Omg, I did the dirty deed!

[jerkasaur]

No, I didnt just lose my viginity (that was years ago), but I did something almost equally amazing. I just purchased my first gun. A Yugoslavian AK-47

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=48407627

No, that isnt specificly the one I purchased, but it is the same model and the same dealer. This is quite possibly the most responsible / irresponsible thing I have ever done but I'm just so god damn excited.

[*DAMN Hazard]

What do you need an AK for? A smaller firearm would have been better for personal protection but I must admit that shit is badass.

[Ethion]

Guns are stupid, and that's my personal opinion.

[:V:*Beast]

No, I didnt just lose my viginity (that was years ago), but I did something almost equally amazing. I just purchased my first gun. A Yugoslavian AK-47

wanna trade with my "Schmeisser" MP40/I

 

just kidding... it's not for sale... NEVER!!

[BFG]

They have a purpose that 99.9% of the population do not have that requrement... so in that sense i have to agree with Ethion. Its one thing to have a decommissioned 'vintage' rifle or whatever on your wall etc.. and there is historical value etc etc... but working guns for your average Joe in the states? Nuts.

We've been here before though...

[Ein]

Guns are stupid, and that's my personal opinion.

Guns aren't stupid... People are stupid.

This is similar to the quote that guns don't kill people, stress and high blood pressure kill people

[7.Dr.Cheap Shot]

   Nice jerk.  I have the Mac 90 it's the non full auto version of the AK, although I agree with Haz that you shoulda got a hand gun first, well at least I did, my small collection stopped after having kids. .... no comment to the guns are stupid remark   

[c| Lone-Wolf]

Whether or not we think guns are stupid and a waste of time is something of a moot point, because they do exist, people have and use them (for both good and ill), and sticking your head in the sand is only going to get your ass shot off.

Learning how to handle firearms for purposes of self defense or because it is your job (military, police, etc), is fine, and I do intend at some point in my life to learn how to use firearms effectively.  However owning and firing guns just because it makes you happy in the pants is silly, and those are the kinds of people who, in my mind, are much more likely to commit acts needless violence with firearms, either intentionally or by accident (leaving guns in the reach of children, for example).

Now, if you'll excuse me, there are some rabbits that need hunting with my M60.  

[Po~ReverendMoss]

When the Russians (Chinese, Saudis) invade, you'll be ready to fight back!

WOLVERINES!!
 

[jerkasaur]

When the Russians (Chinese, Saudis) invade, you'll be ready to fight back!

WOLVERINES!!
 

Oh my god, now I'm having Red Dawn flashbacks.... wonderful.

[Cell]

Jerk...you know where I can get an OICW/GL?  I have a bit of a squirrel problem...they keep going after my vegetables. 

[Cell]

Now, if you'll excuse me, there are some rabbits that need hunting with my M60.  

Sorry LW...didn't mean to bite your joke.....saw it after I posted mine.  Now if anyone has an M136, there is a sparrow nest in my backyard....just need it to scare them away.

[Croosch]

you can borrow my cork gun cell.

[spike]

I've got a gun that shoots pieces of potato's. its fucking deadly.

[spike]

i'm not talking about a potato cannon. im talking about the kind you stick in a potato.

[BTs_GhostSniper]

They have a purpose that 99.9% of the population do not have that requrement... so in that sense i have to agree with Ethion. Its one thing to have a decommissioned 'vintage' rifle or whatever on your wall etc.. and there is historical value etc etc... but working guns for your average Joe in the states? Nuts.

You know, having guns for the sport of target shooting is a great sport.  It's a lot of fun and it allows me to regularly fire some of my automatic assault rifles that don't get much use (H&K MP5, M4, AK47, etc).  And then there are my handguns, bolt-action rifles, and shotguns...hell of a lot of fun getting better at shooting them!  Sure, I keep a weapon loaded for self-defense in my home, especially with all the looting that went on here after Hurricane Katrina came through...but remember in the end, it's people who kill people.  I can kill you with a gun, with a knife, with a baseball bat, or with my bare hands.  What are you going to do...outlaw my hands?[/size]

[Ethion]

They have a purpose that 99.9% of the population do not have that requrement... so in that sense i have to agree with Ethion. Its one thing to have a decommissioned 'vintage' rifle or whatever on your wall etc.. and there is historical value etc etc... but working guns for your average Joe in the states? Nuts.

What are you going to do...outlaw my hands?[/size]

I bet there some southern law in the states that does that.

[(SiX)Sheixhundt]

lol...No, Eth, you got that backwards...that would be a NOTHERN Liberal Commie state like say...Minnesota that would do something silly like that. Here, its always been a comfort, when I've been traveling...to know that I'm truly back Home, when I start seeing Full Gun racks in the backs of Peoples trucks..(for those that havent seen one, its a four or five slot mounted rack, that fits over the rear cab window of a pickup truck..it holds rifles..and where Im from, almost every truck owner has one, and most have two to three guns sitting in it at all times) Home at Last!!  There have been exactly TWO carjackings in a one hundred square mile radius of my original home in the last 20 years...excluding El Paso.

Another thing that gives me GREAT comfort for some reason, is knowing that much of the world is entirely clueless to the cultural merits of Gun ownership as it applys to me, and everyone that I know that owns a gun. Hearing them mis-apply the smug 'guns kill people' argument further confirms that they dont have a clue what they are talking about in relation to us. That Liberal BS would specifically NOT apply to EVERY example of gun ownership I am personally familiar with..it makes me giggle inside..like a secret joke...

[Cell]

I can kill you with a gun, with a knife, with a baseball bat, or with my bare hands.  What are you going to do...outlaw my hands?

Great point GS

[jerkasaur]

lol...No, Eth, you got that backwards...that would be a NOTHERN Liberal Commie state like say...Minnesota that would do something silly like that. Here, its always been a comfort, when I've been traveling...to know that I'm truly back Home, when I start seeing Full Gun racks in the backs of Peoples trucks..(for those that havent seen one, its a four or five slot mounted rack, that fits over the rear cab window of a pickup truck..it holds rifles..and where Im from, almost every truck owner has one, and most have two to three guns sitting in it at all times) Home at Last!!  There have been exactly TWO carjackings in a one hundred square mile radius of my original home in the last 20 years...excluding El Paso.

Another thing that gives me GREAT comfort for some reason, is knowing that much of the world is entirely clueless to the cultural merits of Gun ownership as it applys to me, and everyone that I know that owns a gun. Hearing them mis-apply the smug 'guns kill people' argument further confirms that they dont have a clue what they are talking about in relation to us. That Liberal BS would specifically NOT apply to EVERY example of gun ownership I am personally familiar with..it makes me giggle inside..like a secret joke...

The funny part is, that I'm the liberal commie that your talking about.