If I said, "It's fun to go shooting," would I get slammed?

[Archae]

I like target practice shooting.

I own a .22 pistol, and I've fired guns as big as a .50 rifle. (You kidding? It WAS one helluva rush!)

I'd love to go to that Oklahoma full auto get-together.

But now I'll be told I have blood on my hands, that I have a little penis, etc, etc.

People, it is *NOT* the fucking gun!
It is the guy shooting it!

[sadbear]

1. So part of the reason we have such lax gun laws is because it's fun?

[Archae]

3. Yes.

How many people die each year on ATV's, snowmobiles and Jet-Skis?

Should they be banned?

[sadbear]

4. What if we take out all the accidental shootings?

Is it still worth it?

[Edweird]

13. Like on a date? I think we should just be friends first.

[Edweird]

7. There is that whole 2nd amendment thing.

[sadbear]

8. The 2nd Amendment doesn't preclude strict gun laws.

[Edweird]

11. I guess "shall not be infringed" means something different to you.

Of course, it's always that way - gun grabbers somehow *KNOW* that the 2nd amendment means something different than what it says and everybody but them has it all wrong.

[sadbear]

14. But they are already infringed.

Your argument is already invalid.

[Edweird]

15. That's some specious reasoning you've got going on there.

[sadbear]

16. Oh yeah?

There are a lot of firearms you, Edweird, are not allowed to own. Is that not an infringement?

[Edweird]

18. Actually, you can own just about anything out there if you have the money

and can get through the red tape.
I'm comfortable with the level of 'restriction' as it stands. But thanks anyway.

[sadbear]

19. And that's not an infringement?

Perhaps you would like to argument with the other pro-gun posters who are adamant that fully automatic firearms are indeed illegal to civilians. Are they wrong?

[Edweird]

20. I don't need to argue with anybody. If they are ignorant it's not my problem.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/national-firearms-act-firearms.html

[sadbear]

21. Could you address this?

"Basically, there are 2 ways that an individual (who is not prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from receiving or possessing firearms) may legally acquire NFA firearms:"

What Federal, State, or local laws could prohibit individuals from receiving or possessing firearms? Who do these laws apply to? I'm not an expert. Just curious.

[Edweird]

22. There's a list of disqualifiers. I don't have them memorized - I just know that I'm good to go.

I recall that it includes things like restraining orders, felonies, domestic violence, drug addiction, mental illness, dishonorable discharge and some other stuff. That's for here in Florida. It may very well be completely different where you are.

[Edweird]

23. Here

Has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
Is a fugitive from justice;
Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
Has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution;
Is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States;
Has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
Having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced U.S. citizenship;
Is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner, or;
Has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
Has a record of being a felon

[Edweird]

2. No slam here. I agree.

[immoderate]

5. I'm with you.

I have a 9mm. It's for plinking.

--imm

[rufus dog]

6. Nah

I think it is great if people get enjoyment out of target shooting. I don't even have an issue with hunting.

I have never fired a 50 calibar, but imagine it would be fun.

All and all, target shooting and hunting is not for me, but again I have no problem with others who like doing it as a hobby.

Have you read the Fortune article on the Fast and Furious BS situation.

I do have a problem with some dude on food stamps with 20k of income buying 300k worth of guns out of a shop in Glendale, AZ, then walking out and turning them over to gun runners and the record stops with the gun sale to the dude who was a meth addict. It shouldn't be perfectly legal for him to sell the guns that end up in Mexico.

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. The blood on your hands and your little penis aside...

I'd have to say you're paranoid for having a .22 pistol.

[loli phabay]

12. rofl, its the squirrels godam you

[Archae]

17. It has barely any recoil.

Just a little bullet, that makes the target (in our case, we use tin cans,) go "Pink!" and fall off the fence.

[ileus]

10. The family and I hit the "range" every few weekends.

Missed this weekend because we were so busy, but plan on shooting next Friday.

Saturday we have a 30 mile bike ride scheduled so I don't think we'll be shooting two days in a row.

We're looking to add two more 22's to the fold in the next little bit. A nice 22/45 and a dedicated upper for our abandoned lower I just built.

We go to a couple of different friends houses and BBQ and informally shoot skeet a few times a year each.