Poll: Poll: Have you ever shot a gun? (Also note which country you live in)
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Just got back three days ago from the desert where I got to fire my gun, .22 ruger, I've fired a few others but I honestly don't know much about guns outside of my own. Though I would like to someday get a .357 ruger revoler my grandpa owns one and its one the funniest guns I've fired.
I live in the US, and I have shot my dad's guns before.
Nothing against firearms (I actually have a very fond opinion of them), but having that kind of power in my hands makes me a little nervous.
Nothing against firearms (I actually have a very fond opinion of them), but having that kind of power in my hands makes me a little nervous.
That is my personal issue with this sort of thread. You have more power in your hands when you are driving, and most people are more casual about driving then people are about using their firearms. A gun is a tool. Properly stored neither it, nor its ammo is dangerous to people. Even in a fire, the ammo probably won't even go off. If it does it won't go anywhere. In fact it is rare for ammo in a fire to make it out of the case it was stored in.Grounogeos said:
I like firearms because I find marksmanship practice to be very calming. I've been out to the gun range at 40 below because it is such a good way to relax. (Note: Going to the gunrange at 40 below is why I have 6 magazines for my .45. Loading ammo at that temperature induces frostbite.)
There is a big media machine behind the vilification of firearms, and much of the information they put out is plain false. (Read the recently expired USA assault weapons ban. If you can't see what's wrong with it, I'd be happy to explain in more detail. The people who wrote it were at such a remove from gun culture that they didn't realize that the legislation merely pushed through some "innovations" in firearms. It had NO OTHER EFFECT.)
A gun is only as safe or dangerous as the person holding it. If you trust the person, there should be no difference if they're armed or not. Same with cars. . . knives. . . swords. . . household cleaners. . . gasoline. . . fertilizer. . . ANFO. . .
Anti-gun legislation would bother me far less if it was actually written in a way to accomplish its stated goals, not vilify a hunk of metal that is rarely, if ever, used in a crime.
im english and have a shotgun license. i live within 3 miles of a shooting range and you wont believe the trouble i have getting there with a shotgun. i cant get a bus or taxi and i cant drive. obviously, walking is out, so i wait for my sister to take me. however, one time, she didnt pay her tax and got pulled over by the police. he asked what was in bag in the back and i showed him. i then spent 3 hours in the police station trying to explain that i have a license. the laws in england are far too strict.
I don't like loud things. Even with a silencer, I'd be too tempted to take it to the store & use it on the first kid to run in front of my cart or to shoot hole patterns into someone's property for fun. I'd probably shoot at the tires of parked cars too.
ive been going to that range for years and know the people that work there; so i never took it with me. ive learned my lesson now...Boris Goodenough said:
ive fired a gun at a shooting range in England, it was a .22 rifle - i dont own one though, it was just a training excersise...
On the Off topic point of gun control /gun crime - just make bullets cost £5000 that would at least mean there would be no innocent bystanders killed.
On the Off topic point of gun control /gun crime - just make bullets cost £5000 that would at least mean there would be no innocent bystanders killed.