When people who never served in the military head out to the range in BDU's and try to use military lingo. They dont realize that they just look tarded. Then people who never carried one in harms way and had their life depend on it say that the M16/Ar-15 is the greatest gun. It's never jammed, I haven't had any malfuctions......... Then I just laugh and politely walk away.

WHAT?!?!!?

3. Yes, Croatians did. Are you really saying the XD design is the greatest ever?!?! For real? Seriously?

 

Me and My Band - we say FU! My little country finally does something good and you have to crap all over us?

Slamming slide on empty chamber

Flicking revolvers closed/open

Holding pistols sideways

Sweeping the **** out of everything when performing a reload

 

Guess I've got a few...

 

What's the negative out of slamming the slide shut on an empty chamber? Not that I do it. Maybe I do. Never thought of it

..

Apathy. The apathy of gun owners to tighter gun controls, more restrictions and less freedom.

We need a "Sarcasm" button

 

While I am dead serious about 1 and 2, my #3 was a smart-a$$ed joke. There is nothing like a fine, wood stocked rifle or revolver.

 

Having said that, plastic stocked rifles are simpler to accurize and are generally lighter. Plastic handguns are also lighter and they are more compact than their steel or alloy brethren. Simple facts kids

 

....and that Mossberg lever gun is f'n sicktating. Jeeez, who thought that was a good idea?

 

Ah, forgive me, kind sir. My sarcasm detector seems to be malfunctioning as of late.

First post - howdy.

 

I have to admit a few things as a fairly new gun owner...

 

Up until a few years ago I thought "Glock" was a style of gun, not a brand. And I thought a clip and a magazine were sort of interchangeable terms. But you can probably blame countless hours of watching GI Joe as a child for that one.

That doesn't really bother me too much, since the term was coined by the military to describe firearms that fire an intermediate cartridge. The idea was that they would be issued to assault troops on the front lines.

 

It was coined by Hitler when he renamed the MP-43 to the STG-44. STG standing for Sturmgewehr which translates to Storm(Assault) Rifle. As far as I know it was just a propaganda decision, morale booster and to scare the enemy. Like waving it around going "Hey check it out I got a new scary weapon." Kind of like the whole concept behind that Future Weapons show which sadly hasn't had a new episode in years.

 

 

 

Anyway more on topic, the only thing that truly bothers me thats firearm related is NJ's laws and how freaking hard it is to exercise your own damn rights. Reading about other states makes me cry. Florida you just go to the store buy something and wait a day or two for them to do the background check and then pick it up and go away. Given our background check only takes 15 minutes, I would still rather do it their way.

When people who never served in the military head out to the range in BDU's and try to use military lingo. They dont realize that they just look tarded. Then people who never carried one in harms way and had their life depend on it say that the M16/Ar-15 is the greatest gun. It's never jammed, I haven't had any malfuctions......... Then I just laugh and politely walk away.

 

Yes and no

Elitists. I hate them, they're pretty useless-- except to only maintain a standard. Knowing what not to be like (with complete [dangerous] newbies being the other extreme).

It's ok to be cocky and confident, in fact I advocate that otherwise a person will never actually achieve anything worthwhile. It's when the elitist(s) believes they have nothing else to learn and/or is 100% condescending to "lesser" people.

 

More gun-specific, people who think guns will magically pick themselves up and start shooting indiscriminately. This really speaks volumes about the initial and problematic view on firearms as a whole (at least in places dominanted by the anti-2A culture).

The thing I can not stand is "Assault Weapons". It's not even so much the term it's self or the definition (granted I think both are extreamly stupid they just don't annoy me so much), but the mis-uses of the term "Assault Weapon". The two big ones being people calling "Assault Weapons" "Assault Rifles"(Also have herd "Assault Pistols" and Assault Shotguns" used before) and talking about "Assault Weapons" as if they are machine guns or "Assault Rifle" (You know the " 'Assault Weapons' should be illegal. There is no need for any one to have a fully automatic weapon" or "people don't need an AK-47"). The main reason being is those two thing tend to feed off each other and spread misinformation to the public who don't know any better. I think that probably hurts our cause more than any thing else in recent times.

Oh, I thought of some more, based off the gun-control argument my boss and I had the other day. And Rosie O'Donnel, her face just peeves me off.

 

Anyway, I hate it when people say things like, "Your right to bear arms is invalid, look at the muskets they had back then, and the guns of today!" as if the founding fathers thought they were at the pinnacle of technological acheivement in their day. THEN when presented with quotes from the founding fathers about firearm ownership, she said I'm picking and choosing quotes. XD

My pet-peeve would be elitists/know-it-alls who complain about people being ignorant about firearms but do nothing to help educate the less informed.

They'll talk down on them til they're out of breath instead of giving insight.

 

I have no problem with the mix-up between mag and clip.

Oh, I thought of some more, based off the gun-control argument my boss and I had the other day. And Rosie O'Donnel, her face just peeves me off.

 

Anyway, I hate it when people say things like, "Your right to bear arms is invalid, look at the muskets they had back then, and the guns of today!" as if the founding fathers thought they were at the pinnacle of technological acheivement in their day. THEN when presented with quotes from the founding fathers about firearm ownership, she said I'm picking and choosing quotes. XD

 

This kind of argument really pisses me off, just like how other people selectively apply Constitutional rights to some things but not others. Ultimately IT DOESN'T FREAKING MATTER if one believes the advances in firearm technology were not foreseen by the founders, the right is freaking enshrined in the Constitution and unless there is an amendment to repeal it or amend it then everything else should not matter.

This kind of argument really pisses me off, just like how other people selectively apply Constitutional rights to some things but not others. Ultimately IT DOESN'T FREAKING MATTER if one believes the advances in firearm technology were not foreseen by the founders, the right is freaking enshrined in the Constitution and unless there is an amendment to repeal it or amend it then everything else should not matter.

 

That's what I told her. She countered with, "Well what if I pass my background checks, but then decide I'm going to kill someone? You look at this in a very naive way." Or something like that.

 

Surprisngly, she's the owner of a Christian store, but she's VERY much a democrat. Well, to me that's weird, maybe not to anyone else.

Do people that think gun stores are the only way to buy a firearm really believe what they are saying?

 

I'm pretty sure anyone with the will to harm another person would be able to

a) Come into possession of a firearm in some way, regardless of any laws

and

b) Find another way to kill them...

That's what I told her. She countered with, "Well what if I pass my background checks, but then decide I'm going to kill someone? You look at this in a very naive way." Or something like that.

 

Surprisngly, she's the owner of a Christian store, but she's VERY much a democrat. Well, to me that's weird, maybe not to anyone else.

 

When people make those kinds of ridiculous arguments (like when people say that there will be shootings in the streets over parking spots and traffic if there were CCW allowed in NJ) I usually say something to the effect: "Just because you feel you're morally deraged enough to do that it doesn't mean the rest of us are. Please don't project your own instabilities onto me."

 

In this case it would be even easier since you say she's a devout Christian. All you have to do is to counter with "If I believe that religion can drive a person to commit huge atrocities does that mean I should ban you from practicing your religion?"

When people make those kinds of ridiculous arguments (like when people say that there will be shootings in the streets over parking spots and traffic if there were CCW allowed in NJ) I usually say something to the effect: "Just because you feel you're morally deraged enough to do that it doesn't mean the rest of us are. Please don't project your own instabilities onto me."

 

In this case it would be even easier since you say she's a devout Christian. All you have to do is to counter with "If I believe that religion can drive a person to commit huge atrocities does that mean I should ban you from practicing your religion?"

 

 

That's a good argument. I didn't even think of a good comeback.

 

It's funny, she says she want some sort of weapon from Stargate. First shot stuns, second kills, and third vaporizes. She said she'd use it when people do something stupid in traffic.

And Rosie O'Donnel, her face just peeves me off.

 

+1000000000000000000000000000000000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I know! Doesn't it just scream punch me in my fat ugly stupid face!

+1000000000000000000000000000000000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I know! Doesn't it just scream punch me in my fat ugly stupid face!

 

"The guns at the time were FREAKING MUSKETS!"

 

Someone should make a Scumbag Steve meme, with her face with the Scumbag Steve hat, the caption would say,

 

"Tells other people they shouldn't own guns, has her bodyguards carry guns."

 

I love Donald Trump, if for no other reason, than his heat against Rosie. That was fantastic!

that some law abiding gun enthusiasts through a controlling government have been conditioned to feel like criminals....

I always get thrown for a loop when I'm at a place with a lot of people and guns (Cabelas, specifically) and when I turn around there's a gun barrel 6 inches from my face. I always point the gun up towards the ceiling so I KNOW I'm not pointing it even close to anyone. But if you don't wanna do that, at least point it at a wall.

 

So when you're having a gun pointed in your face at a store, are you supposed to just let it go, or do you say, "Uh, could you lower that?"

 

I usually push the barrel away, if it happens again I will say thats poor gun handling.

I'd have to imagine that's a big pet peeve. That's why when I'm checking out a gun, I always make sure it's pointed way away from anyone. On top of that, if I'm looking down the sights and someone is about to walk across my plane of sight, I lower the gun. The shop worker checks the chamber, I check the chamber, but I still do it. Force of habit.

 

I did that at ShoreShot when the RO walked past me in the store. Based on the way he thanked me, I assume not everyone does that. Maybe something happened in a previous life of mine but it freaks me out to point a gun at someone even though I know it's not loaded. I accidently flagged a kid at the range with an unloaded gun with the slide locked back and I still feel really bad about that.

 

Anyway, I hate it when people say things like, "Your right to bear arms is invalid, look at the muskets they had back then, and the guns of today!"

 

You can also reply that the internet, telephone, modern printing press, satellite, television, cell phone, blackberry, etc also didnt exist back then..so maybe the first amendment shouldnt apply to those either.."Look at the 18th century hand operated printing press they had back then vs. what they have today"..

Finger on trigger when not ready to fire makes me want to tackle that person

reading this thread makes me pull my hair out

reading this thread makes me pull my hair out

Although I usually love talking guns with people, the second I hear that they were taught how to shoot by a seal/sniper/CIA agent my mind goes numb and I find an excuse to leave. Last summer you would have though that NJ was teeming with snipers all registering kills of a mile away teaching guys from Hudson County how to do the same.

 

It also goes without saying that when I talk to one of these people they either dont know what they shot or it was an M-16. Regardless of what I say, it was a real M16/AK47/M60.

I think it's interesting when the news talks about someone having 'x' amount of rounds of ammo in his house, and then I start counting how much ammo I have and it's usually about the same.

 

That has never happened to me.