If you outlaw guns, then only.... - Page 19

mrnoodle · 10-31-2006, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

I don't approve or disapprove of anyone. I just make observations.

Yeah, that was just a snide comment, not directed at you in particular.

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There were two times I killed a living thing with a gun. The first was when, like many young males, I just had to have a BB gun. When I got one, I shot at cans in the back yard. Then, when doing so, I saw some movement in the trees. It was a cute little Chickadee. Almost as if some switch went off in my head, I pointed the gun at the little bird and pulled the trigger. It fell to the ground and started fluttering around in obvious distress. I was beside myself with guilt, and couldn't stand watching the little bird suffer. I crushed it with my foot as hard as I could. Put it, I still hope, out of its misery. That sucked.

I did that as a kid. It felt horrible. If it's any consolation, birds don't have a huge capacity for recognizing pain.

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The second time was when the guy across the street (this is Alabama, mind you, and I was from Massachusetts) assumed that I was not getting a proper upbringing by my father because he (my father) did not drive a pickup truck. He took me hunting for squirrel of all things. He pointed to some motion in the tree and told me to shoot. I did. It fell, but got caught in the cleavage of some branch. He shot at it about 4 times to dislodge it. It fell to the ground. He cooked it. It was full of shot; and the whole experience was full of shit.

That one's funny to me, sorry.

I'm thinking that Field & Stream won't be accepting your submission any time soon, however.

Ibby · 10-31-2006, 07:20 PM

I figured out a good way to put how I feel about it a little while ago...

I'm just as firmly against guns as I am against gun control. I hate that they exist, I hate that people have them, I hate guns in general, but I wouldnt say that someone couldnt have them unless there was a damn good reason, either.

Aliantha · 10-31-2006, 07:48 PM

Isn't this thread about guns though?

Flint · 10-31-2006, 07:57 PM

No, you see, this particular object actually takes control of the human mind.
Have you ever heard of someone who isn't holding a gun shooting something with a gun?

:::taps foot:::

Right, case closed.

Aliantha · 10-31-2006, 07:59 PM

What...don't finger guns count? I've shot lots of them before.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-31-2006, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

snip~ I only commented on the people (and there must be a lot of them) who buy the glossy gun magazines, which do concentrate on the latest super-guns. One does not have to be an "expert" on guns or anything else to notice that America is a land of guns and gun fanatics. ~snip

Magazines have to have something different every month or the don't sell....I think that's a given.
Magazines dedicated to a single subject such as guns, cars, motorcycles, horses, models, etc., must compete for a limited market with other magazines of their ilk...... and for the attention($) of people that have multiple interests.
The best way to do that is to guarantee (prospective)readers something they haven't seen, hence the latest & greatest, on the cover.

If you go to a large newsstand, the number of magazines on guns is far outstripped by the number of magazines on quite a number of subjects.
I suspect you may not have noticed because those other subjects don't strike a nerve with you like guns do.
It's pretty obvious it does just because you call people with an interest in and/or use for, guns....fanatics.
For the opposition, that kills any possibility of logic or reason on your part, starting with that bias.
Do you understand why showing that attitude out of the gate, provokes the attitude you receive?

10-31-2006, 07:20 PM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	I figured out a good way to put how I feel about it a little while ago... I'm just as firmly against guns as I am against gun control. I hate that they exist, I hate that people have them, I hate guns in general, but I wouldnt say that someone couldnt have them unless there was a damn good reason, either. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-31-2006, 07:48 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Isn't this thread about guns though? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-31-2006, 07:57 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	No, you see, this particular object actually takes control of the human mind. Have you ever heard of someone who isn't holding a gun shooting something with a gun? :::taps foot::: Right, case closed. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-31-2006, 07:59 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What...don't finger guns count? I've shot lots of them before. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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