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In reply to the discussion: New movie will make NRA ‘wish they weren’t alive,’ says Obama backer Weinstein [View all]raven mad
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Just responding to a new friend who knows where I'm coming from! I'm broke and poor; my guns are old (one was a donation from my stepson) but kept in great shape. They help feed us.
I don't consider myself a "gun nut", as I can't afford a "collection". I keep a shotgun (bird hunting, and smallish game, but don't try 'em on rabbits/hares, it destroys the meat, which is the only reason I hunt), a rifle for larger game and on long winter trips (bear, moose, caribou) and one handgun for summer hikes. The handgun serves well to scare the heck out of the bear and moose on the trail. Bear in our parks become habituated mostly due to careless campers leaving out food and/or waste - the blackies are easy to spook. The grizzlies? Not so much. Now, more toward
Although I've never, ever known a reloader (and have been shooting target, skeet and hunting stuff for 45+ years) who could decently reload a shotgun shell! I know the tech is out there, but the patience is beyond most folks! A bunch of us got together many years ago and put reloading equipment in the basement of a friend's house; it's safe, it's locked up. We have all known each other 40 or more years and have keys ONLY to the reloading room, not the house. Or even the rest of the basement! It's work, but it's also comradeship. Nobody drinks/smokes and everyone pays attention if operating that blasted "chunker".
I don't even leave any gun where the cats could accidentally knock it over, let alone anywhere near a child. Someone breaking in here could find them - if they knew where the trapdoor was!
These guns are not for "home defense" or "Stand Your Ground" bullshit. They're necessary for a way of life we've embraced. I'd rather shoot with a camera unless I've got a hot moose tag (it's a lottery system except for the indigenous, which is really only fair - unless you ask an NRA member or some fuckin' fundie).
And yes, the hides get used, too. We don't use 4-wheelers unless it's really big game (moose go to a full ton here). We pack out. We don't take trophies.
Caribou herd in ANWR taken a few years back by a bush pilot friend (we were flying out some dogs for vet care):
AND as a final thought:
THE NRA SUCKS HUGE, GREEN, DISEASED AND DRIPPING COCKROACH DICKS. Take THAT, LaPierre, you perverted mother fu*ker!