Free Shooting Introduction

In the effort to promote responsible gun ownership and rights awareness, I make the following open offer to any resident or visitor in the Metro DC area:

If you have never shot a gun and would like to try, I am willing to take you shooting free of charge. I will provide the firearms, ammunition, eye/ear protection and I will cover your range fees. I guarantee if you are on the fence about gun ownership and usage, you will not be at the end of the session. You will have fun and learn a little in the process.

I do my introductions in Northern Virginia. Evenings or on the weekends at your convenience with minimal prior arrangements. Contact me for details and to schedule your free introduction!

If you are in the Chesapeake/Hampton Roads area, Brian, an NRA instructor in Virginia Beach, is willing to do the same if you're in the area on a Sunday afternoon or Monday evening. Drop him a note to make the arrangements.

5 people have learned to shoot! Would you like to be next?

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Hole in the Water

As promised, here she is...

One piece of trivia I've learned is that the District of Columbia has jurisdiction over the Potomac River. So vessels moored the majority of the time on the river must be registered in the District even if the owner or marina itself is not. The Washington Sailing Marina is in Virginia but all the boats there should bear District decals.

It also means that I cannot have, to my knowledge, any firearms aboard since that would run afoul of the District's gun laws. Fun stuff. I'm thrilled to be paying registration fees and title taxes to Mayor Fenty.

Here she is down below...

Looking down from the cockpit through the companionway.

Main cabin looking forward towards the V-berth/forepeak

Looking down at the port side main berth and galley area

Looking forward from the cockpit

And lastly, our neighbors in the slip next door


I think the turtles are a nice touch.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful boat!

highdiver_2000 said...

Does this mean you will be shooting less?

Sammy said...

Matt, congrats on the boat...beautiful!! I love it. Hope I'll get a chance to go out on it someday when I go up to visit.

DirtCrashr said...

Can you get a Coast Guard approved Mossberg "line-launcher"?
How about flare-guns (worked for James in From Russia with Love)?
The O'Day 22 sure is nice looking.

DirtCrashr said...

Oh yeh, since it's a 22'-er, are you aware of the magazine, "Small Craft Advisor"? Good stuff, even has a blog.