Shoot,I love the poll feature.Best thing on the dope since The Game Room opened.
I grew up in a farm in a hunting family so also grew up with guns. I don’t have one now because I don’t see the point as I don’t hunt anymore. If I do ever get a large backyard, however, I think the first thing I might buy is a .50 cal black powder rifle.
Thank you, Kyla!
I owned one before I was married, and once married was going to get rid of it unless my bride felt comfortable with it under our roof (and by comfortable, I mean comfortable USING it should it be needed). She had fired before, but wasn’t sure about it then. Close to the “drop dead” date of getting rid of it, she went with me to the range, and enjoyed shooting. But she didn’t like to kick of my Makarov, so we had to get her a piece to call her own (Astra A70). Also have a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle. We have small children, the rifle has a lock on it, and the handguns are in a quick access safe next to my side of the bed, quite loaded. They currently don’t know we have them, but when they are older, we will introduce them to firearms.
Oh, and yes, the Castle Doctrine is always a statute with while I am familiar
Nope, no guns – although plenty of my relatives have them. I don’t really HAVE any strong opinions on guns, other than as long as people are responsible and don’t act like Homer Simpsons did when HE got a gun. (I’m more afraid of stupid people with guns.)
I’d take you up on your offer, Airman, but being the klutz I am, plus with the slight myclonic jerks, I’d probably end up shooting my foot off. 
Your belief does not apply in my my experience.
I live in the UK, so of course there are no guns in my house, nor do the beat police carry them. (All major political parties support a strict nationwide gun ban.)
I have used a .22 rifle several times at my school shooting range but have no desire to own a gun.
Two of my friends are ex-SAS and ex-Special Branch (Diplomatic Protection Unit). They were armed whenever they worked. They too do not have nor want a gun at home.
How about the third option: keep your loaded gun in a locked safe or lockbox with a quick combination or biometric release? A handgun that’s kept unloaded and with a trigger lock on it might as well be disassembled.
Castle Doctrine is a legal doctrine adopted in some states upholding the right to use deadly force against intruders in one’s home. Specifically, it means that any duty to retreat in order to claim that you were an unwilling participant in a confrontation ends at your door. i.e., you cannot be faulted in the event of a shooting for not fleeing your own home. And it enacts the presumption that someone who has entered your home by stealth or force may be automatically presumed to be a threat to your safety.
I have a question for multiple gun owners: what’s the attraction for collecting numerous guns? Even if I had unlimited money to indulge on gun ownership I doubt I’d own more than four or five firearms of different descriptions. My own choices would be:[ul][]The Beretta 90-TWO in .40 cal I own now.[]One revolver, possibly the Model 57 .41 Magnum that S&W is rereleasing.[]One “pocket” gun in case I ever thought I needed something concealable; probably a .32 semi.[]One short-barreled home defense shotgun, pump or semi. Either 12-gauge or if I decided I could handle it a 10-gauge.[*]Maybe one other novelty gun, haven’t decided.[/ul]
I thought it might be something like that. Thanks for the explanation.
Currently live in NY City. I don’t own a gun. Got no use for one here. I grew up with them around, though, and I can use a .22 or a 30-06 and I’m decently accurate especially when firing from a prone position.
I am in favor of “shall issue” laws. I favor gun licensing on the same basis as auto licensing. You should be tested for baseline proficiency and knowledge of how to use a firearm, and perhaps special training for some firearms the same way motorcycles and articulated trucks require additional testing to be licenced; and I favor registering your firearms just as cars must be registered; but if you pass the test you get the license and you get to own and operate a firearm. Period.
I am dead certain that New York State does not have even the faintest hint of a rule that says your home is your castle and you can shoot folks invading it.
Actually, it does. Sorta. New York law says you can use deadly force to prevent burglary or arson of the home.
California law is also a “sorta.” Mere burglary doesn’t wash, but damn near everything else does. “Forcible entry” means I can break out the heavy weaponry.
Put me down with the group that is complaining that there isn’t a category for “More firearms than the Nicaraguan army.” 
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I have a question for multiple gun owners: what’s the attraction for collecting numerous guns? Even if I had unlimited money to indulge on gun ownership I doubt I’d own more than four or five firearms of different descriptions. My own choices would be:[ul][li]The Beretta 90-TWO in .40 cal I own now.[]One revolver, possibly the Model 57 .41 Magnum that S&W is rereleasing.[]One “pocket” gun in case I ever thought I needed something concealable; probably a .32 semi.[]One short-barreled home defense shotgun, pump or semi. Either 12-gauge or if I decided I could handle it a 10-gauge.[]Maybe one other novelty gun, haven’t decided.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
Guns are tools and different guns do different things so I have several. I only have 1 “Safe Queen” (a new, unfired “investment”), it’s a VERY limited production Beretta 92 (USMC) model that is new, still has the tags hanging on it and is in a fancy case (it was so cheap I HAD to buy it). The rest of my guns are regularly used.
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Don’t have a gun. I’ve considered getting one, but I don’t need it for anything, and I just don’t see myself carrying it around anywhere. I’m not going to pay good money and go though all the bureaucratic hassle for something that’s going to rust in a safe.
However, I have some reserve duty next month, and I think my son will finally be old enough (he’s almost 5) to help me clean my carbine when I come home on leave. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of examining my dad’s Gallil, and to this day that gun-oil smell makes me feel content.
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I have a question for multiple gun owners: what’s the attraction for collecting numerous guns? Even if I had unlimited money to indulge on gun ownership I doubt I’d own more than four or five firearms of different descriptions. My own choices would be:[ul][li]The Beretta 90-TWO in .40 cal I own now.[]One revolver, possibly the Model 57 .41 Magnum that S&W is rereleasing.[]One “pocket” gun in case I ever thought I needed something concealable; probably a .32 semi.[]One short-barreled home defense shotgun, pump or semi. Either 12-gauge or if I decided I could handle it a 10-gauge.[]Maybe one other novelty gun, haven’t decided.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
I have a close relative who has a large gun collection. I don’t presume to explain his reasons, since I haven’t actually asked him about that, but I can give my impressions of his collection. He’s an avid hunter, and some of his guns are used for hunting. He’s also an avid collector – many of his guns are historical guns, e.g., from different (American) wars. (He also collects other historical artifacts, and sports memorabilia.) Some of his guns, I think, he collects because he admires gun technology and manufacture. Even though I am not a gun owner myself, I have never felt that he is amassing an arsenal or anything close to that. He is meticulous about gun safety, maintenance, and training. He is respectful of others who choose not to own any guns.
Really!? Hmm. Count me flabbergasted. I really thought that when it came to guns, NYS was inclined to say “You really should not have shot the person who tried to murder you. He missed and by that time he was off-balance and you could have just run away”.
Not all of New York State is like New York City.
Ah so. City laws. OK that makes sense.
All I want is one of every model Mauser ever issued, by every country that issued them. I’m off to a pretty good start.
Of course, that doesn’t explain the desire to own a weapon for every caliber that exists.
Well during a zombie plague, it certainly would be handy to know that whatever ammo you scavenge, you have something to shoot it out of.
Taurus Mod 92 3" .38 SPL revolver
There is no “Castle” doctrine in Peru
I don’t own any, nor have I ever fired one. I do not know if Arizona is a Castle Doctrine state, but I assume that it is.
I’ve been wanting to go to the shooting range for a few months, but haven’t made it yet. I’m not against guns, but I’m not particularly for them either. My grandparents owned a hunting lodge in Wyoming for over 30 years, but I was always happier to just explore their property than anything, so I never fired a gun while I was there.
I’ve considered buying either a pistol or a shotgun for home defense, but my wife is pregnant, and I’m not sure that the benefits outweigh the risks when a little kid is in the house. I mean, sure, I could keep it locked up with the ammo in a separate place, but that kinda defeats the purpose when someone is breaking in, right?
Hey, as long as you put oil on it, it’s not going to rust in a safe. I mean, unless the safe is full of holes and located in a waterlogged basement or something.
I just went to the shooting range today, actually. Tried out my second SKS (Norinco) - I really need one of those sight adjustment tools because the front sight post is too low. A kid also let me use his WASR for a while, in exchange for me letting him shoot my HK 91 - he also let me use his Mosin Nagant, which looked like it was about 300 years old and the front sight was a blade instead of a post like mine. What is that about? Did some Mosin Nagants come with a blade sight? It had a hex receiver.
Good goddamn, shooting is fun.