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 dogma wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
Perhaps people need a lot of guns for different purposes.

Much like a table setting for an 8-course dinner.

Quite, it's so embarrassing putting the wrong rifle out of for a social event.

Edit: On a side note from this, one of the more interesting things I've been informed about my hobby/sport/job/etc is that shooting firearms isn't fun. I don't speak for every gun owner but I can't think of any part of shooting sports that isn't fun. Sure you have to maintain safety, and there's the serious mental aspects to accommodate, but beyond miserable weather there's never been a time out in the field hunting or on the range plinking where I haven't been having fun.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Edit: On a side note from this, one of the more interesting things I've been informed about my hobby/sport/job/etc is that shooting firearms isn't fun. I don't speak for every gun owner but I can't think of any part of shooting sports that isn't fun. Sure you have to maintain safety, and there's the serious mental aspects to accommodate, but beyond miserable weather there's never been a time out in the field hunting or on the range plinking where I haven't been having fun.

*In my head while shooting* "I'm going to hate cleaning this tonight"

Something about cheap bulk remington .22s that dirty up a gun like no other.

Mattman154 wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Edit: On a side note from this, one of the more interesting things I've been informed about my hobby/sport/job/etc is that shooting firearms isn't fun. I don't speak for every gun owner but I can't think of any part of shooting sports that isn't fun. Sure you have to maintain safety, and there's the serious mental aspects to accommodate, but beyond miserable weather there's never been a time out in the field hunting or on the range plinking where I haven't been having fun.

*In my head while shooting* "I'm going to hate cleaning this tonight"

Something about cheap bulk remington .22s that dirty up a gun like no other.

Nah I don't mind cleaning either. I put a movie on and zone out.

 Seaward wrote:

 AustonT wrote:
Here's the problem I have with that.
"we are hearing from federal blah blah"
vs. the statement of the Medical Examiner
One of them is wrong, and somehow I trust an ME before a journalist. Do you know of a 223 pistol that's not a stubby AR?
Unless there's been another look at the bodies how is the discrepancy between the ME identifying 223 holes and the assertion of cable journalists that contradict that?

I tend to believe the AR was used as well, but I also have to wonder how familiar an ME in Sleepyville, CT is with gunshot wounds.

To be clear the state chief ME performed 7 of the autopsies and declared the wounds were from a rifle. So its not really an ME from sleepyville, unless your calling all of CT sleepy. Which bears the question what major cities are there in CT?

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Mattman154 wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Edit: On a side note from this, one of the more interesting things I've been informed about my hobby/sport/job/etc is that shooting firearms isn't fun. I don't speak for every gun owner but I can't think of any part of shooting sports that isn't fun. Sure you have to maintain safety, and there's the serious mental aspects to accommodate, but beyond miserable weather there's never been a time out in the field hunting or on the range plinking where I haven't been having fun.

*In my head while shooting* "I'm going to hate cleaning this tonight"

Something about cheap bulk remington .22s that dirty up a gun like no other.

Nah I don't mind cleaning either. I put a movie on and zone out.

Eh, I have the same attitude when it comes to painting. I love playing the game (Shooting), but hate painting minis (Cleaning).

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Quite, it's so embarrassing putting the wrong rifle out of for a social event.

Always remember, the 1911 is a dessert gun. A few, rich shots to cleanse the palette after a large meal.

Actually, all joking aside, that would be a fun shoot to organize. Eat a dinner course, and go shoot a gun.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Edit: On a side note from this, one of the more interesting things I've been informed about my hobby/sport/job/etc is that shooting firearms isn't fun. I don't speak for every gun owner but I can't think of any part of shooting sports that isn't fun. Sure you have to maintain safety, and there's the serious mental aspects to accommodate, but beyond miserable weather there's never been a time out in the field hunting or on the range plinking where I haven't been having fun.

I've heard that about playing contact sports. The usual refrain is "Doesn't it hurt?" Yeah it does, but its worth it when you feel the satisfaction of putting a blocker on his ass while chasing a kickoff, or hip-checking someone at center ice, or spearing the ball carrier after you came down across the rugby pitch, etc. Hell, shooting even has the advantage of not completely ruining your body.

 dogma wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Quite, it's so embarrassing putting the wrong rifle out of for a social event.

Always remember, the 1911 is a dessert gun. A few, rich shots to cleanse the palette after a large meal.

Actually, all joking aside, that would be a fun shoot to organize. Eat a dinner course, and go shoot a gun.

Have to save the wine till the weapons have been secured for the night, but that's a brilliant idea.

 dogma wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Edit: On a side note from this, one of the more interesting things I've been informed about my hobby/sport/job/etc is that shooting firearms isn't fun. I don't speak for every gun owner but I can't think of any part of shooting sports that isn't fun. Sure you have to maintain safety, and there's the serious mental aspects to accommodate, but beyond miserable weather there's never been a time out in the field hunting or on the range plinking where I haven't been having fun.

I've heard that about playing contact sports. The usual refrain is "Doesn't it hurt?" Yeah it does, but its worth it when you feel the satisfaction of putting a blocker on his ass while chasing a kickoff, or hip-checking someone at center ice, or spearing the ball carrier after you came down across the rugby pitch, etc. Hell, shooting even has the advantage of not completely ruining your body.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Have to save the wine till the weapons have been secured for the night, but that's a brilliant idea.

Clearly, but that might make it even better. A bit of wine to enhance the banter over who had the better outing. Sort of like how, in college, we would compare football stats over lots and lots of alcohol.

 dogma wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Have to save the wine till the weapons have been secured for the night, but that's a brilliant idea.

Clearly, but that might make it even better. A bit of wine to enhance the banter over who had the better outing. Sort of like how, in college, we would compare football stats over lots and lots of alcohol.

I am now actively planning out how that would work.

For

.22 Caliber pistol/rifle and finger food to wet the appetite

Trap shooting followed by salad and bread

A nice robust rifle caliber weapon before the main course

and a relaxing large caliber hand gun with dessert

followed by after dinner cocktails and weapons cleaning.

I feel like, if I lived in a more gun-friendly state, I may have given up a great event concept.

 dogma wrote:
I feel like, if I lived in a more gun-friendly state, I may have given up a great event concept.

I think I'm going to propose it to the local country club grade shooting club for a charity event.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:


I am now actively planning out how that would work.

For

.22 Caliber pistol/rifle and finger food to wet the appetite

Trap shooting followed by salad and bread

A nice robust rifle caliber weapon before the main course

and a relaxing large caliber hand gun with dessert

followed by after dinner cocktails and weapons cleaning.

Weirdly enough I went to this event in NY. Barrett 82A1 was the main course rifle, though the trap shooting was swapped with detonating a few pounds of high ex.

Went to a birthday party once where the desert course was served to the accompaniment of mortar fire to celebrate.

Three tubes popped 27 rounds to spell out his initials on a hillside.

That's some precision mortar fire.

But if the leader of North Korea gets his dinner served like this people call him crazy...

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
That's some precision mortar fire.

Once upon a time, I was always happy Tom and his merry band of madmen could do tricks like that. I remember one time one of them, Ted was his name, was hung over, 1st call came at 03:00, we get lined up, and there's this loud BANG from the camp. He came out on the ready line looking like a cartoon, eyebrows smoking. Tom looks at him and says 'What the hell happened to you?" 'Negligent Discharge. Thought it was a cigar in the dark.'


Then again, I'm told the RDX the US Marines get has to have 'Not Food' written on it.




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 d-usa wrote:
But if the leader of North Korea gets his dinner served like this people call him crazy...

That's because he's a madman the US doesn't like. When they like them, they're 'eccentric'.


Edit: I think I'll add this here: Connecticut was the scene of America's first mass murder, and, I might point out, the killer did not require a gun at all. Barnett Davenport beat the adults of the Mallory family (grandparents, in laws, etc) to death, before burning their children alive.

This was 1780.

All I really have to say is that madmen don't need guns to butcher large numbers of people rapidly and in a horrific manner. But they help.

 d-usa wrote:
But if the leader of North Korea gets his dinner served like this people call him crazy...

Maybe it's because he has people executed with mortars...

This guy was just shooting at a hillside, not people. *they need an eye rolling ork*

Speaking of crazy, I'll assuming everyone heard about the LAPD's gun buy back program netting them rocket launchers right?

That's insane. I bet those are high-capacity rocket launchers too! They need to arm the LAPD with guns so they can be safe from these arsenals! Or at least give them heavy-duty rocket launcher-proof body armor like the military-style criminals have. Maybe they could get extra funding to have armed security guards at these gun buyback events to make sure people don't have semi-automatic mega-clips?

I have a solution.

Needs moar guns.

 Hordini wrote:
That's insane. I bet those are high-capacity rocket launchers too! They need to arm the LAPD with guns so they can be safe from these arsenals! Or at least give them heavy-duty rocket launcher-proof body armor like the military-style criminals have. Maybe they could get extra funding to have armed security guards at these gun buyback events to make sure people don't have semi-automatic mega-clips?

I think they have it covered:

Everyone needs what this guy has...

Helo mounted M240s?

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Helo mounted M240s?

Yeah... ain't those difficult to manhandle?

Are those the guns that can be dismounted and used if the choppa goes down?

 Hordini wrote:
That's insane. I bet those are high-capacity rocket launchers too! They need to arm the LAPD with guns so they can be safe from these arsenals! Or at least give them heavy-duty rocket launcher-proof body armor like the military-style criminals have. Maybe they could get extra funding to have armed security guards at these gun buyback events to make sure people don't have semi-automatic mega-clips?

The police are one step ahead of you, they have invested in METAL BAWKSES! (several Chapters shown)








But don't worry, the criminals are already building Battle Wagons to deal with them:






Not so far fetched now, is it?