I began to wonder if this woman was a good candidate to carry a concealed firearm. Her eyes were a bit too wide open, she seemed to try a bit too hard to make conversation. It seemed that under her public face there was danger, an unbalanced personality hidden under the surface, that kept dropping hints.
Bruce dedicated the next session to gun hygiene, use Hoppes solvent to clean your gun, a good gun oil to lubricate it. Avoid Breakfree CLP, Bruce said, as he had experienced gummy black residue in his guns after using it. My wife and I had been using Breakfree CLP on the Kahr K-40 after cleaning with Hoppes and experienced no problems. Use a nylon brush to clean the moving parts, and a brass barrel brush to clean the barrel. Boresnakes are good, but should be replaced every several months. Use air in a can to blow debris out of hard to reach places.
"So, have you decided what to shoot for the marksmanship part of the test"? I asked him.
"My 1911". He replied. "Even though I brought several pistols, it is the nicest to shoot".
"It sounds like you have quite an arsenal", I said. He rattled off four or five manufacturers and models that I had never heard of. "Do you shoot them that often"? I asked.
"Right now, I shoot them a little, but just wait 'till the end of the world, then I am going to go out and have some fun". He said.
I mulled his words over in my mind as I walked back to the classroom. In the event of a breakdown in society, this man would like to kill people. Is that what he meant? Could he have meant something else? Should he be allowed to carry a concealed weapon? Should I tell the instructor what the Biker had said? Would the instructor care? Would the State care? I certainly cared. I told my wife what the Biker had said, and she agreed that perhaps the Biker was not concealed carry material. We also agreed that there was something a bit unbalanced about the 40ish woman that made the idea of her carrying a gun more than a little frightening.
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