ranges. I get it that that's, for a lot of people, that's what you have, and it's a pretty long drive to get to a place where you can shoot outdoors. I understand that. And yet, I still don't like them that much. They're loud. They're kind of obnoxious. And yeah, we put up with it. But I prefer to shoot outdoors. We're going to tell you. There it is. I'm looking out the window right now. Let's see. The snow is evaporating fast. It is melting and going away.

Looking out, the lake is, the ice is gone. There are no more fools out on the ice, trying to figure out who's going to be the last one out there. Now the boats are out there. They're snatching fish out.

Mountains are gorgeous. Still got a good bit of snow on the

mountains, because of course up high, it takes a while for that to melt. Having a good time out here

in central Idaho. Basically, I want to talk about a number of different kinds of guns, and also at

some point today, we're going to talk about why, primarily, I guess, why we own guns.

We own guns for a lot of different reasons.

And I guess the question I would throw out is for you, is it primarily recreational that you just, you know, you like to shoot guns?

And it's just fun going to the range, and it really is.

Or maybe you're a competitive shooter, and that's recreation.

That's a fun thing.

And then for some people, the primary, and I understand, we all have, we do all these

different things.

I get that.

But for some, the primary reason they own guns is for personal protection.

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