The Gun Thread

MendotoManteo said:
You don't need anything more, just like me. But, yeah, it's fun to think about.

What is your semi shotgun? Berretta? I've always wanted a Saiga with extended mag. But I know that's being a child. Lol.
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It is a Mossberg. 4+1. Nothing crazy but that and the pistol should be enough to give any maldoers a hard time.
 
MendotoManteo said:
This is actually a good point, although I know you jest.

I think all children ought to know how to responsibly operate a gun. Rifle or pistol.

That being said, I realize that, in this country, with our toxic gun culture, that will most likely not be the case with this proposal.

I know it's hard to imagine, but there are alternative gun cultures. But I know that's not likely to take effect here.
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First started shooting a .22 when I was 5. That was in 1957 on a small farm in ENC. It was about the same time I was trusted to use a hoe in the garden and carry a pocket knife. They were all tools we sometimes used around the farm.
 
finesse said:
First started shooting a .22 when I was 5. That was in 1957 on a small farm in ENC. It was about the same time I was trusted to use a hoe in the garden and carry a pocket knife. They were all tools we sometimes used around the farm.
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5 is pretty darn early. I think I was around 12 or so when Dad finally gave me his old Bi-Centennial Ruger .22. With 10 round clip. I went all around the farm and woods, with my "Russian hat" (that ear-flap hat), thinking I was re-enacting Red Dawn.

The amount of Russian and Chinese invaders I killed out there is incalculable. Lol.

Finally, one day I ran up to a downed log and propped down behind it. It was March, I believe. For some reason, I cleared the leaves beneath me, I guess because Dad always said that's where snakes like to lie. And sure enough, a darn copperhead right there. Just a baby. But I was a baby too and scared as shit. Ran like hell!

Good times.
 
MendotoManteo said:
This is actually a good point, although I know you jest.

I think all children ought to know how to responsibly operate a gun. Rifle or pistol.

That being said, I realize that, in this country, with our toxic gun culture, that will most likely not be the case with this proposal.

I know it's hard to imagine, but there are alternative gun cultures. But I know that's not likely to take effect here.
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Hopefully you jest.
 
stankeylegjones said:
Hopefully you jest.
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No, I do not. All children ought to know how to responsibly operate a firearm.

I realize this won't happen under our current circumstances, so this Utah proposal probably bad.

But, yes.

Like Shane says in, well, "Shane," "A gun is a tool." He was wrong in that it is very different from every other tool but his primary point stands. It is a tool. When used responsibly and correctly.

Would you disagree?
 
MendotoManteo said:
5 is pretty darn early. I think I was around 12 or so when Dad finally gave me his old Bi-Centennial Ruger .22. With 10 round clip. I went all around the farm and woods, with my "Russian hat" (that ear-flap hat), thinking I was re-enacting Red Dawn.

The amount of Russian and Chinese invaders I killed out there is incalculable. Lol.

Finally, one day I ran up to a downed log and propped down behind it. It was March, I believe. For some reason, I cleared the leaves beneath me, I guess because Dad always said that's where snakes like to lie. And sure enough, a darn copperhead right there. Just a baby. But I was a baby too and scared as shit. Ran like hell!

Good times.
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Trust me, that was under very close scrutiny from my grandfather.
 
MendotoManteo said:
No, I do not. All children ought to know how to responsibly operate a firearm.

I realize this won't happen under our current circumstances, so this Utah proposal probably bad.

But, yes.

Like Shane says in, well, "Shane," "A gun is a tool." He was wrong in that it is very different from every other tool but his primary point stands. It is a tool. When used responsibly and correctly.

Would you disagree?
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Should children also know how to responsibly operate a vehicle?
 
MendotoManteo said:
That's quite a layout, Purple. What is the caliber of that bolt action?
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I don’t know. Me and a few buddies went out to a farm. I didn’t shoot it because he spent a bit of time on the scope.

We all had our pistols holstered. Glocks and Kimbers, but that Stacatto is smooth. I couldn’t justify buying it, but it’s nice.
 
stankeylegjones said:
Should children also know how to responsibly operate a vehicle?
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This is a good point. And a challenging one.

I would say, yes. But only after a certain age. Say, 10-12. Somewhere in there.

Not that I advocate for 10-12 year olds operating vehicles unsupervised, but they ought to have an early notion of what it involves. No different than guns. Doing so would likely take the "romance" of it out of their system. Ideally.
 
MendotoManteo said:
Snakes?
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Actually a rooster that kept attacking people, especially me since I was about his size. Big Daddy got a new rooster and decided it was time for chicken salad. He used it to give me my first shooting lesson. Of course, I missed and he killed it but the chicken salad was good.
 
finesse said:
Actually a rooster that kept attacking people, especially me since I was about his size. Big Daddy got a new rooster and decided it was time for chicken salad. He used it to give me my first shooting lesson. Of course, I missed and he killed it but the chicken salad was good.
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You sound like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof! lol. I mean that, respectfully. Big Daddy! Is that what you mean by your father?

I bet that was good eating!
 
MendotoManteo said:
You sound like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof! lol. I mean that, respectfully. Big Daddy! Is that what you mean by your father?

I bet that was good eating!
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My grandfather. Lived with my grandparents after my dad, his son, was killed when I was a year old. My mom and older brother and I moved in with them because her father and his second wife still had 6 more daughters at home.
 
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