A little background: I am generally not a long gun kind of guy. The reason? I have a life-long left arm disability that prevents me from holding and firing any long gun (without a benchrest) that doesn't have a vertical forestock or something similar. A little strange, but true.
In December of 2008, with a certain anti-2A president-elect about to take office, I did something I had never done before. I bought myself a long gun. More specifically, I bought a Mossberg 500 shotgun in .410... the one they offered with a vertical forestock. I had always wanted to try one to see if it would work for me, but just never got around to it. The "why" on that is a whole 'nother story for another time. But in December of 2008, I figured I had damn well better do it now because if I didn't, I might never again have the opportunity.
Little did I know that one long-delayed purchase would rekindle my interest in the shooting sports and collecting after 25 years away.
In other words, it turned out to be a good thing (if you don't count the cost!). 
But now fast forward to December 2020, exactly 12 years later almost to the day. Another anti-2A president-elect is about to take office it seems... this one even more anti-2A crazy than the one before him. Confiscation-level anti-2A crazy. So what did I do this week?
I went out and bought TWO new Mossberg shotguns.
This time in 12 gauge. 
They will have to be modified in order to work with my disability... but once again, I figured that if I didn't do it now, I might never again have the opportunity to do so.
So yes folks... history does, in fact, repeat itself.
Sort of. 
In December of 2008, with a certain anti-2A president-elect about to take office, I did something I had never done before. I bought myself a long gun. More specifically, I bought a Mossberg 500 shotgun in .410... the one they offered with a vertical forestock. I had always wanted to try one to see if it would work for me, but just never got around to it. The "why" on that is a whole 'nother story for another time. But in December of 2008, I figured I had damn well better do it now because if I didn't, I might never again have the opportunity.
Little did I know that one long-delayed purchase would rekindle my interest in the shooting sports and collecting after 25 years away.
But now fast forward to December 2020, exactly 12 years later almost to the day. Another anti-2A president-elect is about to take office it seems... this one even more anti-2A crazy than the one before him. Confiscation-level anti-2A crazy. So what did I do this week?
I went out and bought TWO new Mossberg shotguns.
They will have to be modified in order to work with my disability... but once again, I figured that if I didn't do it now, I might never again have the opportunity to do so.
So yes folks... history does, in fact, repeat itself.