Do You Own a Gun?

SteveDallas · 04-24-2007, 09:20 PM

I don't, though Mrs. Dallas has made noise about doing some kind of target shooting before. I'm tempted to buy her an air rifle of some sort for her birthday, but I don't know of anywhere that would be good to shoot it. (Our yard, being kind of postage-stamp sized, and irregularly shaped at that, doesn't seem like a good candidate.)

TheMercenary · 04-24-2007, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I don't, though Mrs. Dallas has made noise about doing some kind of target shooting before. I'm tempted to buy her an air rifle of some sort for her birthday, but I don't know of anywhere that would be good to shoot it. (Our yard, being kind of postage-stamp sized, and irregularly shaped at that, doesn't seem like a good candidate.)

An air rifle is not going to save your ass.

I would recommend one of two courses of action.

!. Don't buy a gun and accept the fact that if you are ever accosted you will become some sort of statistic. That is a perfectly acceptable position to assume, the majority of people do it on a regular and daily basis.

2. Buy a gun, train with it, shoot it to stay proficient, take a formal handgun self defense course, and never point it at anything you are not willing to kill.

Spexxvet · 04-25-2007, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

...!. Don't buy a gun and accept the fact that if you are ever accosted you will become some sort of statistic...

What statistic are you insinuating.

SteveDallas · 04-25-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

An air rifle is not going to save your ass.

I said "target shooting," not self defense. If I thought a real gun would be beneficial for me to have, I'd have one already.

Beestie · 04-25-2007, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

I don't, though Mrs. Dallas has made noise about doing some kind of target shooting before.

I took SWMBO to the shooting range a while back. I told her that I didn't mind so much that she doesn't want one but that not knowing how to load/find the safety/aim/shoot a variety of handguns was not acceptable. A few people from DC were there enjoying some of the freedoms that citizens of Virginia take for granted.

TheMercenary · 04-25-2007, 12:12 AM

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I took SWMBO

I love it!

We use that.

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04-24-2007, 09:20 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I don't, though Mrs. Dallas has made noise about doing some kind of target shooting before. I'm tempted to buy her an air rifle of some sort for her birthday, but I don't know of anywhere that would be good to shoot it. (Our yard, being kind of postage-stamp sized, and irregularly shaped at that, doesn't seem like a good candidate.)

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