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Topic: Funs with Guns
Single_Rob Joined Mon 02/04/08 Posts: 8233	Tue 04/15/08 05:16 PM
guess my threads do alot of good after all. Cool. before you break your arm patting yourself on the back, just know there have been 2348723847 of these threads in the past two months

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Tue 04/15/08 05:19 PM
so far so good lol usually get locked or deleted by now jinx jinx <<<-----they are watching

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Tue 04/15/08 05:26 PM
I sense some paranoia here.

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Tue 04/15/08 05:29 PM
are you reading my post

rambill79 Joined Thu 09/14/06 Posts: 5780	Tue 04/15/08 05:39 PM Edited by rambill79 on Tue 04/15/08 05:41 PM
-I shot skeet and archery in gym class in school..... and lived through it! i brought my shotgun to school on the bus, then it was kept in the principals office. If you didnt have a Gun or bow, you could use the one the Gym teacher had. -Once in 8th grade I did show and tell on care and feeding of a Ruger 10/22. - I learned how to reload in field lab.....Can you imagine handling gunpowder not to mention Lead in school these days? ....and getting graded for it???

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Tue 04/15/08 05:42 PM
I'm buying a paintball gun, should be fun!!

rambill79 Joined Thu 09/14/06 Posts: 5780	Tue 04/15/08 05:50 PM
- factoid- paintball guns were invented by some logger in the UP of MichiGAN who wanted a quick way to mark trees.

discoafternoon Joined Fri 04/11/08 Posts: 2977	Tue 04/15/08 05:52 PM
the problem is the lack of honest law biding people not permitted to carry in my opinion Ohio has a CCW law. That is not the problem here. yes it does but a lot of places do not permit you to take them in if virginia had (maybe do) concealed carry i doubt it would have helped cause virgina tech would more than likely have no gun rule Virginia does. Schools are gun free zones.

discoafternoon Joined Fri 04/11/08 Posts: 2977	Tue 04/15/08 05:53 PM
this is where it is a gun owners responsibility to keep them in a safe, up high in closet but always ALWAYS with trigger locks. But however there is NO safety assurance with guns. That would be great, if all gun owners were responsible. However, that's not always the case.

lilith401 Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 19593	Tue 04/15/08 05:58 PM
I think our society has shown that overall its members are not responsible folks. JMO

discoafternoon Joined Fri 04/11/08 Posts: 2977	Tue 04/15/08 06:00 PM
Diagnosed is the key word here. Many mentally ill people are walking around with no knowledge they are ill. Legal to own a gun because they are under the radar. Like I said who has all the answers here? I know I do not. But I also know that guns in the wrong hands are very deadly. if more people had them(assuming responsible people), these situations wouldn't last long How are you assuming that only responsible people are carrying guns?

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Tue 04/15/08 06:02 PM
How are you assuming that only responsible people are carrying guns? i'm not. most people are responsible or not too irresponsible. i only added that so someone wouldn't be like "what about the wackjobs?"

discoafternoon Joined Fri 04/11/08 Posts: 2977	Tue 04/15/08 06:03 PM
I think our society has shown that overall its members are not responsible folks. JMO I agree.

discoafternoon Joined Fri 04/11/08 Posts: 2977	Tue 04/15/08 06:04 PM
How are you assuming that only responsible people are carrying guns? i'm not. most people are responsible or not too irresponsible. i only added that so someone wouldn't be like "what about the wackjobs?" So you are assuming that most people are responsible. Except those that are "wackjobs." heh.

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Tue 04/15/08 06:06 PM
this is where it is a gun owners responsibility to keep them in a safe, up high in closet but always ALWAYS with trigger locks. But however there is NO safety assurance with guns. That would be great, if all gun owners were responsible. However, that's not always the case. if they would teach about gun safety in school it would reduce a lot of kids playing with them i doubt the theif (possibly rapist murderer) will give you the time needed to open the lock box -- take off the trigger lock --losad the gun --- so you may then use it to protect yourself after all electric outlets are also deadly and they are in most houses that have guns in them educate not isolate isolation promotes ignorance ignorance leads to mishaps

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Tue 04/15/08 06:18 PM
I think our society has shown that overall its members are not responsible folks. JMO if that was true, everyone would be dead

discoafternoon Joined Fri 04/11/08 Posts: 2977	Tue 04/15/08 06:19 PM
this is where it is a gun owners responsibility to keep them in a safe, up high in closet but always ALWAYS with trigger locks. But however there is NO safety assurance with guns. That would be great, if all gun owners were responsible. However, that's not always the case. if they would teach about gun safety in school it would reduce a lot of kids playing with them i doubt the theif (possibly rapist murderer) will give you the time needed to open the lock box -- take off the trigger lock --losad the gun --- so you may then use it to protect yourself after all electric outlets are also deadly and they are in most houses that have guns in them educate not isolate isolation promotes ignorance ignorance leads to mishaps I agree. More education/training should be available/required. I just don't think that arming everyone is going to solve the world's problems.

Jistme Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 2991	Tue 04/15/08 06:30 PM
the problem is the lack of honest law biding people not permitted to carry in my opinion How many of us have actually been a witness to gun violence? Or have been shot at? Or have had a weapon simply brought to bear on them? Not as a Law Enforcement officer or as military personnel.. Simply as a law abiding citizen. I'm guessing not many.. Maybe measured somewhere between a a half dozen to 10 of all of us who have posted in all the forums, thus far. My experiences are both when I was armed and not armed. To believe... even with the best of training that a weapon will keep you safe from someone intent on doing you harm? Is simply a false sense of security that will most likely put you in places you would otherwise not be.. Doing things you would otherwise not do... and bring your short life to a shorter end. Or worse.. lose somebody close to you. All because you want to exercise your right to have a false sense of security. Gun violence happens quickly. Usually the perpetrator does not warn you of their intent... It ends as soon as it begins. If you have a weapon on you or near you? Chances are you will not have the time or opportunity to use it without getting yourself or someone else shot. So.. erase all those images of what gun violence is like, you may have gleaned from the last action movie you saw... That is not the reality. You are not John McCain and this is not the set of Die Hard. The only time I've even considered carrying in the last 10 years or so was when I was helping a friend/ colleague of mine, serve papers for an investigation he was running involving some of our local meth cooks. I knew I was getting into a touchy situation and was trying to be prepared accordingly... Typically? Crime does not take advantage of those who are in that mindset. Crime takes advantage of those who are unaware. Personally? I'd rather be aware and unarmed then always armed and not aware. In other words.. being aware is a much better deterrent then being armed. As well as.. there is no risk of my shooting an innocent with my awareness.

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Tue 04/15/08 06:31 PM
i've had guns pulled on me twice

Jistme Joined Wed 10/31/07 Posts: 2991	Tue 04/15/08 06:34 PM
i've had guns pulled on me twice And?