I have a hard time discussing the 2nd amendment. I used to defend it, believe in it, and in many ways still do, but it's becoming increasingly difficult when firearms are in the hands of the least intelligent, least disciplined, least mentally well, least responsible people.
While I dream of how cool it would be to add "name firearm here" to my collection, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth of who I am associating with by doing that. Gross times we live in.
@DanIsWriting
Thank you for saying this.
@DanIsWriting If you have nothing to hide of a criminal or mental nature, background checks are perfectly okay. So you begin to wonder why the GOP is so anal about background checks.
@HereticTheoretician totally agree. I strongly feel that if someone wants to own a firearm, they should have to earn it by proving they are safe and responsible enough to not be a threat to society.
I have a CDL-A commercial drivers license. It was very difficult to obtain and I have to do things every year to maintain it. As a result I need to be the most responsible person on the road. My livelihood depends on not getting a speeding ticket.
@DanIsWriting Yep, its exactly like getting a license to drive a car, no big deal. I am also quite familiar with firearms 303, 308 and shotguns, Had to use them up in arctic for work related duties. Never felt a need to carry a war weapon, even when facing a top predator in the arctic. Can't figure the GOP people out. If they want to use war weapons, there's a nice little war going on in Ukraine, where they could go practice being war heroes defending Ukraine. Oh I forgot the ruskies shoot back
@HereticTheoretician yeah, lol, they don't want to have to actually do the war part, they just want to play dress-up.
@DanIsWriting my favorite firearm is the AA-12, as it is a drum loaded, full auto shotgun, that's more "handheld anti aircraft gun" than it is a shotgun.
It's also my favorite because while it's very illegal for civilians to own, it has never been used in a mass shooting or even to hold up a liquor store.
It's definitive proof gun control works perfectly fine, but only when they want it to.
@Pungent yes, very true. As a veteran, I trained and used an m16a2 and an m249. I am drawn to the idea of an AR15 because it feeds my army nostalgia, and lets me excercise the skills I developed.
On the other hand, literally any dipshit can own one, and does. These guys think they are a tier 1 special forces operator when they go to the range and its disgusting to think that I could be confused for one of them.
Its like, false valor, but the 2a crowd is totally ok with it.
@DanIsWriting when I go to the range, I prefer a little .22 plinker, because ammo is expensive, and I'm secure enough in my manhood that I don't need to overcompensate.
Plenty of other hobbies that hone your skills that don't help their numbers
If someone can't tell if you are sportsman or a potential domestic terrorist, then it doesn't really matter
Like a racist joke that has just enough deniability to pass for not-racism, it doesn't matter bc deniability is the point.
I suggest archery.
@Pungent yeah, I'm thinking of selling them all and just keeping my 22.
I love archery, and I can do it in my backyard without the police showing up.
@DanIsWriting Yep, I'm overdue for another bow string myself.
I was planning on getting my wife a crossbow, but I must have forgotten. Thanks for the unintentional reminder.
@Pungent a crossbow would be a lot of fun. I've never shot one before.
@DanIsWriting neither have I, but the whole winch-crank drawback is very tempting as her wrists aren't the strongest.
My wife had no problem getting her gun permit, but they kept smudging her father's fingerprints, so they could keep rejecting his applications.
He's a veteran, too. And a champion speed shooter.
But I suspect the real problem was that he had too much melanin.
@Pungent melanin will do that.
when I think of the firearms I do own, they remind me of a time when it was how I bonded with my father, it was my sense of belonging. Now I don't speak to him due to many complicated reasons, and they only serve as a reminder of that.
Last week I considered selling them all, to alleviate myself of that dreaded "nostalgic value" that has kept them kicking around in my life over the decades. Trading them all for just one home defense weapon blah blah blah.
This is my poorly thought out rant.