Hi everyone,
My names Chris, I'm 24, Christian, Libertarian, and I currently reside in Alberta Canada. I've got dual citizenship for both the US and Canada, and I was raised in Seattle WA before moving up here in the early 90's with my family. I've been a shooter since about the age of 10 when my uncle took me out shooting for the first time. Since then I've been hooked.
Growing up in Canada and being a 'gun guy' has not been easy, but I've made the best of it. I'm good friends with fellow FSW Forum member, Herk. (Actually, he's the one who first told me about this site.) We both do a lot of shooting up here, and have worked together in the past. Like I said, I've been interested in guns since I was a kid, but mostly thats been handguns. About a year ago, Herk lent me his copy of BGB and it totally changed my outlook on shooting. I found BGB to be worth its weight in gold! It opened my eyes to a lot of things I hadn't considered, including how important battle rifles are to our freedom and libery. Boston, I tip my hat to you for writing such an amazing piece of literature. Since then I've read Molon Labe but I haven't been able to get my hands on any of Boston's other books yet.
Living in Canukistan, the most freedom I have is when I visit my relatives in the States and get to use my Utah CCW permit. We have little to no RTKBA in Canada, getting a Canadian CCW permit is unheard of and the way things are going, I don't know how much longer it will be legal to own firearms here in Canada. So packing one of my 1911's in the US for about 2 weeks a year is one of the highlights in my life right now. Herk and I recently attended an Appleseed shoot in Yakima WA where we met a bunch of great like-minded people. I even managed to score Rifleman by the second day of the class (with an M1A with iron sights).
Since that trip, I've thought more and more about moving back to my home country. The move, if and when it comes will be at least several months away, but Idaho and Wyoming are at the top of my list for potential relocations. Over the last month or so, I've read over a bunch of topics and messages on this forum to try to get up to speed with the FSW, and I thought it was finally time to introduce myself.
So FSWer's here I am,
CZ Man.