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In reply to the discussion: I am not a gun person. But for the gun persons, how about you speak out? [View all]ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)40. You seem to understand it better than you think.
Big booms! Yeah, it was visceral and in some ways kind of exciting. Cool. Big mechanical things making big noises. There's something in all that that seems to appeal to the testosterone rich among us.
To this day, I love the sound of unmuffled airplanes flying low and fast at air shows, of jets going vertical with afterburners flaming. Of cars going very fast. I love the concussion of the sound as it hits you, washes over and envelops you. I love that shit. I can see how guns hit that same spot.
To this day, I love the sound of unmuffled airplanes flying low and fast at air shows, of jets going vertical with afterburners flaming. Of cars going very fast. I love the concussion of the sound as it hits you, washes over and envelops you. I love that shit. I can see how guns hit that same spot.
Mix that with the physical and mental disciplines to be a good shot and you get a fun hobby if you can afford the expenses.
Why can't honest gun owners, the kind I describe above, why can't they put social pressure on the (okay, I'll go there) "gun nuts" to stop being so . . . . . I dunno, nutty?
I think much of this is easily attributed to most "honest gun owners" not knowing any "gun nuts". Your examples of "The survivalists. the castle people. those who fear crime from those of other skin colors" could also be described as "nuts, some of who own guns". If you are not into those main activities, you probably don't know those people.
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I am not a gun person. But for the gun persons, how about you speak out? [View all]
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2012
OP
Here's your answer right here, Stinky, as to why hunters get tired of speaking up.
Brickbat
Dec 2012
#2
A family member shot a 12 point buck on the property here a couple of weeks ago
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#7
agree completely - it's only the hunters who consider this a "sport" and themselves as "sportmen"
DrDan
Dec 2012
#29
Don't they know that it's only ethical to have someone *else* kill their food for them...
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#60
Because it's impossible for anyone to shake the label that is unfairly thrown upon us
bossy22
Dec 2012
#6
The majority hold similar values, and yet a small contingent of RKBA-worshippers,
ThatPoetGuy
Dec 2012
#35
I am a lifetime gun ouner, shooter and hunter. I have no problem with sensible gun
doc03
Dec 2012
#11
To me, this is very much like the "why don't DU Christians do something about fundy nutjobs"
gkhouston
Dec 2012
#12
There is a massive difference between "being responible for them" being **hurt** by them.
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2012
#15
My only point, poorly made, is the official Iran news agency has no credibility.
former9thward
Dec 2012
#90
Yup, you do. You have a collection of things that have the primary purpose of hurting or killing
HERVEPA
Dec 2012
#21
:snap: You're right. .303, not .308 - hence the difficulty of finding ammo.
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2012
#57
Interesting choice for a screen name. Doesn't glorify violence or anything like that.
HERVEPA
Dec 2012
#31
I've owned and used guns and am not afraid of them. But anything beyond guns for food or
ancianita
Dec 2012
#44