This seems pretty hypocritical of my thoughts on fire arms. I'm planning on getting a air rifle, a low powered air rifle, any thing under 12 ft·lbf (8.1 J). My reasons are simple, I just want to sport shoot... shoot targets. I don't intend on hurting anyone or anything with a rifle and I only intend to shoot targets, nothing more. I've given a lot of thought into this, about 5 months of thought. I've looked around the area I intend to shoot (my backyard) for potential dangers to others and my self, taking in to account the dangers of wind sway, miss fires and such. The area is all fenced off, high, strong, gap-less fences, so some thing like a 22. pellet wont penetrate or if I miss-fire, won't hit any one. I feel it's safe to shoot such a weapon here at such power without injuring or killing any one.
The full reason as to why I want a rifle in the first place (other than just to shoot pellets) is because... I want to shoot a gun at least once in my life. This is the closest thing I'm going to get to doing so without joining the army. Why don't I just join the army you ask?. I don't want to kill anyone, not for any reason. I would kill someone on the battlefield if it's my life or theirs but I don't ever want to be put into that situation. A 22. rifle is still enough to kill a man if in the wrong/right hands, like those who mistreat weapons as simple toys and ignore the basic rules of safety... that or in the hands of psychopaths. I'd like to think I'm neither of those and I'd treat this rifle (even if it's low powered 22.cal) with the greatest amount of caution and respect. Always treating the gun as loaded, if the gun as left my hands... even if I've watched the fellow every second, even if he was just looking and never put a pellet in... check if the weapon is loaded after he passed me back the weapon. Keep it locked away from anyone who could ever access the weapon besides me, I don't have a gun cabinet, however my bedroom door has a lock on it, which requires a key to open... a key I keep on me at all times.
I'm British and 19, so I can legally purchase an unlicensed weapon like a 22. air-rifle. I've got no criminal record (nor do I intend on having one) so I'd say I'm okay for buying one. I would like to ask... should I?. That's my big question, should I get one... I've been weighing the positives and the negatives together and to be honest, I'm not really all too sure as to whether or not I should. I'm sort of seeking both advice and approval from you guys. I do want to get one and I do think I'm mature enough to own one so any safety tips I can get from our gun owners on the forums would help out. The problem for me is that I'm finding it difficult to play devils advocate on this subject, so discouragement is welcome too... Would you guys/gals say, that given the amount of thought I've put into all this, that I'm mature enough to own a rifle?... even if it's just to shoot targets?.
I was going to put out a poll for this but I feel polls don't give enough detail or thought into an answer. Most polls are just Yes or No... neither of those help for me. People often just put the tick on the poll without reading or really thinking about an answer which doesn't provide any helpful advice. So please escapist your thoughts. I put quite a bit of thought into this so please no simple Yes or No answers. Please no anti/pro gun flaming neither... or trolling... keep it clean guys/gals.
The full reason as to why I want a rifle in the first place (other than just to shoot pellets) is because... I want to shoot a gun at least once in my life. This is the closest thing I'm going to get to doing so without joining the army. Why don't I just join the army you ask?. I don't want to kill anyone, not for any reason. I would kill someone on the battlefield if it's my life or theirs but I don't ever want to be put into that situation. A 22. rifle is still enough to kill a man if in the wrong/right hands, like those who mistreat weapons as simple toys and ignore the basic rules of safety... that or in the hands of psychopaths. I'd like to think I'm neither of those and I'd treat this rifle (even if it's low powered 22.cal) with the greatest amount of caution and respect. Always treating the gun as loaded, if the gun as left my hands... even if I've watched the fellow every second, even if he was just looking and never put a pellet in... check if the weapon is loaded after he passed me back the weapon. Keep it locked away from anyone who could ever access the weapon besides me, I don't have a gun cabinet, however my bedroom door has a lock on it, which requires a key to open... a key I keep on me at all times.
I'm British and 19, so I can legally purchase an unlicensed weapon like a 22. air-rifle. I've got no criminal record (nor do I intend on having one) so I'd say I'm okay for buying one. I would like to ask... should I?. That's my big question, should I get one... I've been weighing the positives and the negatives together and to be honest, I'm not really all too sure as to whether or not I should. I'm sort of seeking both advice and approval from you guys. I do want to get one and I do think I'm mature enough to own one so any safety tips I can get from our gun owners on the forums would help out. The problem for me is that I'm finding it difficult to play devils advocate on this subject, so discouragement is welcome too... Would you guys/gals say, that given the amount of thought I've put into all this, that I'm mature enough to own a rifle?... even if it's just to shoot targets?.
I was going to put out a poll for this but I feel polls don't give enough detail or thought into an answer. Most polls are just Yes or No... neither of those help for me. People often just put the tick on the poll without reading or really thinking about an answer which doesn't provide any helpful advice. So please escapist your thoughts. I put quite a bit of thought into this so please no simple Yes or No answers. Please no anti/pro gun flaming neither... or trolling... keep it clean guys/gals.
