Anyone else find it fun to hold a gun?

[Taverner]

Hell, there's nothing like the feeling of that heavy cold steel in your hand. I can totally see the phallic allure.

I don't own a gun, and I hope to never have to.

But its just fun to hold one :)

[BarenakedLady]

1. No they scare me.

I'm such a gurl.

[Taverner]

2. Ah well don't hold one then :)

And by all means don't play russian roulette! That game has taken one too many vocalists from the band Chicago!

[BarenakedLady]

21. I wasn't planning on it.

But you did mention phallic...

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[LynneSin]

3. you been inhaling farticles again

:hide:

[Forkboy]

4. Yes, and that's why I don't.

[MrCoffee]

6. +1

Excellent post.

[jobycom]

12. 3-2!

[fizzgig]

5. i've been shooting a few times and had a lot of fun

but i'm not crazy about the idea of owning a gun

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. At once cool and intimidating

Behind the Badge.

[skygazer]

8. I have guns and I enjoy shooting

I grew up with them and I respect them. Like a car, they are very dangerous and powerful pieces of technology and should never be looked at as a toy or something to play with. "Fun" isn't really the word that comes to mind for me - too much implication of light-hearted frivolity, I guess.

I take handling a weapon very seriously.

[Taverner]

9. Cars are fun though

Have you never had a proper road trip?

Yes, you have to be careful. Especially with a gun - it was DESIGNED to be dangerous.

But if you're at a shooting range, and are blowing holes in cardboard or (my favorite) tin cans - its FUN!!!!

[skygazer]

14. I've had many road trips

I've driven across the country at least five times and of course that's fun. And it's fun to shoot - like I said, I enjoy it. But you were asking about the feeling of HOLDING a gun and I got a picture of some gleeful person with a gun in their hand and a big grin on their face. And that doesn't do a lot for me - I know a lot of people who've purchased guns because they thought it would be cool or fun but they don't know the first thing about handling one. That's dangerous.

Not trying to be a downer - just very conscious of what it means to handle a firearm.

[Taverner]

15. Ahhh true that

Thing is I never want to OWN a gun

I never want to have to use a gun for anything other than putting holes into inanimate objects

[hunter]

25. Electric drills are pretty cool and they put holes in inanimate objects.

Rotary hammer drills can punch a very nice hole in concrete.

[XemaSab]

36. They're also somewhat phallic

:D

[bif]

10. Nope. They scare the crap out of me

I've held a shot gun a couple times and I must say, I'm not a fan. If they got rid of every gun in the country except hunting rifles, I wouldn't object.

[Taverner]

13. Well every time I shoot my dads gun (I don't own one)

There is a sense of caution - a wave of caution if you will - that goes across my mind

someone could die with this weapon

I figure as long as that thought is never expunged it will be safe

And I understand TREAT EVERY GUN AS IF ITS LOADED

[mcctatas]

11. holding one, yes...

(avoiding the urge to go on a lengthy description of hard steel etc) but the one time I actually fired a gun it made me hysterical, I literally could not stop crying and shaking, needless to say, i am not an avid hunter

[krispos42]

46. Jeez, what did he start you off with???

Sometimes people (and I use the term loosely) think it's fun to give the biggest hand-cannon they can find to a newbie and watch them spasm out.


I, of course, being the epitome of niceness, would have treated you properly. :-)

[Lucian]

16. Only when it's pointed at my head.

[TZ]

17. Nope.

Don't see the attraction myself. And yes, I have shot a gun before and HATED the kickback.

[FedUpWithIt All]

18. I am quite a good shot.

I really enjoy recreational shooting.

:hi:

[Mojambo]

19. Gun Fever! n/t

[Inchworm]

20. Not really

but it's fun to shoot small caliber pistols at beer cans 'til your ears ring.

:hi:

[Mugu]

22. Happiness is a Colt Ace.

[Kali]

23. not really, just holding one.

shooting can be, but I prefer explosives. Blowing up stuff is really fun. Combining the two is x-tra fun.

[hunter]

40. Shaped charges...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LudNqf56AFo

Explosives are fun up until that moment you really don't remember what the hell happened and never will alive or dead.

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. Guns are for the fear-based.

[Kali]

32. Yet the people expressing fear in this thread

seem to be afraid of guns. I use my hand gun almost exclusively for emergency euthanasia situations, although I have shot rifles and other guns recreationally. No fear here.

[Shell Beau]

26. They freak me out!

[old mark]

27. OP, if you want to go shoot sometime, you are welcome.

I have about 20 guns of various kinds, and they are a lot of fun.

mark

[DarkTirade]

28. Well not in PUBLIC.

... oh, wait, you mean an actual ballistic weapon type gun. Nevermind.

:yoiks:

[madinmaryland]

29. LOCKING!! No sex threads.

[crimsonblue]

30. I do!!!

I rather enjoy holding my love gun, if you know what I mean.

[Flaxbee]

31. No, don't like them, don't like shooting them, no appeal whatsoever

An ex-boyfriend liked to go shooting (at the Beverly Hills Gun Club, ugh) and while I was willing to give it a try, it just bored me to tears, and I don't like what guns are meant to do so I just don't like them.

[Left Is Write]

33. I have never held a gun. I don't think it's something I would particularly enjoy.

[ikojo]

34. I've held an unloaded one and was

scared. I just didn't feel right.

[City of Mills]

35. Sure thing

I've been shooting, it's pretty fun. A nearby gun club has pin shoot contests, where you have to try to knock off bowling pins - six pins six bullets. Shooters are split into rounds, like an elimination tournament. Whoever knocks over the most pins advances. I got to shoot with a .22 and a .45 caliber. Lots of fun actually! I don't have any interest in owning a gun though.

I'm the shooter on the right:

[Guava Jelly]

37. I don't

Although I have nothing against gun owners or collectors. I am not big on guns.
The only gun I want in my hand is connected to my body ;)

[Orsino]

38. Yeah.

I really enjoyed marksmanship training in the Army.

[rrneck]

39. They're a lot like

motorcycles. Lotsa fun, but they require a lot of focus and can be very dangerous because there is almost no margin of error for mistakes.

[petronius]

41. I enjoy shooting, I like cleaning my guns, and I get an aesthetic pleasure from

the solid yet intricate construction. Not sure I feel a phallic connection, however - that's typically a very different experience... :shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

42. Love it...Never held a gun I didn't like. Some fit my hand better than

others but, I love guns. Love THEM. Own them and use them. Just put in for my hand gun permit last week...for 2 guns.

[Pierre.Suave]

43. Usually, if my gun is being held, it is always for fun...

Now, a rifle on the other hand, thats another story...

The way I see it is this, the only reason for there to be a weapon in my hands is to kill something or someone.

So, no I do not see it as fun.

[Skip Intro]

44. No. Never have. Don't want to. nt

[krispos42]

45. No

It draws the eye, as your mind takes in the curves of the gun. Your eyes see the finish of the gun, looking for imperfections and tool marks, while your muscles test the heft and your palms send feedback on the ergonomics of the gun. Then you manipulate the gun's action, feeling dozens of finely machined parts moving inside of it, judging the fit and finish. How smoothly does that slide move? Are there any catches in the trigger as you squeeze? How much wiggle is in the bolt?



It's a time of evaluation.


And after that, you're just carrying dead weight. One more thing to lug around.






Now, shooting it is fun!!! Emptying a Marlin Model 60 as fast as you can into a 5-gallon bucket... yeah, that's fun. Destroying expired electronics with a 12-gauge... fun. Blasting apart expired canned goods with a rifle... that's fun.

:-)

[LeftyMom]

47. No. I know how to handle a gun and I'm a good shot, but it's not fun.

I guess the first time somebody you knew and liked gets lowered into an early grave because somebody treated a gun like a toy instead of a very dangerous thing, you can't really see a gun as anything less than a grave responsibility that deserves a great deal of respect.

If you want fun get a wii.