I Like Guns

[nolabear]

No, not me. But this is by someone who does.

[link:https://agingmillennialengineer.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/fuck-you-i-like-guns-2/|

[GP6971]

1. Good read. nt

[LakeArenal]

2. Great read. Great post.

[likesmountains 52]

3. Thanks, good article.

[justhanginon]

4. Excellent! Well written and well thought out from

someone familiar with guns and sensible about their use. A really good read. Thank you for posting this.

[Phoenix61]

5. Very, very well said. Thanks for sharing nt

[Sentath]

6. She should be on the blog links!

Wonder if she posts here?

[nolabear]

7. Good idea. Were you surprised it was a woman?

My prejudices came backhand bit me, LOL. She wrote it perfectly.

[Heartstrings]

8. "Fuck off, I like guns" link.....

[Gabi Hayes]

10. His Comedy Central show was fantastic

He took apart this hideous woman who proudly displayed all the trophies of endangered animals she slaughtered

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/gjcgpp/xanda-the-lion-and-the-bloodlust-of-trophy-hunters

[Heartstrings]

13. I especially love the line

"How many enemies do you have?" (I think it's in this segment...could be in part 2 of his gun bit)

Yes, he's spot on.....and funny as all get out while proving his point.

[Gabi Hayes]

15. Really. I watched a show, just see what he was like, and immediately found him very likable

Seen every show since

Same goes with The President Show

That guy puts Baldwin’s one note mugfest to shame

You can spend hours watching these

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/yyx9pl/the-president-show-the-president-s-tour

This may leave you gasping....seriesly

[Gabi Hayes]

16. Damn! This is not the aired version. They edited it up to ruin the entire effect

Will see if the original version is there.....ffffn Comedy Central

[Gabi Hayes]

9. I spent a day shooting monster machine guns of various legal provenance, 50 cal sniper rifles, and

Other crazy stuff, including blowing up a propane tank....all legal

With a bunch of wingnut gun maniacs

(I own a WW II Japanese rifle, but have never shot it; they were very admiring)

It was lots of fun, but I won’t be doing that again

That said, isn’t it like only 25% of Americans own any guns? Over 300 MILLION, right? How many high capacity killing instruments are enough for these loons?

[nolabear]

11. I was wondering about that myself.

Somewhere last night, Bill Maher maybe, someone mentioned that everyone in this country has a gun, and I thought it was absurd. There are certainly areas where many people do own multiple guns but AR-15s? Please. Those people want to indulge the fantasy of being big and bad and able to kill off their neighbors and the soldiers when we get down to civil war. Which, as the writer mentioned, is the dumbest idea there is. What they are really doing is romanticizing the idea and planting that romanticization into the heads of unstable, angry, hopeless white males who think they can rise to some kind of greatness in the eyes of others of their kind by killing the people who they think have done them wrong.

[Gabi Hayes]

12. The guy I was shooting with had fifteen of them in his van, and hoped to sell them

That part wasn’t so legal. This was in 05, so there wasn’t the outcry of today

Bush had repealed the AWB by then, right? 04, IIRC

Oops, meant to say what a sensible comment you offere up

[Martin Eden]

14. YES -- a very good read

That army veteran talks sense.

[PA Democrat]

17. Great article.

[Timewas]

18. I also like guns

I may need one to do away with a threat to my animals, we have mountain lions and bears all over here, I also have several grandchildren and great grandchildren who live here who could possibly be attacked..

Having said all that I have to admit that it is somewhat remote chance that any of those things will happen, but if it did happen there is nothing I have other than a gun that would do what would need to be done nothing at all... This is why I do have guns and also the grandchildren are a partial reason why those guns and their ammunition are safely ensconced on a very strong gun safe that would be impossible to get into without knowing the numbers (or maybe some dynamite or c-4) barring that they are not going to be handled by anyone but me..None of them are AR-15s or any variant thereof...They all are capable of doing what I may need...

[nolabear]

20. Smart attitude. And caring toward the kids!

If you’re going to have them, having them responsibly and helping the kids be safe and educated is a great service to all.

[Timewas]

23. There is no reason

Whatsoever that we cannot have laws passed that cover most of what is needed and do it without all the rhetoric,hand wringing and emotional finger pointing that in the end accomplishes nothing more than to stiffen the opposition on either side.. Could easily be as simple as some decent training and reasonable licensing practices such as we do now for driving... except make the licensing a federal thing recognized by all states as our driver licenses are..

[nolabear]

25. See, this is what we need! A starting point.

We all need to get over absolutism and work toward one another. I HATE guns. They terrify me. But I know good people (and a lot of family) who have them and as long as I feel safe I respect others’ right to like them.

We can achieve world peace!

[Timewas]

29. Yes

Now get the people who have the power to do so on the same page

[Timewas]

30. Not a lot of chances though

I have been in several discussions over time on gun control and have never seen any real debates go anywhere. I won;t even enter into one that has someone calling gun enthusiasts "gun humpers" or some such derogatory name.. there is no way of ever getting anything done with that attitude prevailing.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

19. reasonable

From the article:

Hey, I’m a good driver, a responsible Formula One owner. You shouldn’t be scared to be on the freeway next to me as I zip around you at 140 MPH, leaving your Mazda in a cloud of dust! Why are you scared? Cars don’t kill people. People kill people. Doesn’t this sound like bullshit? It is bullshit, and everybody knows. Not one person I know would argue non-ironically that Formula One cars on the freeway are a good idea. Yet, these same people will say it’s totally ok to own the firearm equivalent because, in the words of comedian Jim Jeffries, “fuck you, I like guns”.

[Iggo]

22. Now that I've actually read the article...

[nolabear]

26. LOL! Who among us hasnt had to have a redo?

[bronxiteforever]

24. Great article. Thanks!

[skylucy]

27. Wow. This tells it like it is.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Good article!

Thanks for posting!