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I find it very odd that 90% of my gaming group have concealed carry permits, and every single one of them
is apparently a damn expert on every type of firearm out there.

So is this just a oddity or is every person who plays 40K a gun nut.

Everyone in my group owns atleast one firearm and knows how to use them, and a couple of us know about weapons other than those we own for one reason or another. I was born into a gun savy family and learned that way, even still I've had a gun no no, which you learn from real fast, though thats not reliant to the discussion.

Due to many of the people that play the game living in Great Britain or somewhere in the EU I'm gonna have to go ahead and say that not everyone that plays 40k is a gun nut.

I thought it was just that all Yanks are gun-nuts. That is how it looks to the rest of the world at least.

Not quite true, a couple friends of mine aren't gun nuts, nor do they play Warhammer or 40k for that matter.

as far as i know no one in my group has fire arms, may be a colonial thing that means you carry guns

We're all cowboys too, us Americans will kill a man just for thinking to look at us cross-eyed. Or maybe we're just like everyone else in the world but our country still lets us own 'some' firearms, albeit with ever increasing restrictions.

To answer your question though, now that I think about it I and 2 of my friends that I game with own guns. Nothing we carry with us though. But living in MA that wouldn't happen even if we wanted to.

If paintball guns count, um, I've got about 20 guns.

I intend to get a pistol one of these days when I can talk my wife into it.

Reaver83 wrote:as far as i know no one in my group has fire arms, may be a colonial thing that means you carry guns

I also do not know a single person with a firearm.

I think I'm the only person with a gun permit at my FLGS, but it gives me an excuse to push the bigger people around (I'm fairly short compared to most boys my age). I just reach into my wallet and meaningfully fiddle with my permit card.

we got a few people in my shop with carry permits, myself included. i own a few rifles, an assault rifle and a few pistols, including a Glock that is my carry piece.

Most people in my group are aware of firearms in terms of generally what does what. I'm a bit of a history buff, so I've a little more background on some of the older weapons. In all honesty though, the only folks I've run into who I'd call really knowledgeable are the players who work in military or law enforcement occupations. Even then, those folks are too busy painting and playing with their little army men to be real gun nuts.

I have loads of guns... toy ones... in 28mm scale... attached to what my Granny used to call "little soldiers".

None of my gaming friends have guns. But some of my workfriends do. Not me though Im all about peace and love.

Well, in Arizona, you can open carry without a permit, so most of my friends own guns; fewer carry, and fewer still have permits. At both the FLGS's I worked at allowed carry in the store, but it was concealed only. (Even if you don't have a permit you're allowed to conceal if the the store owner(s) allow it.)

Reaver83 wrote:as far as i know no one in my group has fire arms, may be a colonial thing that means you carry guns

Ad, Army Dave is in the Army, I asume he has some access to maybe some sort of spud gun or something, other than that no.

Well, around where I live pretty much everyone has a couple of rifles or a shotgun. But where I play, the closest city to my house, no one there has any guns that I know of.

I don't know about to many people in my group. I'm a big supporter of the 2nd Amendment though. Hate living in Illinois. I own 2 firearms right now, and I'll be picking up a third this summer.

And why am I not suprised that none of the British posters in here own firearms. Don't you guys have to sell your 1st child to get a permit or something?

djones520 wrote:And why am I not suprised that none of the British posters in here own firearms. Don't you guys have to sell your 1st child to get a permit or something?

I understood it to be they have to sponsor two spy-cams (which are never aimed at terrorists) , have the firearm broken down into two or more parts , kept in separate locked boxes in separate bank vault. The keys must be kept in a third bank vault that only the comun.. err government has permission to open. They then must pay a 15% VAT for the good buggering their masters are giving them. Bullets however are out of the question.

I find this question to be extremely offensive. As if owning or knowing about guns is "nutty".

With the exception of those who are active millitary or law enforcement, people I play 40K with usually don't own firearms. Of those who do, I would not categorize them as "gun nuts."

I, for one, am quite the sports-shooting fan. I do not, however, support the legality of automatic weapons. Those are military-issue for a reason; they're designed to kill lots of people very quickly. If America didn't legalise automatics, it would be a lot better off. We don't need this 'A man has a right to own a gun' bs. By all means own a gun, but you won't ever need an automatic weapon.

By all means own a gun, but you won't ever need an automatic weapon.

But what happens when the police come after you? Your gonna need that Ass Rifle when you have to Rambo on their ass.

Seriously though if you own an Assault rifle it should be for shooting range only and be kept at the range under lock and key. In Canada it takes a special permit that is much harder to acquire than a regular gun license and once you have it it must be kept in a locked safe when not on range. (I believe that includes travelling to and from the range as well.)

I'm OK with Aussies and Knooks not having firearms , your funeral. However , in the USA , we DO have the right to own and carry arms. It's no BS boys. The government cannot take that from us , only we the people can do that. It's called a Constitutional Amendment. If the people ever want to do that , then I will abide by their will. It will not happen , in my life time , in America though.

In my group we have two active members in the armed forces and two police officers. I play with a group of about 20+. Four of us (that I know of) have concealed carry permits plus the officers. No one has ever been injured on gamming nights.

I own a S&W .40 ACP for home defense along with a Remington 12 guage, a winchester .306, and a .22 rifle for hunting/varmint shooting. The long guns are all in the cabinet. The .40 ACP is kept close at hand in the bedroom locked and loaded. An empty/disassembled gun is a worthless gun - especially at 3 am when someone is in the hallway.

As a note, I'm in The US Army and there are no children in the house. When deployed I carry an M9 berretta 9 mil and an M4A2 with ACOG and surefire light.

I don't consider myself a gun nut. I simply consider myself an upstanding US citizen who is committed to defending his rights, his family, his home, and his country. Oh, I do not have a concealed carry permit simply because I haven't gotten around to getting one.

Sincity wrote:I'm OK with Aussies and Knooks not having firearms , your funeral. However , in the USA , we DO have the right to own and carry arms. It's no BS boys. The government cannot take that from us , only we the people can do that. It's called a Constitutional Amendment. If the people ever want to do that , then I will abide by their will. It will not happen , in my life time , in America though.

In my group we have two active members in the armed forces and two police officers. I play with a group of about 20+. Four of us (that I know of) have concealed carry permits plus the officers. No one has ever been injured on gamming nights.

It's not quite that hard. Take a look at Illinois. I've got to get the states permission to possess firearms. And it's about a 6 month process IF you have a clean record.

Sgt_Scruffy wrote:
As a note, I'm in The US Army and there are no children in the house. When deployed I carry an M9 berretta 9 mil and an M4A2 with ACOG and surefire light.

Thank you for your service Sarge from a retired E7 in the Army Airborne.

djones520 wrote:It's not quite that hard. Take a look at Illinois. I've got to get the states permission to possess firearms. And it's about a 6 month process IF you have a clean record.

Well , look at the bright side , Chicago is on the terrorist hit list , one of these days there are going to be a lot less libs in your state. Change the law then.

But you are correct , The Constitution is only protection from federal law. However it is held by the supreme court that THE Constitution over rides state constitutions when the two are in conflict.

Sincity wrote:

djones520 wrote:It's not quite that hard. Take a look at Illinois. I've got to get the states permission to possess firearms. And it's about a 6 month process IF you have a clean record.

Well , look at the bright side , Chicago is on the terrorist hit list , one of these days there are going to be a lot less libs in your state. Change the law then.

But you are correct , The Constitution is only protection from federal law. However it is held by the supreme court that THE Constitution over rides state constitutions when the two are in conflict.

Just wish someone would take the effort up here. I'm not an Illinois state resident. I claim Michigan as home. Just stationed here.

youbedead wrote:I find it very odd that 90% of my gaming group have concealed carry permits, and every single one of them
is apparently a damn expert on every type of firearm out there.

So is this just a oddity or is every person who plays 40K a gun nut.

I am offended by the use of "gun nut". In the USA, citizens have the right to bear arms. Doing so doesn't make one crazy as long as no laws are broken. Nothing wrong having a firearm for practice at a range and personal defense. Please, don't call gun owners nuts just for exercising our Constitutional rights.

To answer your question, in my 40k group, we either own a firearm or 4 with knowledge to use them safely or have the knowledge but not the gun. Gun rentals in my town are very high so some of us are out of practice.

Sincity wrote:I understood it to be they have to sponsor two spy-cams (which are never aimed at terrorists) , have the firearm broken down into two or more parts , kept in separate locked boxes in separate bank vault. The keys must be kept in a third bank vault that only the comun.. err government has permission to open. They then must pay a 15% VAT for the good buggering their masters are giving them. Bullets however are out of the question.

Strange, I assumed they just threw you in jail for even asking. Why would anyone but a terrorist (or I guess a cowboy, lolz) want a gun anyway?