Taking a shooting class/safety class - without buying a gun? - Page 4

bugman · 2007-02-11, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by musketman

Guns dont kill people, the bullets do.

I've had some under my car seat for over a year now and they still haven't killed me. They must be the friendly kind?

bugman · 2007-02-11, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris.James

unfortunately that is most people in this country

I would argue it is likely a minority. A growing minority, but a minority of the people in this country nonetheless.

BillyTheMountain · 2007-02-12, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Gilby

"If guns kill people, the pencils misspell words."

Pencils don't misspell words. People misspell words. With pencils.

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. With guns.

Hazmat · 2007-02-12, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bugman

I've had some under my car seat for over a year now and they still haven't killed me. They must be the friendly kind?

They must be dumb-dumb bullets, or rubber ones. Can't remember the difference.

uni_jim · 2007-02-12, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Gilby

Oh, and remember, guns are safer than the pool in your's or your neighbor's backyard.

how the hell many pools are designed to kill things in your area?

Damn, you'd think a pool should be safer than murder machines...

saskatchewanian · 2007-02-12, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by uni_jim

how the hell many pools are designed to kill things in your area?

Damn, you'd think a pool should be safer than murder machines...

you may think that they are murder machines but for me they are the source of the majority of my food (yes my diet is meat centered) guns have their place in society but they are not for everyone.

kington99 · 2007-02-12, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by saskatchewanian

you may think that they are murder machines but for me they are the source of the majority of my food (yes my diet is meat centered) guns have their place in society but they are not for everyone.

yes, so you murder animals with them.

Don't get me wrong i don't have a problem with that, you just can't claim that a gun isn't a 'murder machine' because you eat the animals that you kill with it.

digigal1 · 2007-02-12, 09:11 PM

Merriam Webster says murder is "the crime of unlawfully killing a person" so you can't murder an animal and only unlawfully killing a person is murder.

harper · 2007-02-12, 09:12 PM

Hey, digigal, did you ever go to the range?

digigal1 · 2007-02-12, 09:28 PM

I've been shopping for furniture and haven't gotten to it yet. But I've talked a girlfriend into going with me so I don't feel so out of place when I go.

harper · 2007-02-12, 09:30 PM

Good for you. Be safe and have fun. This thread had gotten somewhat off topic.

kington99 · 2007-02-12, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by digigal1

Merriam Webster says murder is "the crime of unlawfully killing a person" so you can't murder an animal and only unlawfully killing a person is murder.

Princeton University's WordNet says murder is to "kill intentionally and with premeditation", but the point is that a gun is still a killing device, even if you feel that your killing is justified, moral and lawful.

digigal1 · 2007-03-12, 06:13 PM

Update for anyone interested - if you live in NY anyway, you HAVE to have a license to fire a handgun, and you have to already have purchased a handgun to get a license! I realize I can take a course where they use air guns or dry-fire, but the next safety course with spaces left isn't until July. I guess I'll go to the gun store and then fill out all the paperwork, as it takes about 3 months to get the license. It won't be the stupidest thing I've ever tossed my money at.

Gilby · 2007-03-12, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by digigal1

Update for anyone interested - if you live in NY anyway, you HAVE to have a license to fire a handgun, and you have to already have purchased a handgun to get a license! I realize I can take a course where they use air guns or dry-fire, but the next safety course with spaces left isn't until July. I guess I'll go to the gun store and then fill out all the paperwork, as it takes about 3 months to get the license. It won't be the stupidest thing I've ever tossed my money at.

Gun licenses only apply to people who are privileged, such as 14th amendment US Citizens. If you are a natural born person in a State of the union, you do not need a license, as you have the right to bear arms.

Naomi · 2007-03-13, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Hazmat

Well i learnt how to shoot with my uncle who has a elephant gun. Man, what a force you get with that when you fire it. But just to be safe, you might wanna go to a shooting range and try there.

When your uncle was buying the gun down there in Australia, do you think he might have been duped as to the variety of big game that he might find to shoot at in the outback?

I am also rather concerned by your reference, in a later post in the thread, to army piercing bullets. You have me worried.

Nao

2007-02-12, 09:11 PM	#53
digigal1 Level 1 on a good day Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saratoga County NY USA Age: 47 Posts: 504	Merriam Webster says murder is "the crime of unlawfully killing a person" so you can't murder an animal and only unlawfully killing a person is murder. __________________ Raphael never stopped being my hero.

2007-02-12, 09:12 PM	#54
harper 768 - It's in your DNA Join Date: Sep 2001 Age: 60 Posts: 8,556	Hey, digigal, did you ever go to the range? __________________ -Greg Harper Destroying the climate by shutting down nuclear power plants, one by one, since 1979. JC is the only main man. There can be no other. "A fool on a unicycle is redundant" - J.D. Miller

2007-02-12, 09:28 PM	#55
digigal1 Level 1 on a good day Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saratoga County NY USA Age: 47 Posts: 504	I've been shopping for furniture and haven't gotten to it yet. But I've talked a girlfriend into going with me so I don't feel so out of place when I go. __________________ Raphael never stopped being my hero.

2007-02-12, 09:30 PM	#56
harper 768 - It's in your DNA Join Date: Sep 2001 Age: 60 Posts: 8,556	Good for you. Be safe and have fun. This thread had gotten somewhat off topic. __________________ -Greg Harper Destroying the climate by shutting down nuclear power plants, one by one, since 1979. JC is the only main man. There can be no other. "A fool on a unicycle is redundant" - J.D. Miller

2007-03-12, 06:13 PM	#58
digigal1 Level 1 on a good day Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saratoga County NY USA Age: 47 Posts: 504	Update for anyone interested - if you live in NY anyway, you HAVE to have a license to fire a handgun, and you have to already have purchased a handgun to get a license! I realize I can take a course where they use air guns or dry-fire, but the next safety course with spaces left isn't until July. I guess I'll go to the gun store and then fill out all the paperwork, as it takes about 3 months to get the license. It won't be the stupidest thing I've ever tossed my money at. __________________ Raphael never stopped being my hero.

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