Let's see now....W1AW. Who was that guy who had the call sign first....maybe someone here can remember the name?
I do remember that fellow who had that call sign invented something called a silencer and his dad invented the first functioning machine gun.
In the latter stages the man was a truly great ham....the father of Ham radio..would that be pretentious?
I can't believe the name escapes me.
Anyway...I'm really glad he patented suppressors. They make shooting more pleasant and I'm really happy he did the ham radio thing too. I enjoy both.
I think it's possible that guns are in ham radio's DNA.
My thoughts on staying away from the "gun issue". No.
KD5GR & N1GMV have you ever been to the Wannamacher's Gun Show (
http://www.tulsaarmsshow.com/home.html ) in Tulsa? Eleven air-conditioned acres of guns....I'm thinking special event station this November. I got to meet Wayne LaPierre there, Jim Supica, Larry Potterfield, etc. and even managed to sneak in on American Rifleman's this old gun with a Colt Buntline Scout. Gee, I wish a ham table at a gun show had been my idea; hats off to you N1GMV. Heck special event stations...we have the IDPA nationals here in September and then there is OFASTS in June and that would make for some really cool cards to send out.