{"id":1452,"date":"2019-04-19T00:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T08:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2022-08-08T20:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T04:56:03","slug":"return-to-the-firing-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/return-to-the-firing-range\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to the Firing Range"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been close to two years since I exercised my 2nd Amendment<strong><em> rights<\/em><\/strong>.  And during that time, two firing ranges (coincidentally the two closest to San Francisco) have closed.  So the nearest range to San Francisco is in San Leandro.  90 minutes travel time during daylight.  The price of ammunition has also spiked thanks to liberal slime in Sacramento, except for .22LR, which is still affordable.  Soooo range time means practicing with a Walther P22 and a Henry Survival Rifle, both chambered in .22LR.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" data-attachment-id=\"1450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/img_7394\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_7394-e1555662244338.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555609855&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG 7394\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 7394&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 7394&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_7394-e1555662244338.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_7394-e1555662244338-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 7394\" class=\"wp-image-1450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_7394-e1555662244338.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_7394-e1555662244338.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_7394-e1555662244338.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_7394-e1555662244338.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>First few magazines after two years.  I&#8217;m still pulling to the left.  <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" data-attachment-id=\"1451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/img_9429\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9429-e1555662515246.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555610514&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG 9429\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 9429&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 9429&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9429-e1555662515246.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9429-e1555662515246-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 9429\" class=\"wp-image-1451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9429-e1555662515246.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9429-e1555662515246.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9429-e1555662515246.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9429-e1555662515246.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Last target of the day.  There was also a headshot, not pictured.  Grouping could be better. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been close to two years since I exercised my 2nd Amendment rights. And during that time, two firing ranges (coincidentally the two closest to San Francisco) have closed. So the nearest range to San Francisco is in San Leandro. 90 minutes travel time during daylight. The price of ammunition has also spiked thanks to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/return-to-the-firing-range\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Return to the Firing Range&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-topics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-nq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1456,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452\/revisions\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}