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Weapons, shooting, guns.
Devlyn:
The topic isn't about school shootings, the NRA, or politics, and hopefully no one after you will try to bring it there. :)
I'm a really good shot, always have been. I enjoy the competitiveness of target shooting or just plinking cans.
Colleen_definitely:
I have always had a talent for shooting as well. I love competitive shooting, the more physically brutal the match the better. I'm weird like that.
I'm also fascinated by the mechanics of firearms and do all sorts of hobbyist level gunsmithing.
Northern Star Girl:
Here where I live, we all have handguns (I usually have a .357 Magnum handy that will bring down a Grizzly) and other handguns and various rifles and shotguns.... for self-protection and for hunting.
There all kinds of bad and dangerous critters here and I wouldn't go outside at night to take out the garbage or put stuff on my compose pile without at least bringing my .38 Young people here learn how to shoot and safely handle guns and they respect weapons for what they are, a tool and not something to be toyed with or to be brandished without due cause.
The result is that break-ins, home invasions, random shootings, assaults, muggings and robberies are just about non-existent in my small town.
Northern Star Girl:
--- Quote from: Devlyn Marie on March 22, 2018, 07:09:39 pm ---The topic isn't about school shootings, the NRA, or politics, and hopefully no one after you will try to bring it there. :)
I'm a really good shot, always have been. I enjoy the competitiveness of target shooting or just plinking cans.
--- End quote ---
Devlyn:
I totally agree with both of your statements above.
Danielle
Deborah:
I am a very good shot with all sorts of weapons and have a lot of them in my closet, around 12 of various types. At one time I had a concealed carry permit and often carried my 1911A1 locked and loaded. But a few years ago I just totally lost interest in any of it so all my weapons now just sit there gathering dust. The only concession I make is to keep my Barretta 9mm with a full magazine next to my bed if it’s ever needed.
One kind of funny story was when I was in Kosovo we were visiting an official of the Kosovo Liberation Army at his house and I asked him what a weapon was I saw on his shelf. He handed it to me and said it was a .50 cal sniper rifle. At the time I had never seen one before. Then I asked where it came from and he said the USA, . . . Oh.
Fortunately I didn’t pull the trigger as I was handling it since right before I handed it back I pulled back the bolt and inside was a chambered round. That could have ended that meeting very badly.
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