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Post by kls on Nov 15, 2019 1:44:21 GMT
Never have.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 15, 2019 3:32:38 GMT
The funny thing about my job and qualifying with firearms, there are rare times we actually carry. The only times we get to carry a weapon is when we're outside the secure perimeter which isn't a lot and with me being a sergeant, I get less opportunities, especially the shotgun and rifle.
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Post by Sulla on Nov 15, 2019 3:55:34 GMT
Yes...handguns, rifles, shotguns...nothing too crazy.
Not even the phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range?
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Post by Marv on Nov 15, 2019 10:24:27 GMT
Yes...handguns, rifles, shotguns...nothing too crazy.
Not even the phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range?
Just what you see pal.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 15, 2019 16:40:29 GMT
Held friends (legally owned) guns. Never fired any though.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 15, 2019 16:51:57 GMT
Oh, fun fact. The demagoguing over the AR-15 is just that, demagoguing. The number of deaths caused by rifles, that's all rifles and all manner of death(homicide, suicide, accidents, police action, etc.) amounts to on average of 320-330 deaths per year(most was about 400). That's roughly 1,000,000th of the population of the U.S. You stand a better chance of being beaten to death by someone's bare hands than by any rifle. That might be technically correct, but here's another fact and figure: The AR-15 has no purpose whatsoever other than to KILL PEOPLE. That's it sole purpose. It is NOT a good hunting weapon. You would never hunt deer with it. It would defeat the whole purpose.
(Unless of course you were really angry at that particular deer and wanted to totally annihilate it while simultaneously scaring away everything else and pissing off the other hunters).
An AR-15 should only ever be in the hands of soldiers in conflict and SWAT. No civilian has a need or use for it except that it "looks cool when ahm holdin' it! Murica!"
Demagogue that.
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 15, 2019 18:45:13 GMT
Oh, fun fact. The demagoguing over the AR-15 is just that, demagoguing. The number of deaths caused by rifles, that's all rifles and all manner of death(homicide, suicide, accidents, police action, etc.) amounts to on average of 320-330 deaths per year(most was about 400). That's roughly 1,000,000th of the population of the U.S. You stand a better chance of being beaten to death by someone's bare hands than by any rifle. That might be technically correct, but here's another fact and figure: The AR-15 has no purpose whatsoever other than to KILL PEOPLE. That's it sole purpose. It is NOT a good hunting weapon. You would never hunt deer with it. It would defeat the whole purpose.
(Unless of course you were really angry at that particular deer and wanted to totally annihilate it while simultaneously scaring away everything else and pissing off the other hunters).
An AR-15 should only ever be in the hands of soldiers in conflict and SWAT. No civilian has a need or use for it except that it "looks cool when ahm holdin' it! Murica!"
Demagogue that.
No need. You already did that. And guess what? An AR-15 isn't made for military use. That's what the M-4 is for. And contrary to your leftist belief, the 2nd amendment is not about hunting. It's about protecting the citizens against a tyrannical government. The reason why you leftists want to disarm everyone is because you can't enact your idiotic socialist dystopia without doing so. This is what happened in Venezuela and Cuba. Disarm the populace and they can't fight back. But if you think their system is better than ours then by all means, move to either one of those countries but you won't because you're a coward. Oh, and also contrary to popular leftist belief, guns aren't a problem. There are over 300 million legally owned firearms in America and over a trillion rounds of ammunition in circulation. If guns were a problem you'd know it. And this scares the hell out of you leftists because as long as we have the right to keep and bear arms your socialist dystopia will never come to pass. And if guns are such a problem, then why has there never been a shooting at a gun show? NRA convention? Why has there never been a mass shooting at a cop bar or redneck bar? Hell, when I was in high school there were plenty of trucks in the parking lot with rifles and shotguns on gun racks, loaded at that and guess what? School shootings never happened. In fact, buying a gun was a hell of a lot easier back then and mass shootings never happened. Now why is that so? So, grab both ankles and shove your head back up your own ass where it belongs. Oh, and here another fun fact: No gun in history was made to give warm hugs. Their very purpose is to kill. This feature isn't exclusive to the big scary AR-15. My .22 Plinkster can inflict death as well.
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 15, 2019 22:13:52 GMT
I was on a kick about 15 years ago and bought quite a few WW2 era surplus rifles. It's the history side of me. I grew up in a family with pistols and rifles so I was shooting at a pretty young age. The coolest one I bought was a Swiss K-31 straight pull rifle. I took it apart to clean it when I first bought it and after I unscrewed the buttplate a small piece of paper fell out which had the Swiss Reservist's name and address written on it in Switzerland. I never took the time to write the man, or even knew if he was still alive, but I thought that was a really neat piece of history.
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Post by Sulla on Nov 15, 2019 22:55:51 GMT
I was on a kick about 15 years ago and bought quite a few WW2 era surplus rifles. It's the history side of me. I grew up in a family with pistols and rifles so I was shooting at a pretty young age. The coolest one I bought was a Swiss K-31 straight pull rifle. I took it apart to clean it when I first bought it and after I unscrewed the buttplate a small piece of paper fell out which had the Swiss Reservist's name and address written on it in Switzerland. I never took the time to write the man, or even knew if he was still alive, but I thought that was a really neat piece of history. That's so cool! In the 1980s I bought a German Mauser (1942 issue). I took it to a clay pit and shot one of those 1-gallon glass jugs which usually comes with apple cider. It didn't just break it. It shattered it into tiny little pieces. Maybe I just wasn't used to it, but that thing kicked like a mule. I would love to have found paper identifying the original owner.
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Post by JHA Durant on Nov 16, 2019 8:04:46 GMT
Yes. Some .22 rifles and a .308 rifle. And I have held an unloaded 357 Magnum revolver. I even spun it on my finger (I got good at that thanks to cap guns growing up). ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/zf8lyg4nt/hat.gif) The .308 belonged to some soldiers on leave who were doing some hunting on a property I was working on. It was modified and had a huge scope on it (the soldier who owned it was a sniper). It was cool to fire. I'm Australian, by the way.
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Post by Stammerhead on Nov 16, 2019 10:31:00 GMT
No but we don’t do that sort of thing in the UK. ![](http://www.johnsteedsflat.com/images/brollycane4.gif) But you've fired a spy umbrella ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/uo008bdzt/uhoh.gif) ? As Donald Trump so stupidly noted our murder problem involves knives instead of guns so I chose the more gentlemanly way of carrying a concealed blade.
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Post by Jonesy1 on Nov 16, 2019 13:33:56 GMT
13 years in the British army so yes.
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Post by Harmless elf on Nov 16, 2019 18:01:20 GMT
Yeah many
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Nov 16, 2019 19:05:19 GMT
That might be technically correct, but here's another fact and figure: The AR-15 has no purpose whatsoever other than to KILL PEOPLE. That's it sole purpose. It is NOT a good hunting weapon. You would never hunt deer with it. It would defeat the whole purpose.
(Unless of course you were really angry at that particular deer and wanted to totally annihilate it while simultaneously scaring away everything else and pissing off the other hunters).
An AR-15 should only ever be in the hands of soldiers in conflict and SWAT. No civilian has a need or use for it except that it "looks cool when ahm holdin' it! Murica!"
Demagogue that.
No need. You already did that. And guess what? An AR-15 isn't made for military use. That's what the M-4 is for. And contrary to your leftist belief, the 2nd amendment is not about hunting. It's about protecting the citizens against a tyrannical government. The reason why you leftists want to disarm everyone is because you can't enact your idiotic socialist dystopia without doing so. This is what happened in Venezuela and Cuba. Disarm the populace and they can't fight back. But if you think their system is better than ours then by all means, move to either one of those countries but you won't because you're a coward. Oh, and also contrary to popular leftist belief, guns aren't a problem. There are over 300 million legally owned firearms in America and over a trillion rounds of ammunition in circulation. If guns were a problem you'd know it. And this scares the hell out of you leftists because as long as we have the right to keep and bear arms your socialist dystopia will never come to pass. And if guns are such a problem, then why has there never been a shooting at a gun show? NRA convention? Why has there never been a mass shooting at a cop bar or redneck bar? Hell, when I was in high school there were plenty of trucks in the parking lot with rifles and shotguns on gun racks, loaded at that and guess what? School shootings never happened. In fact, buying a gun was a hell of a lot easier back then and mass shootings never happened. Now why is that so? So, grab both ankles and shove your head back up your own ass where it belongs. Oh, and here another fun fact: No gun in history was made to give warm hugs. Their very purpose is to kill. This feature isn't exclusive to the big scary AR-15. My .22 Plinkster can inflict death as well. The funny thing is that you think I sound like a crazy person, and I think you sound like a crazy person.
But my craziness comes from concern over there being too many gun related deaths and violence, and yours come from "protecting the citizens against a tyrannical government" and a "idiotic socialist dystopia" neither of which exist!
I am left leaning, but I am NOT socialist. I am a Capitalist. I like the system of government and society that we have.
Socialism is the BS lie that your Republican leaders have brainwashed you with so that you do what they want like obedient little sheep. You've bought that BS hook line and sinker. They make you afraid of things like socialism, immigrants, the confiscation of your weapons, the left, etc. so that you have an enemy to point the finger at, meanwhile they give tax breaks to billionaires and make tons of money behind your backs at your expense. Your very own leaders are screwing you behind your backs and instead you're worried about shit that doesn't exist. Their plan is working like gangbusters! They have totally pulled the wool over your eyes.
There is no socialist dystopia or plan to turn America into one. Nobody wants that. That's a lie you've been fed, that you've bought into.
There's no tyrannical government you have to defend yourself from. I don't see any stormtroopers in the streets, running around taking peoples property. That's more BS. Where are these evil government agents that are coming for you? That's 1700's thinking.
If anyone's the tyrant its Trump! And he's on YOUR side! So how are you being tyrannized?
As for gun violence itself... ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND?! There was another shooting just 2 or 3 days ago! How many of these need to happen for you see? I'm the one with my head up my ass? Take a look around...I think you'll see a lot of your own colon.
So hold on to your guns and ignore the shootings and crime, meanwhile your life isn't getting any better, "but it's the Mexicans fault, Murica!"
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Post by njcardfan on Nov 16, 2019 21:21:24 GMT
And why do you think these do not exist? You can't be this dense. But my assertion is 100%. Go read the writings of George Mason and The Federalist Papers. To protect against tyranny is precisely why the 2nd amendment was created. But you won't read up on it because it doesn't fit your narrative.
And Trump is the tyrant? OK, let me ask you a few questions:
Was it Trump or Obama who bypassed congress and article 1 section 8 of the Constitution when he enacted DACA by executive fiat? Was it Trump or Obama who used the IRS to target groups who opposed him politically? Was it Trump or Obama who ran guns into Mexico in an attempt to push an anti-gun agenda which ultimately led to the deaths of many Mexicans as well as 2 border patrol agents? Was it Trump or Obama who wiretapped the Associated Press? Was it Trump or Obama who wiretapped an American journalist and his parents? Was it Trump or Obama who bypassed the senate when he unilaterally signed the Iran nuclear agreement? Was it Trump or Obama who released terrorists back into the field in exchange for a deserter? Was it Trump or Obama who flew pallets full of cash to a known terror supporting country under cover of darkness? Was it Trump or Obama who killed 2 American citizens through drone strikes without arrest or trial? Was it Trump or Obama who indignantly proclaimed that he "had a pen and a phone"?
The answer to each and every question is Barack Obama. But I bet you don't see an issue with a single thing I posted do you? It's all OK when Democrats do it, right? And don't get me started on this impeachment clown show. You lefties are in for a big surprise when Trump is re-elected next year and once again I will be drinking up your lefty tears like a fine wine(or whine as the case may be).
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Post by mslo79 on Nov 17, 2019 6:03:31 GMT
Yes. I am in the USA. njcardfanYeah, I can't see anyone disagreeing with that as a general rule. I have not shot anything of that sort but I suspect it's likely I would agree given I tend to agree with your first comment about practicality about getting something easy to handle/use but is effective with decent stopping power. but I can imagine for fun, something like that would be cool. But none of that matters to the left as they are pretty much anti-gun, especially lately. because no matter what they will try to twist things to make people owning guns look bad etc etc. because at the end of the day... it's all about power and control over the masses for the godless left. But the left dislikes comments like that because it does not fit their corrupt narrative. they can't let the truth get in their way of screwing the common person over and raising their power etc. I really wonder if they(those on the left) are truly that blind to think Trump is going to lose in 2020? because I think the odds are definitely in his favor of winning in 2020 especially as the left has went too far left, which is bad for the common person. besides, even looking at semi-recent history... two term presidents are pretty typical with a occasional exception to that rule. or another thing... it usually goes no more than 2-3 terms in a row before switching back to the other side. but assuming Trump wins in 2020, if the republicans can milk his success in 2024, which I think is possible (especially if Trump wins by a larger margin in 2020 than he did in 2016) they could get elected again which would make for three terms in a row as it will be interesting to see if they can go four in a row as four terms in a row has not happened for a long time now. but anyways... personally I don't think it's a question of whether Trump will win in 2020, I think it's more of a question of how much he wins by, be it more than he did in 2016 or not (NOTE: in 2016 it was 304-227). but it will be funny if he wins by a larger margin in 2020 than he did in 2016 which will further confirm the general public's middle-finger to the godless corrupt left. either way, it's going to be quite funny/entertaining to watch the debates with Trump going off on everyone ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by Schwarzwald Magnus on Nov 17, 2019 6:58:06 GMT
No but I've held one.
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Post by dianachristensen on Nov 18, 2019 3:53:35 GMT
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Post by Bargle on Nov 20, 2019 22:04:51 GMT
Yes. Mostly .22s and a few shotguns.
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Post by dianachristensen on Nov 20, 2019 22:11:20 GMT
Yes. Mostly .22s and a few shotguns. Same here. Ever do a turkey shoot?
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