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Hey I own some and have no problem with that but what really bugs me are people that are always talking about their collection and how bad arsed it makes them. I mean seriously a gun does not make anyone more of a man now does it?

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ya it does. ya got no gun, ya ain't no man. real men kill anything that disrespects or argues with them.

People do the same with warhammer/women they have knocked up/car they drive/shoes they wear. I just do the Ork way and go by battle scars.

Green Blow Fly wrote:Hey I own some and have no problem with that but what really bugs me are people that are always talking about their collection and how bad arsed it makes them. I mean seriously a gun does not make anyone more of a man now does it?

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Do you find this to be a frequent issue GBF?

And of course it makes you more of a man. Advertising can't be wrong

I despise people who boast about their right to bear arms anywhere they go, even when playing a fething game of 40k.

Thats the best time!!!

As if something is going to happen while playing 40k that requires you to carry a loaded weapon.

BrookM wrote:As if something is going to happen while playing 40k that requires you to carry a loaded weapon.

Clearly your games are not as intense as ours are. Life and death here. We play for keeps.

youngblood wrote:

BrookM wrote:As if something is going to happen while playing 40k that requires you to carry a loaded weapon.

Clearly your games are not as intense as ours are. Life and death here. We play for keeps.

Exactly. I don't know how many times an ork player has leaped onto the table, yelled "WAUGH!" and opened up with an Uzi. Fortunately their aim is no better than their minis.

"Remember Ladz! Long uncontrolled bursts!"
DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!!!!

I'm so happy I live in a place where I don't have to carry a loaded weapon, where the car I drive doesn't matter, the clothes I'm wearing don't measure me as a man and the women I sleep with is never called into question. I do have pretty nice things, but it never comes up.

I predict a 2nd amendment/right to bear arms flame war.

rubiksnoob wrote:I predict a 2nd amendment/right to bear arms flame war.

only if people use the correct flame template. I hate when flaming gets out of control.

Typeline wrote:I'm so happy I live in a place where I don't have to carry a loaded weapon, where the car I drive doesn't matter, the clothes I'm wearing don't measure me as a man and the women I sleep with is never called into question. I do have pretty nice things, but it never comes up.

To Quote Homer Simpson:
"Thats great, but doesn't help the rest of us who don't live in Fantasy Land..."

couldn't resist.

There was some guy in the bar last night running his mouth off about his new 44... when I showed him a picture of my S&W500 that shut him up right quick.

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Frazzled wrote:

Green Blow Fly wrote:Hey I own some and have no problem with that but what really bugs me are people that are always talking about their collection and how bad arsed it makes them. I mean seriously a gun does not make anyone more of a man now does it?

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Do you find this to be a frequent issue GBF?

And of course it makes you more of a man. Advertising can't be wrong

You carry around a picture of an S&W? isn't that a little post meet kettle?

Well gun owners are generally viewed as guys compensating for their small genitalia so take from that what you will.

Guys are naturally competitive and many are insecure and you see it all the time with internet tough guys and playing first person shooters online.

However if you come into a situation where you could be potentially insulting or aggravate a gun owner...godspeed!

There are people who spend a lot of their bignoting themselves. Occasionally they're really funny, and their stories are told with a bit of a wink. Most of the time they're very lame, and if it isn't the girls they've slept with, the guys they've beat up it's the police they've outrun. In geek circles you can also add how someone's competitive army is so awesome that they used it to some tournament champ, or the famous 'let me tell you about my character'.

We don't have much of a gun culture around here so I've never seen someone trying to bignote themselves with a gun they bought, but I imagine it's the same as every other odd person who makes himself feel by bragging about random stuff.

I wish I could offer an answer. Telling them they're lying doesn't work. Telling them they're boring doesn't work. Walking away doesn't work.

Catachans practice the right to bear arms... HUGE arms...

Real men don't need guns, simple as that. If you need a weapon to hold your own, just shows your not man enough for the job. Any idiot can wave a firearm about and suddenly become "hard", would you be so mouthy or cocky if you had to do the work with your fists?

I can't stand people who hunt either. You slot an animal from 400 yds and are proud of it? Give me a break.

Wolfstan wrote:I can't stand people who hunt either. You slot an animal from 400 yds and are proud of it? Give me a break.

Not easily impressed eh? That's a ridiculous statement. Some of the most self controlled, calm, physically capable people have been those who made a living while holding a rifle. Real men don't need gun's is an idiotic statement seeing as the "real men" (soldiers) of the world carry them.

Real men don't need to wear tutus either. Some just like to, er wait...never mind.

Cane wrote:Well gun owners are generally viewed as guys compensating for their small genitalia so take from that what you will.

What if you own a derringer?

You'd be compensating for your extremely large genitalia.

youngblood wrote:

Wolfstan wrote:I can't stand people who hunt either. You slot an animal from 400 yds and are proud of it? Give me a break.

Not easily impressed eh? That's a ridiculous statement. Some of the most self controlled, calm, physically capable people have been those who made a living while holding a rifle. Real men don't need gun's is an idiotic statement seeing as the "real men" (soldiers) of the world carry them.

The purpose of a soldier is to kill the enemy of your country, which is what a firearm should be used for. Using it as an unsaid threat just so you can get away with being a prat, is a little bit different.

Sorry, still don't see anything manly about slotting a deer at 400yds. Need to test you shooting skills? Go to a range. Need to show you can get close to an animal (not that I'd say 400yds is close) get a camera. Both still require skill. Got a gun to defend yourself or your family, fine, I can understand the motivation for that (if not realy agree with). However boasting about what you are packing is so sad.

What if you want to get venison to eat? While practising your target shooting and animal getting close to skills?


Also, holy gak!
We both have dinosaurs with guns and hats for our avatars!

Frazzled wrote:You carry around a picture of an S&W? isn't that a little post meet kettle?

That or some strange reversal of those clichéd moments in war films where the guy shows a picture of his wife and kids.

This is the picture I carry at all times:

Hunting is usually considered a sport. A sport where patience and skill is required to accomplish whatever goal you have. There's nothing necessarily manly about it, but it certainly requires high levels of skill. Most people who carry guns (which you have to have a special permit for) don't go around proclaiming it. The people that show off what guns they have are probably stoked about what they have. Nothing wrong with that. If you got a new car, I'm sure you would show it off. If not, you are most likely the most humble person in history.

Wolfstan wrote:Got a gun to defend yourself or your family, fine, I can understand the motivation for that (if not realy agree with). However boasting about what you are packing is so sad.

Wait this doesn't jive with this

Real men don't need guns, simple as that. If you need a weapon to hold your own, just shows your not man enough for the job.

Frazzled, I am coming to believe that you might be the resident genius here.

Frazzled wrote:

Wolfstan wrote:Got a gun to defend yourself or your family, fine, I can understand the motivation for that (if not realy agree with). However boasting about what you are packing is so sad.

Wait this doesn't jive with this

Real men don't need guns, simple as that. If you need a weapon to hold your own, just shows your not man enough for the job.

Trying to be a little bit more reasonable Don't want to get in to the usual "you lot are bloody mad" arguement with regard to the obsession American citizens have with owning guns in general

Ah. So owning firearms is fine, but bragging about them is..misplaced. Thats a fair comment.