WARNING: Inappropriate Language Employed
There are people who should not have guns because they have never bothered to learn safety, or have used them for illegal purposes, or both. Take this story for an example.
Every story like this one gives the anti-gun fanatics good arguments that we 2nd Amendment supporters have to refute, or ignore. Let us not delude ourselves. A subset of firearm owners own firearms because they believe their cocks are too short. Just as they don’t think they need any safety training, they probably don’t use condoms.
Is there any solution, or is it Darwinism?
NOTE: The US Army Basic Training cadre, circa 1963 had strong, negative reactions to the use of “Gun”. They had many different ways to impress upon the young soldiers their dislike of trainees using the term.
12 comments:
Now that rings a bell.
If we said "gun" we'd get punished, a lot. Gun = Artillery, we had "weapons" or "rifles." I had to adapt when I moved to the States.
Saying that, shotguns got a pass, to your smoothbore point. As in "2 gun hunt" etc. Speaking of which, plenty of shotgun ammo about -- I need to get out on the skeet after Christmas, just for fun and to keep my aim in. Been a while.
I've never been a bird hunter and have owned one shotgun, a single shot 20 gauge lost in a tragic boating accident. Many years ago I went on a pheasant hunt. We were in a harvested corn field and I saw a pheasant running down a furrow. Shot it. The rest of the party berated me; they had to be flying before you shot. At the end of the day we had one pheasant.
My "problem" was growing up in a subsistence hunting/fishing family. The purpose of hunting and fishing was food on the table. I've never found the motivation to hunt for sport.
We had dealings with the British Army in Germany in the 60's. Can't recall ever hearing "gun" used in a conversation. My impression of the British was they had their shit together.
One of my Uncles on my Mom's side was hugely into bird hunting. I went duck hunting ONCE. I don't care to get up at 0-dark-thirty and sit in a cold, wet duck blind after getting soaked setting out decoys.
Pheasant hunting I enjoyed. Nice walk on a nice Fall day, out working the dogs, good lunch packed by Mom, and pheasant to eat on Sunday!
My Uncle loaned me a 20 gauge semi-auto, and I always got a bird or two.
One is for fighting, one is for fun...
Having said that, I haven't been bird hunting in a long time. There are wild turkeys in the area where I live (not the bottles on the shelf in the liquor store). I gave some thought to buying #4 shot and hunting them. But never got around to it.
drjim
The whole logistic part is a pain, among other issues. Once was involved with a lady who was a serious bird watcher and being her bearer was enjoyable.
LL
I've never hunted turkeys but understand they can be challenging. Some of my relatives say they are harder to harvest than deer or even elk.
LL beat me to it... And yes, those idjits give the rest of us a bad name.
Old NFO
As a range officer I'm sure you have witnessed your share of fools.
A friend of mine once shot a turkey, on the wing/in flight with a 30-06. I thought, as I watched it play out, "Well that's weird, good shot." Huh.
LSP
A former AA gunner?
My army buddy hails from Wisconsin. He always chuckled at the thought of hunting with one of these--
https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/tipologia-prodotti.asp/l_en/idt_45/rifles-kodiak-express.html
--particularly the rifle/12ga combo in an area where the bird and bear seasons overlap. And then momentarily forgetting which trigger fired which barrel, and in succession leaving a puff ball of feathers in the air where the bird got hit by the bullet, and then peppering a bears ass with a load of birdshot.
Might irritate the bear.
On my maybe list is a Savage Model 42 Take Down. At my age I'm not doing serious stalking or long distance shooting. Maybe in .22 mag/20 gauge.
"Might irritate the bear."
Yeah, that was our punch line. "And it took a team of eminent surgeons to remove the rifle from where the bear had shoved it....
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