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K_Love

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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 6:51pm

 oldslabsides wrote:

That's a VERY expensive shotgun. {#Yes}

 
Oh yeah?  Just how expensive is it?  And where is this place, CoffeeGirl? 

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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 6:51pm

 oldslabsides wrote:

Does she have a thing for shotguns, or squirrels?
 

Shiny things.
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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 6:49pm

 bokey wrote:
  

   They have to, they are afraid you might bring meower  by and she'll steal it.{#Lol}

 

 
Does she have a thing for shotguns, or squirrels?

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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 6:43pm

 bokey wrote:
  

   They have to, they are afraid you might bring meower  by and she'll steal it.{#Lol}

 

 

Awesome!  ROFL!
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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 5:56pm

 CoffeeGirl wrote:


They only put the really good stuff behind glass!   LOL

   

   They have to, they are afraid you might bring meower  by and she'll steal it. {#Lol}

 


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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 5:37pm

 oldslabsides wrote:

That's a VERY expensive shotgun. {#Yes}

 

They only put the really good stuff behind glass!  LOL
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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 5:37pm

 dionysius wrote:
Still agin 'em.
 
Thanks for the update.

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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 5:35pm

Still agin 'em.
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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 5:35pm

 CoffeeGirl wrote:

For Schlabby - we were at the Met in the city today and saw this really cool firearm - check it out...squirrels!  It was amazing - a true work of art.

 



 
That's a VERY expensive shotgun. {#Yes}
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Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 5:33pm

For Schlabby - we were at the Met in the city today and saw this really cool firearm - check it out...squirrels!  It was amazing - a true work of art.

 


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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 10:05am

 Xeric wrote:

Years ago, I wanted to demonstrate to a girlfriend just why it's standard procedure to leave an empty hole in the cylinder of a revolver.   We were at a friend's cabin, and I explained that we do that because, if something like this happens . . . BANG!   Mutual screaming, cussing, underwear-changing, and an eventual finding of the bullet inside the stove pipe ensued.   I'm alive (and so's she, far as I know) because it was ingrained in me from my very youngest days that you always point a gun in a safe direction.  

Training is key.   And some proof against even idiocy.
 
Absolutely. By the time I was maybe 8 years old I was convinced that pointing a gun anywhere but the ground, in the air or at your intended target was the most horrible failure a person could ever commit.


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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 10:03am

 Xeric wrote:

Well, thanks for the "reasonably intelligent" vote, but beyond that, uh, wrong, essentially.  Had I NOT recognized "the extreme dangers of a gun" I'd have shot myself or my girlfriend.  I did manage that recognition; I handled the gun in such a manner as to render it safe even in the face of the most unexpected event; I'm alive.  Simple enough.

And if you can't manage that, then no, actually, you shouldn't drive!
 
{#Lol}

Yes, I recognized that what you did was correct, it was really the other young man that I was talking about. What is it about a gun that someone would take that risk, when they wouldn't take the same kind of risk with a car, for example? Or would they?

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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 10:00am

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  what were the rest of them doing?
 
Chicago has a serious gang problem, so some of them were due directly to gang violence, the innocent bystanders are mostly in the way of gang violence, and some are accidental, and some a family violence.

The whole country is up in arms when one guy lets loose on a campus, but this is not the first year that this many children have died in Chicago; where is the uproar? The black communities do work hard to stop the violence, but they can't do it on their own.

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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 9:58am

 hippiechick wrote:

This is an example of why we anti-gun people find guns so disturbing. Even people who would be otherwise considered reasonably intelligent do not recognize the extreme dangers of a gun.

That poor young man who shot himself in the head...you would think that anyone who is smart enough to be able to drive a car would understand that you would NEVER point a gun at anyone or anything and pull the trigger like that.

BTW, 31 Chicago Public School children have been killed through gun violence this school year, many of them innocent bystanders.
 
Well, thanks for the "reasonably intelligent" vote, but beyond that, uh, wrong, essentially.  Had I NOT recognized "the extreme dangers of a gun" I'd have shot myself or my girlfriend.  I did manage that recognition; I handled the gun in such a manner as to render it safe even in the face of the most unexpected event; I'm alive.  Simple enough.

And if you can't manage that, then no, actually, you shouldn't drive!

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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 9:55am

 hippiechick wrote:

This is an example of why we anti-gun people find guns so disturbing. Even people who would be otherwise considered reasonably intelligent do not recognize the extreme dangers of a gun.

That poor young man who shot himself in the head...you would think that anyone who is smart enough to be able to drive a car would understand that you would NEVER point a gun at anyone or anything and pull the trigger like that.

BTW, 31 Chicago Public School children have been killed through gun violence this school year, many of them innocent bystanders.


 
  what were the rest of them doing?

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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 9:47am

 Xeric wrote:

Years ago, I wanted to demonstrate to a girlfriend just why it's standard procedure to leave an empty hole in the cylinder of a revolver.  We were at a friend's cabin, and I explained that we do that because, if something like this happens . . . BANG!  Mutual screaming, cussing, underwear-changing, and an eventual finding of the bullet inside the stove pipe ensued.  I'm alive (and so's she, far as I know) because it was ingrained in me from my very youngest days that you always point a gun in a safe direction. 

Training is key.  And some proof against even idiocy.
 
This is an example of why we anti-gun people find guns so disturbing. Even people who would be otherwise considered reasonably intelligent do not recognize the extreme dangers of a gun.

That poor young man who shot himself in the head...you would think that anyone who is smart enough to be able to drive a car would understand that you would NEVER point a gun at anyone or anything and pull the trigger like that.

BTW, 31 Chicago Public School children have been killed through gun violence this school year, many of them innocent bystanders.

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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 9:40am

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Yesterday, a friend of mine's nephew was trying to show off a gun (his family didn't know he had one) to his GF.  He put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.  He died last night at the hospital.  He was 18 years old. 

I agree with cc_rider that we need gun safety!!  How does an 18 yr old buy a gun?  Probably off the street from someone for cash.

Sad.  Very sad.

 
how horribly tragic...i'm so sorry for his loved ones.

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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 7:45am

 Xeric wrote:

Years ago, I wanted to demonstrate to a girlfriend just why it's standard procedure to leave an empty hole in the cylinder of a revolver.  We were at a friend's cabin, and I explained that we do that because, if something like this happens . . . BANG!  Mutual screaming, cussing, underwear-changing, and an eventual finding of the bullet inside the stove pipe ensued.  I'm alive (and so's she, far as I know) because it was ingrained in me from my very youngest days that you always point a gun in a safe direction. 

Training is key.  And some proof against even idiocy.
  I did that once, but I was outdoors and had been shooting. I thought I'd shot ten rounds, so when I pointed it at the ground and pulled the trigger to de-cock it, the shot scared me a bit. AND reminded me exactly why my Dad taught me the way he did. No harm no foul, lesson reinforced.

c.


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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 6:50am

 oldviolin wrote:
I had a similar incident with a Ruger 357 Magnum that I once owned. I was on the learning curve that day...

 
Thank God no one was in the path... I had a friend who wasn't so lucky and he ended up with a bullet in his buddy's leg.  That cost him a bit in medical.  Fortunately, his friend didn't sue.

Guns are good tools, but bad toys.

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Posted: Apr 6, 2009 - 6:48am

 Xeric wrote:

Years ago, I wanted to demonstrate to a girlfriend just why it's standard procedure to leave an empty hole in the cylinder of a revolver.  We were at a friend's cabin, and I explained that we do that because, if something like this happens . . . BANG!  Mutual screaming, cussing, underwear-changing, and an eventual finding of the bullet inside the stove pipe ensued.  I'm alive (and so's she, far as I know) because it was ingrained in me from my very youngest days that you always point a gun in a safe direction. 

Training is key.  And some proof against even idiocy.
  I had a similar incident with a Ruger 357 Magnum that I once owned. I was on the learning curve that day...


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