Shooting at elementary school

[Shastafarian]

I do agree that the main reason I am armed is for when I have to run up to the store when most of the people out are drunk or I'm in a bad neighborhood. The main reason is if a worst case scenario happens at my house, I don't want to sit and wait for the police. Hoping they beat their avg 45 min response time. In my life, I've gotten in the car and drove to the hospital rather than wait for an ambulance.

So then you'd have no problem going through tougher regulations to obtain such an important piece of safety equipment.

[ElNono]

I was merely pointing out his example is irrelevant. Also kudos on having the most slippery of slopes collection of things that can harm us. Water?

Fluoride FTW... SA can fill you in on the details...

[rascal]

I personally just enjoy shooting the ar15. That is why I would get one. Plus if you have ever gone bore hunting in south texas, an ar15 is great!

You assholes enjoying killing animals and shooting guns. Stick the gun up your ass and pull the trigger.

[DarkReign]

I wasn't being sarcastic at all.

tl;dr: Yall wanted to buy a gun, I was just trying to help out. I don't want to buy one of those guns, but have some gun needs that I am not terribly comfortable with.

Alright, I tried covering it up with the sarcasm comment. Truth-talk: I didnt follow what you meant at all.

So what you are telling me is that bad guys in movies (especially Rambo) are all beginners? LOL

In Rambo's case, its the strokes he suffered. Guy's face is paralyzed on one side, listen to the way he talks. I bet its his shooting eye, too.

[DarkReign]

You assholes enjoying killing animals and shooting guns. Stick the gun up your ass and pull the trigger.

Why, you gay?

[rascal]

Why, you gay?

I am not gay. But what does that have anything to do with this anyways?

Shooting animals makes you some type of tough guy?

[CosmicCowboy]

You assholes enjoying killing animals and shooting guns. Stick the gun up your ass and pull the trigger.

You anti-gun pompous asses that enjoy eating animals other people killed for you can stick your fork up your ass.

[DarkReign]

I am not gay. But what does that have anything to do with this anyways?

Shooting animals makes you some type of tough guy?

Well no, but you clearly requested multiple people to insert long barrels into their rectums, which is sort of an odd thing for a hetero to request, is all. Its cool man, bygones be bygones.

[Warlord23]

Can you afford a tank?

I do agree that the main reason I am armed is for when I have to run up to the store when most of the people out are drunk or I'm in a bad neighborhood. The main reason is if a worst case scenario happens at my house, I don't want to sit and wait for the police. Hoping they beat their avg 45 min response time. In my life, I've gotten in the car and drove to the hospital rather than wait for an ambulance.

IDK, I don't know the price of an average tank . I'm pretty sure I could afford a few grenades and a rocket launcher. The point is, would you be comfortable with letting me (and others whose motives may be different from mine) procure them? Would you let me take grenades to your kid's school?

[CosmicCowboy]

FWIW, tanks are perfectly legal to own. They aren't even registered.

[cantthinkofanything]

Its a silly train of thought to even entertain, really, but we went there...

Flashpoint: Civil Unrest. Open revolt in multiple American regions.

The chances of the military using tanks and aircraft against their own citizens is iffy at best. Unless it was open war (ie Civil War, two sides divided by secession), the government is not going to wholesale slaughter their own people.

Assuming youre both right and the government did use the full brunt of their military against their own citizens, then nothing would matter anymore anyway. You would no longer call yourself American or care who lived and died at that point. You would be no better than the Russian peasants living under the Tzars or Stalin. The war was lost before it even started.

assuming it got to that point, there's a good chance you'd be defending yourself against other citizens before the government stepped in. which in that case, I'd like to have the sufficient firepower

[Drachen]

You assholes enjoying killing animals and shooting guns. Stick the gun up your ass and pull the trigger.

I don't know if I will enjoy it, I have a feeling that it will be difficult for me to do, but there are a variety of practical reasons that I want to try it. I can imagine that the hunting trip itself would be fun (just another an excuse to hang out with your buddies, etc)

With that being said are you a vegan?

[CosmicCowboy]

assuming it got to that point, there's a good chance you'd be defending yourself against other citizens before the government stepped in. which in that case, I'd like to have the sufficient firepower

X2

I want to be better armed than the crooks.

[rascal]

I don't know if I will enjoy it, I have a feeling that it will be difficult for me to do, but there are a variety of practical reasons that I want to try it. I can imagine that the hunting trip itself would be fun (just another an excuse to hang out with your buddies, etc)

With that being said are you a vegan?

I stick with eating fish and chicken so no I am not a vegan. Chickens are mistreated and abused in the industry and that is an unfortunate consequence to the industry. Red meat is not good for many health reasons so I stay away from that but the food I eat is not killed by hunters.

hunters kill for the thrill of the hunt and not for a lack of meat. If they didn't enjoy the hunt they would not go.

[DarkReign]

I stick with eating fish and chicken so no I am not a vegan. Chickens are mistreated and abused in the industry and that is an unfortunate consequence to the industry. Red meat is not good for many health reasons so I stay away from that but the food I eat is not killed by hunters.

Watch a video on how your meat is delivered to you. A bullet to the spine is more humane than anything in the industry. If youre an animal lover, prepare to be disgusted beyond your imagination.

hunters kill for the thrill of the hunt and not for a lack of meat. If they didn't enjoy the hunt they would not go.

...and the problem with that is...?

Not true. While not all hunters hunt for meat, most hunters enjoy the hunt, the kill and the meat all at the same time. Strange, I know.

[Drachen]

I stick with eating fish and chicken so no I am not a vegan. Chickens are mistreated and abused in the industry and that is an unfortunate consequence to the industry. Red meat is not good for many health reasons so I stay away from that but the food I eat is not killed by hunters.

hunters kill for the thrill of the hunt and not for a lack of meat. If they didn't enjoy the hunt they would not go.

Ah ok, so you enjoy mistreating and killing fish and foul? why don't you stick a fishing pole up your ass and spin.

As far as the second part. After the capital investments of weapon and ammo, it makes nothing but sense to go hunting. My buddy gets his deer and boar processed for < .65 a pound.

[CosmicCowboy]

Ah ok, so you enjoy mistreating and killing fish and foul? why don't you stick a fishing pole up your ass and spin.

As far as the second part. After the capital investments of weapon and ammo, it makes nothing but sense to go hunting. My buddy gets his deer and boar processed for < .65 a pound.

I process my own. Did one deer yesterday starting at halftime of the Texans game and finished completely (shrink wrapped and in the freezer) by the 3rd quarter of the Cowboys game.

[ChumpDumper]

assuming it got to that point, there's a good chance you'd be defending yourself against other citizens before the government stepped in. which in that case, I'd like to have the sufficient firepower

X2

I want to be better armed than the crooks.

That may have been Nancy Lanza's reasoning too.

[CosmicCowboy]

That may have been Nancy Lanza's reasoning too.

I store mine in a walk in gun safe that crazies don't have access to.

[Drachen]

I process my own. Did one deer yesterday starting at halftime of the Texans game and finished completely (shrink wrapped and in the freezer) by the 3rd quarter of the Cowboys game.

I think that I would be ok with paying for that. I don't have a ton of land and would likely be lazy. Deer steak at .65 a pound >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than sirloin at 3.35 a lb (costco's best price if you buy a case of steak).

[DarkReign]

That may have been Nancy Lanza's reasoning too.

She obviously didnt recognize the home-schooled psycho she was raising. Fancy that.

[CosmicCowboy]

I think that I would be ok with paying for that. I don't have a ton of land and would likely be lazy. Deer steak at .65 a pound >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than sirloin at 3.35 a lb (costco's best price if you buy a case of steak).

It's not the price but the quality. I separate every muscle and trim all the fat and silver skin. Well prepared venison is not "gamey" tasting. It's the fat and silverskin left by the conventional processors. Unlike beef and pork fat, venison fat renders out with a rancid taste.

[ChumpDumper]

I store mine in a walk in gun safe that crazies don't have access to.

She obviously didnt recognize the home-schooled psycho she was raising. Fancy that.

lol quick responses

I'm not sure how a parent would be expected to predict this particular act. Kid seemed to have problems, but nothing revealed so far pointed to mass murder.

[cantthinkofanything]

lol quick responses

I'm not sure how a parent would be expected to predict this particular act. Kid seemed to have problems, but nothing revealed so far pointed to mass murder.

Kid seemed to have enough problems where I, as a parent, wouldn't have allowed him access to guns.

[ElNono]

I store mine in a walk in gun safe that crazies don't have access to.

Hope it's none of these...

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/gun-safes/