Off Topic Gun Thread

[lazs2]

Ya know.... thinking it over...

If a grown man has to ask permission of his wife to own a firearm.... he probly shouldn't own one in any case.

It is like my then 60 year old neighbor came over to my grandfather several decades back and had a skillsaw (circular saw) in the box.   Was gonna build a fence and knew my grandfather did a lot of woodworking.  

He wanted gramps to show him how to use the saw.

gramps told him "if you are 60 years old and don't know how to use one then it would be best if you just took it back to the store that sold it to you."

lazs

[airguard]

Originally posted by lazs2
airguard... I suppose that a more accurate and to the point question would be....  what happened to the anti gun nuts on this board to make them so fearful of others rights and hoibbies?

like it or not... gun have changed the course of history and still do.   the greatest workmanship and art and ingenuity of man have been lavished on firearms.    to not see this is blindness.   To not appreciate it is neurotic.

I don't care if you own a gun or not.... I think you would be better off but... none of my bussiness... I do however feel that it is not your place to tell me what firearms I can own or how many.

I jump into gun threads because.... anti gun threads threaten my hobbie and rights.... pro gun threads are interesting to me.  



lazs

That is fair enough, just wondered.

I dont have that view on guns that you guys but  hell I am not bothered either, as long as you threath them with respect.
I do belive you do that, since you prolly know the danger and good sides with it

Diffrent countries diffrent views no big deal
Beside Norway is a small tiny country with less crime, and not that much violence I guess. (nothing is perfect here either by all means)

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by lazs2
maybe if you guys get angry enough... you will stand up to your wives.

MT.. has the little woman heard enough speeches to decide how you will vote yet?

lazs

Yea, she told me to vote for Bush, but I misheard her.

It was a fun evening anyway.

[Martlet]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
Not gun control or wich gun to buy.


Was curious about any of the Married guys out there have problems w/ your wives about owning a firearm?  What about protection from the kids and eduation IE whens a good age to sit them down and say "DONT TOUCH" and when to actually take them shooting?  I found out we have a real life out door rifle range and club out here so I was thinking about buying a rifle and polishing up on my marksmanship skills.

That's a tough call.  Here's how I was raised:

We had guns in the house since my earliest memory.  Before I was even in school I was hunting with my father.  I'd just follow him along.  At the end of the afternoon he'd let me shoot the gun.  This is around age 5.  He would put the 12 ga. in his shoulder and aim at a can or whatever.  I'd stand behind him and look down the barrel, careful to keep my nose away from the stock.  Then he'd let me pull the trigger.  This went on weekly, through all types of hunting seasons.  The kids in my neighborhood had BB guns.  I wasn't allowed to get one.  My father said they were worthless and taugh bad habits.

On my 10th birthday (the legal hunting age in Maine), I got my own 20 ga.  From that point on I was able to hunt with my father, but not until I took a hunter's safety course.  After growing up around guns and with my father's instruction, I probably could have taught the class.  From age 10 to 15 I hunted with my father.  At age 16, he made me take another hunter safety course, then I was able to hunt alone.

I think familiarization is the key when you have children and guns in the house.  They weren't a novelty, I knew what they were and what they were capable of.  If I wanted to shoot one, at any age, I could.  No big deal.  I was taught to respect them.

[hblair]

Originally posted by lazs2
Ya know.... thinking it over...

If a grown man has to ask permission of his wife to own a firearm.... he probly shouldn't own one in any case.

 

words of wisdom there. I can't stand to be around "men" who actually have to ask their wife permission to do stuff. I know a guy who DOES pee sitting down because his wife "likes for him too".

[midnight Target]

it's not about the gun, it's about the money. You just go on ahead and spend a significant portion of your disposable income on anything without bouncing it off your other half. I call that just stupid.

[Maverick]

My wife has her own weapon and loves to go shooting. She especially loves full auto.

[GreenCloud]

i go tthrough no more then 2,000 rounds of 9mil..

2,000 of .223

800 or so .22

1,000 .357  (sweet lever action)

2,000 12 guage (trap)

with prices being  $100-$150 per 1,ooo rounds..seems dam cheap and so i dont buy all the reload..clean brass...ect stuff

I do keep my brass to stockpile..now i just need 200,000 primers ...so when Red Dawn Comes im Ready:D



btw..I shot 3 rounds of trap today...dammit forgot my wallet at home..

hit 68- 75 pigeons...dam fun,,,,,ya....i did shoot from 16yds..lol

[lazs2]

MT ... if you can't scrape up the 500 bucks for a hobby or defense of your family or something you want...  you don't want it bad enough.

You can buy very good russian designed pistols for $150  both makarov and tokerev...  nagants go cheap.   Surplus rifles go for $75.

When I was married  mostly I was the only one working but.. we paid the bills and even if it was small we made sure that we divided the "spending money" between us... you could spend it on shoes or guns or lunch out with people or whatever.   might have took a while but was easy to get a firearm if I wanted it enough.    Sometimes I had too many... sometimes not enough... either way, it was none of her concern... no more than it was my concern how many shoes she owned or makeup or whatever.

I have allways felt that hobbies are important.  I won't stop a girlfriend or wife from spending money on a hobby and she damn sure won't stop me...

course I'm not married anymore and have no desire to be but...

lazs

[hblair]

This is kinda off topic...

Me and my family were down in destin florida a month or two ago and went to the bass pro shop. My two boys were amazed at all the fishing stuff and guns, etc. camping gear and whatnot. I was feeling guilty that I had not taken them fishing or camping yet. Much to my dismay, my boys found a shelf with a red ryder bb guns on it. They were all over that. Reminded me of the movie "a christmas story". I was about to buy them one a piece when reason popped in my head. They are 8 and 9 and would prolly get into bb gun battles like me and my brothers did when we were kids. once I popped my brother in the neck with a pellet, he ws so mad I thought he would murder me. Then there was the time he got shot in the finger and had to have a bb surgically removed.
Then I saw a shelf with slingshots on it. I told them how they could "bird hunt" with their new slingshots. They were all over that. The past several weeks I come home from work and my boys are hid out behind bushes trying to take out some robin in the bird feeder. Kyle asked me if I was good enough to knock one outa the air with a slingshot. I told him you'd have to practice a lot for that.

[lazs2]

another point to all this is that like a lot of the worst gun control countries.... we are making it harder for ordinary citizens to own guns... we make em jump through more and more expensive hoops and the paperwork has driven the small mom and pop sporting goods stores that used to sell firearms out of the bussines.  record keeping and red tape is the new weapon of the left.

lazs