What Is A Safe Queen?

By James Rummel

My oh my! Ain’t that the prettiest thing ever!

Of course, I’d never carry something like that around for my own personal defense. It would be locked up at home, only to see the light of day if I was going to a formal dress ball or costume party.

So what would I carry about my person so I would be a hard target for evildoers?

Not fancy at all, but really serviceable. Try to attack James and you get the chop-chop!

Swords are not the only thing to get the bling treatment.

My oh my! Ain’t that the prettiest thing ever! All that gold leaf and mother-of-pearl grip panels and all.

I bet the gun is fully functional, but I would still never carry it for defense. My personal arm would look something like this.

Hmmm. Looks like I need to give the old warhorse a good cleaning!

A reader had heard the term “safe queen”, and was wondering what that was. It refers to guns that are never used, and are instead locked up in the gun …read more

Source:: Hell In a Handbasket