Inside the Mind of the Antigun Male: Psycho-Sexual Insecurities

[CavemanJ]

Originally posted by lazs2
sandman... If you feel no need for a gun in your house then that is your choice.   I would never feel good about forcing you to keep one.    I just don't see why you want to limit my freedoms.
lazs

Lazs you need to read a little more closely.  BIG difference between anti-gun and anti-NRA.  The NRA pissed me off along time ago when I was a member and had a gun stolen.  After they took out the deductible and then cut the value in half I got enough on the claim to pay for about 1/2 of buying an 80series Goldcup to replace the stolen gun, not counting the mods/smithing work.

what was stolen: Colt 1911A1 Goldcup, 70series, tricked out for IPSC Standard division.

Ever since then I've been cool towards the NRA.  

Haven't seen Sand say anything about trying to limit anyone's freedoms, go beat up on a liberal


44mag that's one of the biggest problems with the whole gun issue these days.  Lack of education about firearms.  I was taught to shoot when I was 6yrs old with a .22 rifle.  By the time I was 10 I had my own Colt .357mag and woe to me if I even dared to think of taking it out w/o specific permission and being escorted by, in the parents' estimation, a safe and responsible adult.

[Soulyss]

I still remember playing with my Grandpa's guns when I was a littel kid, one of the first times I got to see them I was waving it around the room as a little kid often will and I had swung that thing about for about probably a fraction of a second when he snatched that thing outta my hands before I could blink and looked me square in the eye and said.  "Don't you ever point this thing at anything you don't mean to shoot."  He grew up in a household where his dad left loaded guns laying around and everyone knew you didn't touch or point one at anything because it was probably loaded.   Different age I guess.


Don't take my ramblings here as any indication of polictical beliefs or a stance on the NRA /gun control, I'm too tired to jump into anything political at this time of night.

[lazs2]

cave... sorry the insurance thing didn't work out.   I doubt that it was because of the NRA membership or even officers tho.   No doubt it was their carrier.   Still... for all the good they do i don't mind sending them the lousy $35 dollars a year.   If you know of a better organization for protecting 2nd rights I will be glad to help out.  

Perhaps I can do whatever it is that you do to protect our rights?  Please give me a clue.   I allready write politicians and vote but would be interested in doing whatever it is that you do.   I simply can't sit and do nothing tho.
lazs

[lazs2]

In about 30 minutes I am going to shoot a large frame (pre N frame) 1917 Smith and Wesson in .45 auto with full moon clips while I am doing my weekend rounds at work.   I haven't shot this gun yet and am looking forward to it.   Many of our servicemen in WWII carried these things (and the Colt counterpart) in lieu of the 1911.

To top it off I will be shooting ammo with a '42 headstamp..  The ammo came in a sealed (like a ham can) tin of 800 rounds and is pristene.   Should be a hoot.
lazs

[beet1e]

It does seem that many Americans own a gun for no other reason that to exercise the right of ownership as granted by the law.

[Kieran]

Originally posted by beet1e
It does seem that many Americans own a gun for no other reason that to exercise the right of ownership as granted by the law.

Even if true, what is morally wrong with that?

[lazs2]

here is a good one for ya beetle...  the DA 45 shot great.   I also have another one that is chambered for 455.   It is also a Smith 1917.   It was a civilian gun that was sent to limeyland when you guys cried for "anything that would shoot" in WWI.   It has british proof marks of the era..  after the war it was sent back here and has U.S. marks..  during WWII.... It was sent back to limeyland when you guys begged for "anything better than a pitchfork" and it was.... re-proofed with the british "7 tonnes" proof..  After the war the fiendish contraption was sent back to the U.S.   so as not to hurt anyone over there.

Think I'll keep it around... Don't know if I'll send it off again when you guys ask tho.
lazs

[beet1e]

Lazs - interesting stuff. I have never shot off a gun, but I have handled (OK, played with) an unloaded .357 Magnum. (I knew a guy in the KY state police) What surprised me was the ammunition he had in it - hollowpoints. Not nice. Is it legal for the police to use ammunition like that?

[Dune]

Hollowpoints of all calibers are availible to the public at any store which sells ammo.  Not just to the police.  

Personally I perfer Winchester 185grn Silvertip hollowpoints for my 1911 Gov't Model.  OnLine Cataloge for Winchester Ammunition

[john9001]

Originally posted by beet1e
What surprised me was the ammunition he had in it - hollowpoints. Not nice. Is it legal for the police to use ammunition like that?

hollowpoints are legal in every state except new jersey* (i think), citys may have their own laws, the military must use full metal jackets by treaty, the police can use whatever their dept says they can use.

44MAG

* it's a crime to possess a hollowpoint bullet in new jersey even with out a gun.

[Hornet]

Such a man also is best kept huddled in big cities, where he feels safer than he might if thrown out on his own into a rural setting, in an isolated house on a quiet street where he would feel naked and helpless. Lacking the confidence that would permit him to be sequestered in sparseness, and lacking a gun, he finds comfort in the cloister of the crowd.

Did she just call the good people of the Rust Belt soft? LOL...anytime baby...

[whgates3]

i find it somewhat bothersome that many american (so called) conservatives decry the 'liberal' ACLU, which is very frequently a party to NRA legal actions, and is probably the best defender of our rights, 2nd amendment or otherwise, the country has seen.  As it focuses on maintaining The Constitution (the whole thing, not just one small part of one section), one would think the ACLU would be considered one of the most conservative oprganizations out there...

[gofaster]

I don't own a gun and I live in a big city.  Does that make me passive?

Nah.  I prefer to get close-in when I fight, to feel the flesh squeeze and hear the bones crack.

[GtoRA2]

My old man tought me gun safety when I was 6, and started me shooting wax bullits in the garage out of his 1911.

All growing up, I never had an acident, and made sure anytime a gun showed up, I got ahold of it ASAP and made sure it was not loaded.

Guns are not a problem.

They are just another tool.

People are a problem, and nothing we do about guns, will ever change that.

[beet1e]

Guns are not a problem.

They are just another tool.

Nope.

A gun is not just another tool. It has one purpose. And one purpose only. It was specifically designed for killing, so don't blame the results on "people".