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    Post A look at the guns of the Presidents

    After today, it's all historical.

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    Interesting and enlightening article. Funny that FDR "knew his way around firearms" yet decided that we the people could have our rights violated by his NFA!

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    Eisenhower bought or was issued a Model 1911 when he graduated from West Point.
    During WWII he often carried a Colt Detective Special.
    When he arrived in North Africa he moved into a villa. While moving in, his staff freaked when they found a large cobra in the bathroom.
    Ike casually walked in, pulled the Dick Special and shot the snake.
    He then told the staff that they needed to toughen up, it was going to be a long war.

    Reagan owned a revolver when he was fighting the Screen Actors Guild in the 50's and was being threatened.
    Reportedly, while he was President the Secret Service was shocked to see him putting on a Walther PPK. He told them that if he was attacked he'd "help out".

    JFK's DCM M1 Rifle was "upgraded" to a National Match and was hand picked and given a fine polished blue finish and stock finish by the Army. There's a picture somewhere of him accepting the rifle from the sergeant who did the work.

    Probably the last President you'd want to mess with was Andrew Jackson.
    He'd been sabered on the head as a boy by a British officer during the Revolutionary War for refusing to clean the officers boots, and fought a number of duels. When a crazy man tried to assassinate him and his pistols miss-fired Jackson nearly beat him to death with a cane.

    Second place goes to either George Washington for raw courage, or to Teddy Roosevelt for toughness.
    The great challenge would be to pick the wimpiest Presidents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dfariswheel View Post
    Eisenhower bought or was issued a Model 1911 when he graduated from West Point.
    During WWII he often carried a Colt Detective Special.
    When he arrived in North Africa he moved into a villa. While moving in, his staff freaked when they found a large cobra in the bathroom.
    Ike casually walked in, pulled the Dick Special and shot the snake.
    He then told the staff that they needed to toughen up, it was going to be a long war.

    Reagan owned a revolver when he was fighting the Screen Actors Guild in the 50's and was being threatened.
    Reportedly, while he was President the Secret Service was shocked to see him putting on a Walther PPK. He told them that if he was attacked he'd "help out".

    JFK's DCM M1 Rifle was "upgraded" to a National Match and was hand picked and given a fine polished blue finish and stock finish by the Army. There's a picture somewhere of him accepting the rifle from the sergeant who did the work.

    Probably the last President you'd want to mess with was Andrew Jackson.
    He'd been sabered on the head as a boy by a British officer during the Revolutionary War for refusing to clean the officers boots, and fought a number of duels. When a crazy man tried to assassinate him and his pistols miss-fired Jackson nearly beat him to death with a cane.

    Second place goes to either George Washington for raw courage, or to Teddy Roosevelt for toughness.
    The great challenge would be to pick the wimpiest Presidents.
    Jimmy Carter. He didn't even talk tough, let alone act it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dfariswheel View Post
    The great challenge would be to pick the wimpiest Presidents.
    No challenge whatsoever. Barrack Hussein Obama followed closely by Willy Jeff Clinton.
    Nietzsche: From life's school of war: what does not kill me makes me stronger.

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    Last three democrats would be a toss up for wimpiest. Carter believed in walk softly and carry no stick. King Barack believed in walk softly and carry a letter of apology, and clinton believed in hiding in the closet with an intern.

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