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In reply to the discussion: Remington does in fact sell, quite literally "military-issue weapons of war" to civilians. (GUN PIC) [View all]hunter
(38,725 posts)No thanks.
One of my obsessions as as a teen was rockets and explosives. My parents owned a small farm. I could buy all the nitrates I wanted to play with, no problem. I was largely unsupervised.
I was damned certain then I wasn't a fool, not one of those people who blows off their own arm like my grandma's friend who had lost his arm fishing with dynamite and wore a hook. Yet I've got many scars that prove my foolishness and when I had kids of my own these memories and experiences became my nightmares. I discouraged my own kids from following a similar path.
My family tradition is Wild West. It's not the television version. Fools and their guns are soon parted. As a kid I witnessed my mom disarming people in anger. If she broke a few fingers along the way, well, even better that they remember. My brother owned a bit of a dive beer drinking place. If anyone got too boisterous about guns or anything else he had a big baseball bat, knew all the locals who might rob the place, and kept an eye on strangers. My great grandmas were holy terrors, forces of nature, excellent hunters. I'm pretty sure they severely damaged a few bad men along the way.
Gun love is disgusting.
If I posted loving descriptions of bombs, or nerve gas formulations, or reservoir toxins, etc., people would be rightfully worried about me. Why should guns get a pass?
Piss on guns.