Personal gun needs.

[hillbilly]

Where should the line be drawn? I think this is an honest question and should stay short, sweet, and strictly to the point. For my personal needs, here goes:


.38 special for self and family protection. I pray that day never comes but that is what I have, and why.

4.10, and a 16ga. passed down from family. Do I hunt with them? No, but they mean alot to me just the same. Would never sell them, even though there is no real value.

Lever action 30/30 for hunting. It is ALL I need to drop a deer with. I've yet to see one fail to put meat in the freezer when proper aim is taken before pulling the trigger. Dad taught us early on that if you miss with the first shot the deer is going to run and stray bullets is bad practice. Same way at home. If you have no choice but to shoot a man to save your family from harm you best not miss or you may not get a chance to fire twice.. and you can't fart around all day taking aim, you gotta be able to aim and get your first shot off quickly. And again, no wild fire. You do not want stray bullets flying through walls putting others at risk in another room. Assault riffles can do exactly that, and remember I said it only takes one shot to stop a man.

I'm not a gun collector, or gun hobbyist. I have only two guns that I need, and the shotguns are family hand me downs that I cherish for that reason. Therefor I personally don't own or need an assault riffle. To each their own.

What do y'all think? Where should the line be drawn, in your opinion? Which side of the line would y'all say I am on. Fair side of the line, or not fair? I feel it is fair.

I'd also like to hear others needs for guns and what they feel is fair for themselves. I'm not trashing anyone for owning an AR. I'm just not in the need of one personally.

[bobabode]

It sounds like you're on the fair side to me in terms of what you have and a responsible owner. I don't own any guns but that's just me.
We do need better background checks and a cooling off period of some sort.
CC permits should be a rare thing and under pretty strict guidelines.
Assault weapons banned with a buyback program like Australia did.
Handguns and rifles should be registered and sales tracked- both private and commercial sales.
Trigger locks or gun safes mandatory for all weapons.
10 round max capacity in handguns
5 round max capacity in long barreled guns

Do we really need hollow point ammunition available?

[merrylander]

No we most certainly do not need hollow point rounds. As for the limit the two .32 cal Beretta Tomcats I am looking at can hold 11 rounds. If you chamber a round with the slide it is only 10 but If you use the tip up barrel you can get 11 rounds. The idea of the tip up barrel is that you do not need the wrist strength to operate the slide.

[finnbow]

I'd be completely comfortable with doing away with semi-automatic firearms, period. I'm an avid shooter and hunter, but have never taken a liking to semi-automatic firearms. They're less accurate, less reliable and harder to work on than their conventional counterparts (bolt action for rifles, revolvers for pistols, pump or double barrel for shotguns).

I have a Colt .38 Police Special, two 12 gauge pump shotguns, a .22 bolt action rifle, a .223 bolt action rifle, a .270 bolt action rifle, two 50 caliber muzzleloaders, and a couple of high end European air rifles/pistols. When I was still an active firearms deer hunter (now I nearly exclusively bowhunt), I would go afield with a muzzleloader in lieu of my .270 or a rifled barrel shotgun with slugs. I preferred the challenge of placing one good lethal shot on a deer at modest range rather than spraying-and-praying.

[mpholland]

I have a few guns. Marlin 1894 .357 lever action rifle, .357 S&W revolver, Remington 7mm bolt action rifle, and a couple of semi's also. A Ruger 10/22 and a 22 pistol. Both the semi's were inherited and hold more sentimental than monetary value. So far the only thing I received from my father, who died of ALS a few years too early.

[Boreas]

Need? None.

Period.

John

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Need? None.

Period.

John

I should add to this.

Frankly, I find it very disturbing and discouraging that, in this country, people should even pose such a question. It presupposes that there actually is a need for us to be armed. That's both absurd and frightening to me, especially when I contemplate the fact that a huge number of my fellow citizens and neighbors subscribe to this notion.

I'm beginning to think along the same lines as Robbin. Maybe it is time to think about escaping from this madhouse.

John

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by icenine

Maybe it is time to leave the country after all.

Originally Posted by Boreas

I should add to this.



I'm beginning to think along the same lines as Robbin. Maybe it is time to think about escaping from this madhouse.

John

That is one option.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I should add to this.

Frankly, I find it very disturbing and discouraging that, in this country, people should even pose such a question. It presupposes that there actually is a need for us to be armed. That's both absurd and frightening to me, especially when I contemplate the fact that a huge number of my fellow citizens and neighbors subscribe to this notion.

I'm beginning to think along the same lines as Robbin. Maybe it is time to think about escaping from this madhouse.

John

First person who shows up with the $750,000 we are outta here.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I should add to this.

Frankly, I find it very disturbing and discouraging that, in this country, people should even pose such a question. It presupposes that there actually is a need for us to be armed. That's both absurd and frightening to me, especially when I contemplate the fact that a huge number of my fellow citizens and neighbors subscribe to this notion.

I'm beginning to think along the same lines as Robbin. Maybe it is time to think about escaping from this madhouse.

John

What I don't get is how anyone doesn't see that the only reason they feel the "need" to own guns (for protection) in the first place, is because we've tolerated unchecked proliferation for far too long.

Regards,
Dave