Poll: Guns and you!

[WolfThomas]

Dang, That sounds like a great job. Hunting all day long, free rabbit meat (it is safe as long as you get the rabbit flu vaccine), free rabbit skins.

If it was not for the restrictive nature of Australian gun laws I might have moved there.

It not too bad, compared to say Britain, with a minimum of effort I obtained my Cat A+B, that allows me bolt/lever/pump action rifles and single/double barrel and lever (for some strange reason) shotguns. If you have a large enough farm or a job culling animals you can get a semi-automatic and/or pump action shotgun. Getting a handgun requires either a security guard job or more commonly being a sporting shooter, it takes a bit of time, but it isn't impossible, I intend to do so as soon as I earn enough money and live static in an area long enough to do the required shoots.

The biggest problem IMHO is that everything here is so darn expensive, I paid probably three times more for my gun than I would have in the US, and ammo is relatively more expensive.

Also there's so much to hunt, rabbits, foxes and pigs. Deer and Kangaroos with appropriate permits. As well as more exotic things like introduced camels and goats in some states.

 

[Gilhelmi]

Dang, That sounds like a great job. Hunting all day long, free rabbit meat (it is safe as long as you get the rabbit flu vaccine), free rabbit skins.

If it was not for the restrictive nature of Australian gun laws I might have moved there.

It not too bad, compared to say Britain, with a minimum of effort I obtained my Cat A+B, that allows me bolt/lever/pump action rifles and single/double barrel and lever (for some strange reason) shotguns. If you have a large enough farm or a job culling animals you can get a semi-automatic and/or pump action shotgun. Getting a handgun requires either a security guard job or more commonly being a sporting shooter, it takes a bit of time, but it isn't impossible, I intend to do so as soon as I earn enough money and live static in an area long enough to do the required shoots.

The biggest problem IMHO is that everything here is so darn expensive, I paid probably three times more for my gun than I would have in the US, and ammo is relatively more expensive.

Also there's so much to hunt, rabbits, foxes and pigs. Deer and Kangaroos with appropriate permits. As well as more exotic things like introduced camels and goats in some states.

That is a lot of work. Here, in Kansas, all I have to do is go to the farm, (let the neighbors know I am there), and let the rounds fly into a dirt bank. I swear, I live in paradise.

 

[Croix Sinistre]

I have a lot of reasons for being an non-advocate for gun control. One of the main reasons is this: simply having a gun, no matter what caliber or size, can vastly increase the chances of someone getting out of a dangerous situation, even if never firing a round. In my personal experience, i grew up on a 'bad' side of town, one night when i was 16 and home alone, I heard someone outside, at first I ignored it, but when I heard the doorknob being fucked with I went straight for my dad's shotgun. He didn't have any ammo for it, but I tell you what, the sound of the a shotgun being cocked is a VERY definitive sound, and slowly the dude just walked off and after a bit I called the police.

I don't know what he wanted, or even if I was in any real danger, and later on, my experience in Iraq and from knowing various people in the military and police told me you can never give someone the benefit of doubt when you feel threatened by them.

I will always be and advocate for use of guns as self defense. Sure, they'll be abused by some, but that doesn't mean they should be outlawed for every law abiding citizen. And plus, people who are determined to commit a crime using a gun, will find another way to perform the crime anyway regardless.

 

[Aur0ra145]

Definitely got another rifle for Christmas! Super excited!

 

[e2density]

Obviously a Howitzer in your back yard is a little over the top, but I am 100% fine with the gun laws right now.

I would like to note I am a gun owner, and not just your average little .22, I also own AR's and pistols, etc