Still catching up - been away from QWK packets for a while now. :-)

I'm a gun person. Some would call me a gun nut, I guess, because
I own more than one and I like to carry one with me. I can't carry
at work, but you can bet it's in the truck and I carry when I'm
not at work.

Because I want to hurt or kill someone? No. It's for protection
ONLY. Mine and my loved ones.

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools
that they are.




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Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to All on Sat May 03 2025 12:22 am

Still catching up - been away from QWK packets for a while now. :-)

I'm a gun person. Some would call me a gun nut, I guess, because
I own more than one and I like to carry one with me. I can't carry
at work, but you can bet it's in the truck and I carry when I'm
not at work.

Because I want to hurt or kill someone? No. It's for protection
ONLY. Mine and my loved ones.

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools
that they are.

digitalman would still be scared of you
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Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to All on Sat May 03 2025 12:22 am

Still catching up - been away from QWK packets for a while now. :-)

I'm a gun person. Some would call me a gun nut, I guess, because
I own more than one and I like to carry one with me. I can't carry
at work, but you can bet it's in the truck and I carry when I'm
not at work.

Because I want to hurt or kill someone? No. It's for protection
ONLY. Mine and my loved ones.

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools
that they are.

digitalman would still be scared of you

I have talked to people that are scared of people with guns,
and people that are scared of the guns. I respect their
opinion and I respect their right to speak against them. I
also respect MY right to protect myself. :-)



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Jimmy Anderson wrote to All <=-

Still catching up - been away from QWK packets for a while now. :-)

I'm a gun person. Some would call me a gun nut, I guess, because
I own more than one and I like to carry one with me. I can't carry
at work, but you can bet it's in the truck and I carry when I'm
not at work.

Do you own more than 100? I ask because I'm at the point where I actually have more guns in my arms room than most gun stores in town. I like to collect them myself. Also like to shoot them, but don't seem to find the time to do that as much as I would like. I've got stuff from .22LR to .50 BMG.

Because I want to hurt or kill someone? No. It's for protection
ONLY. Mine and my loved ones.

Agreed. There's an internet meme circulating basically a caption that says something along the lines of "When an intruder finally breaks into a gun owners home" and it shows a person in bed with a menacing grin on their face. I despise that meme. Any serious gun owner realizes that the use of the firearm to protect person and property is a regrettable last resort and nothing to smile about.

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools
that they are.

Parents were Marine Corps vets. Mother was able to hit a gallon paint can at 20 yards with a 4" .357. Mother bought me my first gun (an Ithaca Model 66 in 20 gauge) when I was 14 years old. I was properly raised to respect firearms and to use them safely and responsibly. This is an education sadly lacking in the youth of today - and probably a significant reason why so many of them are involved in mass shooting incidents....

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Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to All on Sat May 03 2025 00:22:43

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools that they are.

Up here in Canuckistan you require a federal license to own a .177 pellet rifle.

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Weatherman wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Jimmy Anderson wrote to All <=-

Do you own more than 100? I ask because I'm at the point where I
actually have more guns in my arms room than most gun stores in town.
I like to collect them myself. Also like to shoot them, but don't seem
to find the time to do that as much as I would like. I've got stuff
from .22LR to .50 BMG.

LOL - no, not quite. :-) Counting all the pistols and long guns
my wife inherited when my FIL passed, probably 50 is all. :-)

Because I want to hurt or kill someone? No. It's for protection
ONLY. Mine and my loved ones.

Agreed. There's an internet meme circulating basically a caption that says something along the lines of "When an intruder finally breaks into
a gun owners home" and it shows a person in bed with a menacing grin on their face. I despise that meme. Any serious gun owner realizes that
the use of the firearm to protect person and property is a regrettable last resort and nothing to smile about.

EXACTLY! And especially as a Christian with a Biblical worldview.
Matthew 10:28 comes to mind, and I have to be able to justify that
with my 'intent to go armed.'

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools
that they are.

Parents were Marine Corps vets. Mother was able to hit a gallon paint
can at 20 yards with a 4" .357. Mother bought me my first gun (an
Ithaca Model 66 in 20 gauge) when I was 14 years old. I was properly raised to respect firearms and to use them safely and responsibly.
This is an education sadly lacking in the youth of today - and probably
a significant reason why so many of them are involved in mass shooting incidents....

That and, and I hate to be stereotypical here, but video games have
made them 'not really deadly' - just a toy. My first gun that was
MINE was a .22 Browning semi auto when I was seven. Still own it!


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Re: Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to MRO on Sat May 03 2025 10:30 pm

digitalman would still be scared of you

I have talked to people that are scared of people with guns,
and people that are scared of the guns. I respect their
opinion and I respect their right to speak against them. I
also respect MY right to protect myself. :-)

i'm a dangerous person without a gun.
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Re: Guns
By: Captainj to Jimmy Anderson on Sun May 04 2025 09:22 am

Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to All on Sat May 03 2025 00:22:43

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools that they are.

Up here in Canuckistan you require a federal license to own a .177 pellet rifle.

in the usa we have a right to bear arms because our founding fathers wanted the people to have a right to overthrow a govt that became a tyranny.

now look at canada. they froze bank accounts of protestors and all that other shit.
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Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to All on Sat May 03 2025 00:22:43

I was also raised to respect guns and treat them like the tools that they are.

Up here in Canuckistan you require a federal license to own a .177
pellet rifle.

Yeah, I've read about how NOTHING is legal without a special license,
and you have to keep them locked up at home, AND on the way to and
from the range?



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Re: Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to MRO on Sat May 03 2025 10:30 pm

I have talked to people that are scared of people with guns,
and people that are scared of the guns. I respect their
opinion and I respect their right to speak against them. I
also respect MY right to protect myself. :-)

Guns are like deodorants in a rural setting.

Just picture this: you have been piling up hay all morning long, both your friends and yourself are sweating like pigs. You all stink.

If somebody dares mentioning he didn't use deodorant that morning, people will think of him he has very poor hygiene and will prety much scream bloody murder because not using deodorant is something dirty unhygienical people do. And the fun part is that if he didn't mention it, nobody would have noticed because they all stink.

Weapons are the same. You might be chilling at a party and somebody brings bread and cheese. Unfortunately, the guy who brought them forgot to also bring a knife to slice them. Then somebody pulls a bushcraft knife from the backpack and suddenly that guy is a fucking murderous monster who has murderous weapons and deserves to be murdered because he is murderous. You know, the same guy who used to be your best friend ever two minutes ago :-)


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Re: Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to Captainj on Sun May 04 2025 03:12 pm

Yeah, I've read about how NOTHING is legal without a special license,
and you have to keep them locked up at home, AND on the way to and
from the range?

Wait til you learn the Spanish way.

In Spain you get a gun license for a specific activity, and then you license the gun itself for a particular activity.

So say you want to eat duck and therefore need to hunt for ducks. You get a Gun License for Hunting, then you get a shotgun and then you license the shotgun as a hunting weapon.

Then you get a short barrel revolver for self-protection. You get a Gun License for Self Defense and license the gun as a defense gun. This part is getting imaginative because nobody ever gets this license granted unless they are a politician or soccer player, but you get the idea.

Now imagine you want to participate in some target shooting competition in your area. Well, you are fucked because you aren't licensed for target shooting competitions and you don't have a gun registered as a defense gun.

You can't keep your shotgun under the bar in the tavern you run because your shotgun is not a self-defense weapon (even if you are licensed for self-defense gun ownership). And if you use your shotgun to humanely put down an injured cow in your village you will get charged for illegal ownership and posession of a forbidden weapon because using a weapon for a non licensed purpose is pretty much like using a weapon without license.

Then yes there is all the theatre of having the gun locked in a safe cabinet and most licensing modalities don't allow you to have more than one or two boxes of ammo at home.


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Re: Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to Captainj on Sun May 04 2025 15:12:00

Captainj wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Up here in Canuckistan you require a federal license to own a .177 pellet
rifle.

Yeah, I've read about how NOTHING is legal without a special license, and you have to keep them locked up at home, AND on the way to and from the range?

A FACT.

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Hello Arelor!

Wait til you learn the Spanish way.

In Spain you get a gun license for a specific activity, and
then you license the gun itself for a particular activity.

Double-licensing? That's interesting. Can the same gun be
licensed for 3 or more different purposes? I suppose the cost
adds up considerably?

You can't keep your shotgun under the bar in the tavern you
run because your shotgun is not a self-defense weapon (even
if you are licensed for self-defense gun ownership).

Not even if it's in a locked cabinet by regulation?

And if you use your shotgun to humanely put down an injured
cow in your village you will get charged for illegal
ownership and posession of a forbidden weapon because using
a weapon for a non licensed purpose is pretty much like
using a weapon without license.

Wow. Sounds insane. Would your neighbour's snitch on you if you
used a gun for putting down an injured animal? Seems to me
that Spain is full of paranoids, Arlor excepted. :D


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Re: Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to MRO on Sat May 03 2025 10:30 pm

I have talked to people that are scared of people with guns,
and people that are scared of the guns. I respect their
opinion and I respect their right to speak against them. I
also respect MY right to protect myself. :-)

Guns are like deodorants in a rural setting.

Weapons are the same. You might be chilling at a party and somebody
brings bread and cheese. Unfortunately, the guy who brought them forgot
to also bring a knife to slice them. Then somebody pulls a bushcraft
knife from the backpack and suddenly that guy is a fucking murderous monster who has murderous weapons and deserves to be murdered because
he is murderous. You know, the same guy who used to be your best friend ever two minutes ago :-)

That's a great way of looking at it!


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Re: Re: Guns
By: Jimmy Anderson to Captainj on Sun May 04 2025 03:12 pm

Wait til you learn the Spanish way.

<snip>

WOW!!!

I'm in Tennessee, and I thought we were in bad shape because we
are called a constitutional carry state, but the truth is it is
illegal to go armed 'with the intent to be armed' - even on your
own property or in your own home!

So the law says you have a legal defense if you have it and are
not breaking any other laws, etc. It's not the best setup, and the
Republican super majority has failed to correct it the last few
years.

But my point is, at least I can carry without fear of harrassment,
because it's a normal thing around here. :-)


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Re: Guns
By: Ogg to Arelor on Mon May 05 2025 06:34 pm

Double-licensing? That's interesting. Can the same gun be
licensed for 3 or more different purposes? I suppose the cost
adds up considerably?

I am not sure about that one. I have never seen a gun with a multi-type license, though.

You can't keep your shotgun under the bar in the tavern you
run because your shotgun is not a self-defense weapon (even
if you are licensed for self-defense gun ownership).

Not even if it's in a locked cabinet by regulation?

If the gun is licensed for hunting you cannot do anything with it that suggests you are going to use it for anything other than hunting. Using it as a paperweight is already illegal.

And if you use your shotgun to humanely put down an injured
cow in your village you will get charged for illegal
ownership and posession of a forbidden weapon because using
a weapon for a non licensed purpose is pretty much like
using a weapon without license.

Wow. Sounds insane. Would your neighbour's snitch on you if you
used a gun for putting down an injured animal? Seems to me
that Spain is full of paranoids, Arlor excepted. :D

I trust my neighbors enough but at some point in the paperwork chain somebody would notice the cow is missing half her head due to a shotgun blast and that would be no bueno for you.


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