Gun Control thread (merged many)

[Harvs]

Ok, August, you need to pull your head in a bit mate, i have a rifle, i use that rifle to hunt for food either to fill my freezer or for dog food, the rifle i have is not a toy its a tool, i was taught from an early age to be aware of what lies behind your point of aim, to shoot straight and shoot to kill, my father was a great shot and a great teacher, i have served time in the Royal Australian Army, i have used all types of weapons, my favourite was the L1A1 SLR, a deadly accurate rifle with a 7.62 round that blows things apart, that rifle is banned now under our laws and thank Ghandi's sandals it is, as i have said there is NO reason on earth that you can give me to justify a civilian owning a military type auto or semi auto weapon, are you that bad of a shot that you have to take down your kill with 20 rapid fire rounds? or do you just like to go down to the range and show of to your mates or take off down the bush and take out a few trees just for the fun of it, as i said, a rifle is a tool, but unfortunately so are many of the people that own them.

Originally Posted by Harvs

...as i said, a rifle is a tool, but unfortunately so are many of the people that own them.

Beautiful.

[August]

Originally Posted by Harvs

Ok, August, you need to pull your head in a bit mate, i have a rifle, i use that rifle to hunt for food either to fill my freezer or for dog food, the rifle i have is not a toy its a tool, i was taught from an early age to be aware of what lies behind your point of aim, to shoot straight and shoot to kill, my father was a great shot and a great teacher, i have served time in the Royal Australian Army, i have used all types of weapons, my favourite was the L1A1 SLR, a deadly accurate rifle with a 7.62 round that blows things apart, that rifle is banned now under our laws and thank Ghandi's sandals it is, as i have said there is NO reason on earth that you can give me to justify a civilian owning a military type auto or semi auto weapon, are you that bad of a shot that you have to take down your kill with 20 rapid fire rounds? or do you just like to go down to the range and show of to your mates or take off down the bush and take out a few trees just for the fun of it, as i said, a rifle is a tool, but unfortunately so are many of the people that own them.

Pull my head in? In spite of your little digs about my marksmanship and my character, I don't have to justify my rights to you or anyone else, not that you'd listen anyways since you seem to have already made up your mind about it.

As for shooting trees maybe that's why you Australians can't be trusted by your masters to handle firearms. A competent marksman should always know where his bullets are going and a patch of forest is never a proper backstop. Such practices are likely to get someone injured or killed.

One dead, shooter sought at Delta State University

If the professor only would have had a gun...

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

One dead, shooter sought at Delta State University

If the professor only would have had a gun...

So?
Report: Woman dies after knife attack in Saco supermarket
http://bangordailynews.com/2015/08/1...o-supermarket/

Ah right...
For whatever reason, I forgot that posting in this thread is a bad idea.
Nevermind my post... and the dead professor, and the 20+ kids from Sandy Hook and all the others who have been killed by knife-lovers... oh wait...

[Onkel Neal]

Then again, I've owned guns for 40 years and haven't killed anyone.

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Then again, I've owned guns for 40 years and haven't killed anyone.

I hope you didn't!
There is no problem in owning guns at all, if the laws in my country would be a tiddy tad more lax, I'd probably be on the range now and then, for now it is too much a pain in the bum to do shooting over here.
However, I think there should be limits to who owns them and how easily they are distributed/obtained though. Why would that hurt? Why are so many people reacting sensitive to stricter gun laws, if they actually have nothing to fear?
As we can see in other countries, that helps a lot bringing the numbers of gun related victims down. Not sure why this is a bad thing...

[Jeff-Groves]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Then again, I've owned guns for 40 years and haven't killed anyone.

I can say the same.
Oh! Wait! There was a few Cubans but I was in the Army at the time so does that count?

[Armistead]

Last night went to the corner store late to get coffee. Came out, sat in car and saw a man take a pistol from his waistline, just sort of walking. Heard guys yell at him from a SUV parked to my left and he walked over showing it to them, then back to his car, shoved it down into his sagging pants, then back, walked near the store with it back in his hand, turned around and walked to his buds. I love the old man that works in there, thought they may gonna rob him. I have a AR in my extended cab, but didn't bring my phone. I did get it, stepped out when his back was turned and drew down on him. He was probably 20ish. I did say I was police for effect. He did turn when I yelled, but followed commands and I was being very very forceful. I was more worried about a car load of friends, but had cover. Anyway, police were called, turned out to be a damn pellet pistol, although very real like. However, the SUV had a few guns in it and I think most had warrants.

Not sure it was so smart of me or not. Anyway, a detective supposed to come talk to me today, hopefully I won't have to get further involved as I don't need my name out.

[Aktungbby]

Not sure it was so smart of me or not

As with me pulling over a drunk young lady ( Neal's Trucker thread; post #667) using my security shield when her deflated spark-showering wheel rim threatened the bone-dry hillsides and livestock, be sure to apologize for 'personating a peace officer'. As a citizen you did good and the detective will probably say what the CHP humorously said to me "ya gotta do what ya gotta do." The matter was highly suspect; got handled; and you handled it. and kept it out of the headlines!!! The police make bad mistakes with authentic looking toy guns and your action did no harm and was not unreasonable both in practice and the fact that, as a legally armed citizen, you are the well ordered militia with power to detain 'till the gendarmes arrive...in my case: nearly an hour! Occasionally that puts you 'on point' as the only difference between nothing happening and severe consequences- If the detainee has issues, he can always sue you civilly. Well done.