Any of you own an actual gun?

[@hot]

Be it for protection or fun. I was curious how many of you that play games actually know how a real gun is like. Any of you just shot one? Post some pictures if you want!

For me I own six guns currently. Three handguns and and three rifles.
- a 1911 .45 Stainless steel.
- A .357 Magnum revolver with a 6 inch barrel
- A .22 heritage rough rider revolver with a 9 inch barrel

- A vintage 1918 British .303 (from my grandpa)
- A .22 rifle. As normal as they come
- A custom built AR-15. (my baby)

So what about you guys?

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Spoiler: Nope.

For a few reasons, but mostly because I see no point in owning one.

 

[Count Igor]

Cripes. Another of these threads.
What's the obsession with guns all the time >.>

Anyway, No.
I have nothing more to add to that other than
I am English.
So I doubt I ever will.
[BIGSARCASMSTARSHEREWITHABRITISHACCENT]I consider them uncouth and dirty things.
You can much more easily solve a mugging or defend yourself with a scolding cup of tea.[BIGSARCASMENDSHEREWITHABRITISHACCENT]
I have nothing against guns.
Aside from the general muttering about them.

Edit: To help against arguments, I have added some obvious signs.
To help the visually impaired (That's only bad eyesight, not completely blind, right?), I have put them in capitals.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

No, but I have shot a couple, thanks to cadets stuff at school. Never really found it all that exciting.

I do own a bow though, and I'm a damn good archer! Also, despite the potential lethality of them, no licence or anything is needed to own one. Odd.

 

[BonsaiK]

What is it with Escapists and their guns?

Anyway, no. Money spent on guns is money I could have spent on something actually useful.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

Yep, they were all legal when we bought them, but due to California's recent laws I have to go to a private range to shoot them as I can't bring them with me to a public range.

That being said I have:

A Ruger 10/22
2 1911's, One Colt Gold Cup (1980 I think was the year), one custom made Springfield Armories(pride and joy)
A piece of shit snub-nosed 5 round S&W .38 Special
A Beretta 92 with 15 round magazines (Illegal in California)
A Glock 17, hate the fucking thing, but my parents like to shoot it. (Same thing with the .38)

and for the icing on the cake, the super-illegal Colt Ar-15 complete with no bullet button and 30 round box magazines.

 

[@hot]

Cripes. Another of these threads.
What's the obsession with guns all the time >.>

Anyway, No.
I have nothing more to add to that other than
I am English.
So I doubt I ever will.
I consider them uncouth and dirty things.
You can much more easily solve a mugging or defend yourself with a scolding cup of tea.

I only have mine as really an expensive hobby. It is just a great stress reliever for me (a little extreme) Though it is really fun to me. Though if I needed one for protection I would rather have it to make sure they would stop coming at me instead of just hurting them for a couple of seconds.

 

[M4A1Sopmod]

Yes sir. Unfortunately they are rather old and both are passed down from my grandfather. Ill be buying some new ones as soon as I get together the cash. Anyway, one is a Model 11 captured from a dead German in WWII by my grandfather and the other is an old double barrel 20 gauge shotgun he used for hunting. I know someone with an M1A1 Carbine and Im hoping they would be willing to sell it but I guess I will just have to see.

 

[AcacianLeaves]

lol @ 'protection'. Just come out and say that you're afraid of minorities and communists.

I inherited my grandfather's hunting rifle collection, which I use for hunting. Deer are delicious. I see no other reason to own any gun, especially not any nut-job crazy assault rifles.

 

[@hot]

lol @ 'protection'. Just come out and say that you're afraid of minorities and communists.

I inherited my grandfather's hunting rifle collection, which I use for hunting. Deer are delicious. I see no other reason to own any gun, especially not any nut-job crazy assault rifles.

lol. But the more tactical the better. Also Im more scared of my neighboors than anything. I believe something is going on around here because we get ALOT of traffic to one house during the night. Also have had things stolen from our shed.

 

[M4A1Sopmod]

Cripes. Another of these threads.
What's the obsession with guns all the time >.>

Anyway, No.
I have nothing more to add to that other than
I am English.
So I doubt I ever will.
I consider them uncouth and dirty things.
You can much more easily solve a mugging or defend yourself with a scolding cup of tea.

Uncouth and dirty things? Wow, you are really doing your nation a disservice by practically proving singlehandedly the stereotype that British people are smarmy tossers. Anyway, you obviously have never heard of the invention called the curb-stomp, but Im sure the day you splash someone desperate enough to rob people at gunpoint for cash is the day you find out exactly what a curb-stomp is. Its a shame you didn't stop after saying you had nothing more to add.

 

[chainer1216]

Cripes. Another of these threads.
What's the obsession with guns all the time >.>

You can much more easily solve a mugging or defend yourself with a scolding cup of tea.

not in america, we drink out tea iced.


OT: yes, i do own a couple handguns. mostly for fun, but also for practice for when i'm in the military/hopefully become a cop.

 

[Ice Car]

No way in hell at my age (15). I plan on maybe getting a pistol for self defense when I'm old enough after I inevitably move out. I'll probably stay in Hawaii though and it feels safer here, but still I could use some protection...

 

[Count Igor]

Cripes. Another of these threads.
What's the obsession with guns all the time >.>

Anyway, No.
I have nothing more to add to that other than
I am English.
So I doubt I ever will.
I consider them uncouth and dirty things.
You can much more easily solve a mugging or defend yourself with a scolding cup of tea.

Uncouth and dirty things? Wow, you are really doing your nation a disservice by practically proving singlehandedly the stereotype that British people are smarmy tossers. Anyway, you obviously have never heard of the invention called the curb-stomp, but Im sure the day you splash someone desperate enough to rob people at gunpoint for cash is the day you find out exactly what a curb-stomp is. Its a shame you didn't stop after saying you had nothing more to add.

You don't seem to have grasped the fact that it was a joke.
Seriously? Does anyone think that you can stop a mugger because British people always have scolding hot cups of tea?
Nice.

 

[Count Igor]

Cripes. Another of these threads.
What's the obsession with guns all the time >.>

Anyway, No.
I have nothing more to add to that other than
I am English.
So I doubt I ever will.
I consider them uncouth and dirty things.
You can much more easily solve a mugging or defend yourself with a scolding cup of tea.

I only have mine as really an expensive hobby. It is just a great stress reliever for me (a little extreme) Though it is really fun to me. Though if I needed one for protection I would rather have it to make sure they would stop coming at me instead of just hurting them for a couple of seconds.

Don't worry. I was only being overly British. I don't actually have anything against them, and they seem like a fun hobby.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

I've been debating buying one recently. Not anything crazy, like an AR or shotgun, but a pistol. Probably a .22 or 9 mm.

I owe this interest to my being paranoid, namely about the coming zombie apocalypse and one too many Criminal Minds.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Cripes. Another of these threads.
What's the obsession with guns all the time >.>

Yeah...where's the flamethrower thread, the rossbow thread or the grenade launcher thread.

I don't own a gun as such...in part due to living in a place where they tend are heavily restricted. By far the most likely person to be shot with a gun in the house is the teenage son, at least where I live, so personal gun ownership tends to be frowned upon.

On the other hand, my grandfather brought back a trophy from WW2, which used to be a gun, but has had the mechanism removed for safety.

 

[@hot]

Well, If you have no experience with one I would go with a .22. Its fun to shoot and ammo doesnt cost much.

Though if its for a zombie apocalypse just head to your local gunstore and grab some shotguns and rifles and find a nice tall building to camp out on! No need to buy it. Unless your wanting to gurantee you get one lol.

I love how it didnt quote you
I've been debating buying one recently. Not anything crazy, like an AR or shotgun, but a pistol. Probably a .22 or 9 mm.

I owe this interest to my being paranoid, namely about the coming zombie apocalypse and one too many Criminal Minds

 

[Vault101]

Not personally though dads gun cabinet used to be just outside me bedroom (and unlocked) I think there was an old rifle with a scope in there, a shotgun (double barrel mabye) and I think we may have one or more newer rifles with a little magazine and scope

so yeah, if the apocoplyps ever comes Im set