How come I have never had the urge to own a gun?

[DontTreadOnMe]

Hunting sounds like fun, but going to the supermarket seems so much easier.

And cars are so much sexier than a gun...

Does this gun make my penis look bigger?

shall I keep going?

[onehandle]

1. Keep going. nt

[Democrats_win]

2. The NRA has gone too far, so keep going (faster.) nt

[riderinthestorm]

3. I haven't either and I've been mugged, had my house broken into and robbed

had thieves steal tack in the middle of the night out the back door of a barn while we were working at the front door.

Having a gun wouldn't make me feel safer and I have no desire to hunt another creature when I have ample food available to buy.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

4. I don't even like to look at them...

I bet you'd find quite the correlation between gun hobbyists and IQ.

Just saying.

[obamanut2012]

5. And I bet you're wrong

[GoneOffShore]

21. Sorry - I think you'd be wrong.

Used to know a lot of shooters - all walks of life and professions. Don't broad brush.

And if you don't like the look of guns, perhaps you've been looking at the wrong ones. Historical armament exhibits a craft approaching high art.

[DrDan]

32. spot on

[leveymg]

6. Why do you hate America?

Bet you never wanted to kill anyone, or invade a foreign country, either.

[Marinedem]

7. It's cool. Suit yourself.

I personally enjoy recreational target shooting immensely.

I've been doing it for years and I find it to be rewarding and fun.

I also have a concealed carry permit but rarely carry it.

I don't hunt.

It's fine to not own guns. Hell, tons of people SHOULDN'T.

What I don't appreciate is someone implying that because my interests are different than theirs, that I am somehow mentally unstable, stupid, deviant, or (best of all) impotent or "Organ deficient".

Gun control is a losing issue. Mental health care and reform is where it's at.

[Aristus]

8. Keep going. I'm with you on this one.

I don't understand the attraction. Self-defense, I can understand. But when someone owns dozens of guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition, and sports a "You'll take my gun when..." attitude, I can only assume his life is so empty, miserable, and pathetic that guns are the only things that matter to him or her.

I did a play recently with a gun fetishist who was rhapsodizing about his guns and his 4,000 rounds of ammo. At the end of his firearm-porn polemic, he must have realized his was in a room with a bunch of pro-gun-control liberals, and got a little defensive; "I've got daughters to protect."

I took him down a notch by pointing out to him: "Problem is, your daughters aren't going to be threatened by some random gunman on the streets; they're going to be threatened by husbands, and boyfriends, and co-workers; people that they know. And all your guns won't do a lick of good to help them."

In light of today's 'random gunman' tragedy, I would have added: "Suppose your daughters were at the movie without you? Or you were at the movie without your guns? Or you had your guns with you, and in the noise, chaos, confusion and smoke, you accidentally shot one of your girls?"

But there's no appealing to logic with gun fetishists...

[Mimosa]

16. Obviously you've had no weapons training.

Your scenario is preposterous.

[loli phabay]

31. lets be honest no true gun fetishist only has 4000 rounds. thats hardly enough for one weekend

[Aristus]

38. What scenario are you talking about?

And yes, I have had no weapons training.

Unless you count M-16 Basic Rifle Marksmanship in the Army; continuous re-training on the rifle throughout a four-year active duty hitch; training on the .45 automatic and the Beretta 9mm personal sidearms issued to tank crewmen in the field, safety and proficiency training on the M-60 machine gun, the M-2 .50 caliber vehicle crew-served weapon (we called it the "Ma Deuce&quot , the M-240 co-axial machine gun, and the M-256 main gun of the tank.

This is me, on the right, bearing my issue M1911A1 .45 automatic in my shoulder holster in the Gulf in 1991:



When I was a teenager, my father taught me to shoot his .38 Colt and his Smith & Wesson .357.

But other than all of that, you're right. No weapons training.

I suppose one could say I got an enthusiasm for guns out of my system during my service in the Army. Firing guns that most tea-baggers could only wet-dream about...

Edited to correct a dangling modifier...

[warrprayer]

41. Here's to YOU!!!!

So listen to my song of life, you don't need a gun or a knife

And THANK YOU for your SERVICE

And your COURAGE to hold such wonderful convictions.

[Aristus]

42. That's very nice.

Thank you.

[NCTraveler]

9. Please don't put the gun that close to your penis. TY. nt.

[99Forever]

10. Why is it...

... that those who are the loudest screechers for their "right" to go armed and stupid, are also the ones who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near ANY sort of weapon?

[Mimosa]

14. Who the heck do you mean to insult here?

Your sentence structure is odd so I can only guess your meaning.

Being able to defend myself is important to me. So is the Second Amendment.

[Hoyt]

39. I agree. I've known a lot of gun carriers, everyone of them should never have been allowed near

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guns. Unfortunately, in the red state where I live, the most "enthusiastic" gun nuts are also bigots and support right wing causes.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

11. Why didn't you post this in the RKBA forum?

There has been a growing litany of complaints of firearms threads leaking into the rest of DU.

[onehandle]

15. Why? It's invisible to most DUers.

The gungeon has happily become its namesake in DU3.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

20. I am not one of those complaining about the phenomena

But was curious to see why some were starting Gun threads outside of the RKBA forum.


Out of curiosity, where did you get the data that the Gungeon is "invisible" to most DUers?

[GoneOffShore]

23. Because a good many of us won't go there.

Anymore than we'd visit other groups that either don't interest us or only annoy us.

[DontTreadOnMe]

24. I don't go in the Gun Nut Forum

Maybe there should be a DU Poll to see if we want "Gun Forums" on DU anymore.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

30. That has been discussed recently on meta

It looks like its here to stay

[flamingdem]

12. Guns are for losers

Just my opinion

[loli phabay]

28. lol or non vegetarians.

[Throd]

13. Because you are more enlightened and intelligent.

There can be no other reason.

[Mimosa]

17. Good for you.

What a silly idea. You seem to think only men own weapons for self defense.

[Egalitarian Thug]

18. Many people don't. OTOH, living here in Sin City I see first hand how many visiting Europeans

land and head straight to the nearest live fire gun shop, so the urge is pretty common.

[nichomachus]

45. Many of them also

head to the whorehouses. Does that mean they should keep whores in the back bedroom at home?

[Egalitarian Thug]

46. I think the sexual urge is more common than the one to shoot. But as long as everyone

in the relationship is OK with it, why not?

[dmallind]

19. Dunno. Never had the urge to own a snowmobile or a table saw myself

Not sure it means much either way except different people enjoy different things.

[DontTreadOnMe]

22. But where is that in the Constitution?

I don't see any clauses about the Right to Bear a Snowmobile.

Plus snowmobiles suck in Florida.

Now table saws are something our Founding Fathers would have approved! Just think how fast they could manufacture furniture.

... gun nut logic.

[RegieRocker]

29. Anti gun nut logic

[loli phabay]

33. i thought there was some stuff about pursuit of happiness. snowmobiles make people happy ergo

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. Perhaps, you don't find killing fun or fulfilling.

[loli phabay]

34. no but the venison duck rabbit etc sure is filling.

[loli phabay]

26. depends i suppose i never felt the need for a leafblower

But i do own guns as we live in the bfe. We use the two two for hunting critters. The twelve gaauge for hunting and just in case and we both have concealed glocks also just in case. I guess it comes down to individual choices and if one feels the need to own a certain tool in case its needed.

[NRaleighLiberal]

27. I've never had the urge either- and never will. But I can understand why some would. n/t

[B Calm]

35. Most gun nuts I know never served

in the military. Like myself, are you by chance a veteran?

[loli phabay]

37. depends on the definition of a gun nut

Is it number of weapons. Multiples of one type.

[B Calm]

40. I'm talking about the ones who have

pictures of assault rifles tattooed on their arms!

And a "Piss on Liberals" decal on the back window of their pickup!

[zzaapp]

36. I support the right to arm Bears

[RebelOne]

43. Hunting is not fun.

Only for those who like to kill for fun.

[loli phabay]

47. hunting can be fun as well as providing food, same as fishing is fun

[ileus]

44. Cost of a good 10 yr car = 12-25 lifelong firearms.

Of course if you're talking Jeeps that's different.


Does my penis make my gun look small?


Hunting is for the dedicated with lots of disposable income, time, and patience. Once you get all your basic equipment it's still pretty costly year to year. However.com it's much more fun than a trip to the supermarket. Unless it's cold and wet...

[loli phabay]

48. what are you hunting unicorns, i use a 200 buck 22 rifle and ammo is what 12 bucks for a hundred ro

rounds, hardly expensive, as to time i carry whenever i work outside and hunt as i walk around the woods. I got no idea why you think hunting is expensive. PS my shotgun cost just over 200 from a neighbour.