Firearms w.o. Face
November 2nd, 2021 at 4:27:16 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I never run low on ammo because I quit target practicing a few years ago. I stopped seeing the point of it, just a waste of ammo. And I only have to go outside, this is zoned rural. I figure if I ever need a gun it's going to be close quarters inside my house so why do I need to practice. So I have drawers full of ammo. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 2nd, 2021 at 7:01:09 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4943 | I just sold my Remington 870 Wingmaster 12 gauge for $50. My buddy was ecstatic. I know I could have sold it for $400, but why not make a friend happy, I am not taking it to Florida. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
November 2nd, 2021 at 7:47:05 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18631 | Better than shooting him. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
November 2nd, 2021 at 9:06:34 PM permalink | |
JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
I practice so that handling my weapon safely and proficiently is second nature. But mostly I shoot because I enjoy it. Frankly if I didn’t like shooting I wouldn’t own a gun. The chance that I will need one for self defense is so remote it’s essentially nonexistent. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
November 2nd, 2021 at 10:48:20 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I enjoy it just not as much as I used to. I also used to have a permit to carry, I don't even have that anymore. I enjoy owning a bunch of guns, I enjoy having the Beretta Nano exactly 4 inches from my hand right now as I use the mouse. I just don't feel like Target practicing anymore, it's not the same as it was 20 years ago. Like so many things. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 3rd, 2021 at 5:10:50 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5055 | somebody named Baldwin coulda used some of that. I say that because someone well versed in gun safety simply *cannot shoot* another person by accident, save the most weird circumstance, like hitting someone half a mile away. Simply not possible for someone who knows and practices gun safety, with a gun that has merely been deemed safe because "it's not loaded". I've never considered the possibility that it is an 'essentially nonexistent' possibility. I grant you the chances I would be fully prepared mentally are remote, unless I've been warned, fully warned, of 'what's up'. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
November 3rd, 2021 at 5:20:44 PM permalink | |
missedhervee Member since: Apr 23, 2021 Threads: 96 Posts: 3092 |
And yet it happens all the time, like hunters mistaking a fellow hunter for an elk, or a hunter fumbling and dropping his rifle while climbing a fence, only to have it fall, go off and blow away his hunting buddy. But worst of all are those with guns who are clueless about gun safety: hello, seven year olds getting into dad's closet and showing his loaded gun to your friends ... |
November 4th, 2021 at 2:12:06 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5055 | easier to do than you might think. If you've ever had your eyes play tricks on you, you'd know. I know now what the eyes paint on the retina is one thing, but the brain is very much involved with what you actually see, and can manufacture things. The thing a hunter has to take to heart is the idea that you must unequivocally identify your target before shooting. * yeah, you also have to take to heart all the rules and break as few as you possibly can make yourself do. indisputable [to the kids you say "this is a true story"] ... A hunter saw in the bushes a nice buck with a great set of antlers. As he was lining up his shot, it moved out in the open, sat down on a stump, and lit a cigarette. How can this be a true story? .................... the thing is, it is a true story, no doubt it has happened I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
November 4th, 2021 at 9:16:35 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18631 | Don't forget the faithful hound dog shooting his owner. Every once in awhile you hear of those. But mostly dogs like to put the transmission into neutral and joy ride down a hill. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
November 4th, 2021 at 9:33:24 AM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
A post to laugh at instead of get mad at. Good job RX. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |