gun poll

Snakeduck

1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes

And how! There is a loaded .44 Ruger Redhawk in reach of my bed... I don't have kids or visitors.

Armed and dangerous and a little crazy and I still think gun control laws in this country are a fucking joke...

Snakeduck

rollings wrote:

You seem to be under the false assumption that all gun owners are also dicks.

Very true. The latest data only has the number at like 97.83%.

brianlux

rollings wrote:

brianlux wrote:

If gun owners are so afraid of having guns banned and/or taken away, why are they so quick to flagrantly admit to owning them or post pictures of themselves or their families with guns on the internet?

This is a loaded statement (haha).
You seem to be under the false assumption that all gun owners are also dicks.

No, not at all my friend. Some of my closest friends and family members are gun owners. They just don't advertise the fact.

brianlux

rollings wrote:

brianlux wrote:

If all the gun owners in the world were responsible and safe AND discrete about it,....

they'd be facing concealed weapon charges

The people I referred to above are in no danger of that happening. It's not a matter on concealing the weapons- it's a matter of being discrete about owning them.

chadwick

Snakeduck wrote:

1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes

And how! There is a loaded .44 Ruger Redhawk in reach of my bed... I don't have kids or visitors.

Armed and dangerous and a little crazy and I still think gun control laws in this country are a fucking joke...

our house when us kids were growing up was like this. some of y'all know the story already. dad worked for the state of iowa @ the maximum security penitentiary in ft. madison. starting in 1971 - his death in 2002. his & his family's lives were threatened pretty much on a constant. some inmates were serious as shit while others were all talk and no action. dad always invited them to come out and play. every once in a while one would actually try and make his way out to our place. (one even escaped one evening just to kill us kids and mom)

in the 70's & 80's dad would come crawling home after work almost daily due to being kicked the shit out of. as i look back on these events i am amazed by our father and the incredible amount of bravery he had... combined with stupidity of course.

so yes some folks deal with guns/loaded guns around the home (with children) better than others. why? because mom & dad communicated with us and we knew what was going on.

yes gun control laws in this country are a comedy act

Jason P

chadwick wrote:

so yes some folks deal with guns/loaded guns around the home (with children) better than others. why? because mom & dad communicated with us and we knew what was going on.

yes gun control laws in this country are a comedy act

I'm pro-gun and I also agree the laws are a joke.

I'll I have to do is take a stroll through the neighborhood and observe the people around me to see we need better regulation. Newsflash: Most adults are not very smart or responsible. Hell, I'm scared that half the people out there can buy a box of kitchen matches without having a license, less yet a .357 Magnum. :?

Flagg

1. have you ever owned a gun?
No, but I will when my father dies unless I sell them. He has a shotgun and Winchester 30-30

2. have you ever picked a gun up?
Yes

3. have you ever fired a gun?
Yes. Killed a snake with the shotgun at my parent's lake house. I've also shot skeet with it but that was a long time ago. I fired a hand gun at a range once several years ago. A friend took me. I've never hunted with them.

4. do you know how to load & unload most guns?
The two I mentioned above - yes.

MotoDC

Flagg wrote:

1. have you ever owned a gun?
No, but I will when my father dies unless I sell them. He has a shotgun and Winchester 30-30

2. have you ever picked a gun up?
Yes

3. have you ever fired a gun?
Yes. Killed a snake with the shotgun at my parent's lake house. I've also shot skeet with it but that was a long time ago. I fired a hand gun at a range once several years ago. A friend took me. I've never hunted with them.

4. do you know how to load & unload most guns?
The two I mentioned above - yes.

Used to love shooting skeet as a kid. Wasn't half bad at it for a 10 year old, either.

Snakeduck

Flagg wrote:

3. have you ever fired a gun?
Yes. Killed a snake with the shotgun at my parent's lake house.

You sonofabitch... Might have been a relative of mine.

chadwick

yeah i was gonna say,,,, shootin a snake :evil: ........... god dammit, man!
snakes are my dearest friends in the critter kingdom. i've talked reptiles on here till i was blue in the face then went and puked up my breakfast, what with all the snake murdering and whatnot

Snakeduck

chadwick wrote:

yeah i was gonna say,,,, shootin a snake :evil: ........... god dammit, man!
snakes are my dearest friends in the critter kingdom. i've talked reptiles on here till i was blue in the face then went and puked up my breakfast, what with all the snake murdering and whatnot

"I’d sooner, except the penalties, kill a man than a hawk" - Robinson Jeffers

Swap hawk with any animal, especially snakes, and I'm with ya' Mr Jeffers.

Flagg

Sorry about the snake. But it was a huge water moccasin after all.

You probably also won't like the fact that dad killed some copperheads a couple of weeks ago that were hiding under a brush pile next to the lake house.

He used a hoe though, not a gun. I am not sure if that mattered to the snakes or not.

chadwick

^^^ my head spins :evil:

acoustic guy

Yes to all four questions.
I have many guns. They are very secure and safe.
I used to hunt but dont like killing animals unless it was necessary to survive.

I was raised with them in my home as a child. Taught to respect them and understand what they do and how to handle them.

People who dont respect them are the ones who normally have accidents.

Guns dont kill people. Do spoons make people fat?

acoustic guy

Flagg wrote:

Sorry about the snake. But it was a huge water moccasin after all.

You probably also won't like the fact that dad killed some copperheads a couple of weeks ago that were hiding under a brush pile next to the lake house.

He used a hoe though, not a gun. I am not sure if that mattered to the snakes or not.

I love animals unless they are violent. I HATE SNAKES!!! I AM INDIANA JONES WHEN IT COMES TO SNAKES!
Once I blew ones head off in my front yard. never saw one like that in my neighborhood. Huge snake. Crazy to use a shotgun in a nice upscale area like the one i live in but sometimes in life ya gotta say fuck

unsung

Yes to all, and I didn't buy them to hunt.

acoustic guy

unsung wrote:

Yes to all, and I didn't buy them to hunt.

Neither did I after the first.

comebackgirl

acoustic guy wrote:

Flagg wrote:

Sorry about the snake. But it was a huge water moccasin after all.

You probably also won't like the fact that dad killed some copperheads a couple of weeks ago that were hiding under a brush pile next to the lake house.

He used a hoe though, not a gun. I am not sure if that mattered to the snakes or not.

I love animals unless they are violent. I HATE SNAKES!!! I AM INDIANA JONES WHEN IT COMES TO SNAKES!
Once I blew ones head off in my front yard. never saw one like that in my neighborhood. Huge snake. Crazy to use a shotgun in a nice upscale area like the one i live in but sometimes in life ya gotta say fuck

pffft...I'll come save you next time :roll:

covered in bliss

1. have you ever owned a gun?
yes-I own a Mossberg shotgun. A homeowner's special... It isn't supposed to penetrate 2 sheets of drywall and it probably wouldn't kill anyone unless I hit a main artery. (just what I was looking for when I purchased it.)

I bought it for personal security only... every 4th or 5th weekend during the summer I go up to Bumbletown, WI to mow the grass at the family cabin. We've been robbed twice. I move the car around in the driveway and I close the blinds at night but for a long time, I couldn't sleep there. It got to the point where I was taking ambien and I didn't like that AT ALL. Now, I load up the shotgun and prop it up next to my bed and sleep like a baby.

2. have you ever picked a gun up?
yes-shotguns, rifles and handguns. My mom is from NE Wisconsin and deer hunting is a part of life there. I grew up with guns.

3. have you ever fired a gun?
yes- my gun, my brother's handguns, his BIL's glock and my uncle's shotgun. I've never shot a rifle although I have held them...the power behind them freaks me out a bit.

4. do you know how to load & unload most guns?
no. I know how to load and unload the guns I've fired and that's it.

chadwick

acoustic guy wrote:

Yes to all four questions.
I have many guns. They are very secure and safe.
I used to hunt but dont like killing animals unless it was necessary to survive.

I was raised with them in my home as a child. Taught to respect them and understand what they do and how to handle them.

People who dont respect them are the ones who normally have accidents.

Guns dont kill people. Do spoons make people fat?

:think: :roll: