Well, if you knew what was going on in Massachusetts you would be worried too.  Our AG, named Maura Healy has essentially reinterpreted MA already restrictive gun laws and essentially outlawed all semi-automatic rifles.  Most feel she did this at the end of the legislative session in a ploy to get noticed by Washington should Hillary win, we are hoping the legislature shuts her down, but it is questionable that will happen as of now. It's tough to own guns here, if you own the wrong handgun, one that is not on the "approved" roster,  it's a felony with up to a 10 year sentence.  So yes, some of us are scared.

My brother lives there. I've heard all about the laws. I bought my AR up there years ago, minus the flash suppresor, you know "because they make them more deadly and scary looking", and we can't have that . What the hell happened to that state? Pretty much they started the revolution by saying "Screw you" to overreaching government. Now look at them.

To be honest, I think your firearm activities are all based on very good ideas.  To me hunting is a great activity, one you can share with your family and even provide sustainable food.  Target shooting is an awesome activity, though the one time I did it the shooting cost me the same as dinner at a pretty good restaurant or a weeks groceries for the Steinholme.  That said, it was fun.  And guns are beautiful objects full of history and technology, many manufactured right here in the USA.  I can denigrate no one for collecting them.

Where I take exception is for those who expressly own their firearms for defense against home invaders.  They're trying to tell me I need one for my self defense.  I promise you the day I need one for my self defense is the day I move.  And if I can find nowhere in the US where I can only find safety in carrying a firearm, I will become an expatriate.

It's a tool for a certain job. Hopefully a job that will never need doing. I'm a firm 2nd Amendment supporter, but I'm not a big fan of the NRA myself right now. Too much yelling "the sky is falling!", which is too many people as it is, and seems to be a lot of the home defense people. Do I have firearms for home defense? Yes. Right next to my bed. But some people are fanatics. If you need a firearm right next to all your doors, you might have an issue. I don't do well with people and their scare tactics, no matter what side of the political spectrum you are on.

To brag that you're walking around with no defense or protection, and you're unconcerned, "Here I am, a baby seal, come get me Orca!" To people who carry guns, that is what you look like, and it's not something brag worthy.


If you say so.  Like I said, the vast majority firearm deaths occur between people who know each other.  I don't routinely associate with firearm enthusiasts.  I'll play the odds on this one. 

In the meantime, to keep themselves safe firearm enthusiasts pay a cost.  There is the cost of the firearm, its ammunition, its upkeep and the time it takes to stay proficient.  That money and time could be used for exercise to stave off cardiovascular illness, which is orders of magnitude more likely to kill you than a firearm.  Those resources could be used for other leisure activities to improve your mental state and lower your blood pressure.  Stress-related diseases and stroke are orders of magnitude more likely to affect you than being shot with a firearm.  And there is the possibility that you or someone in your household could suffer from a discharge of the firearm itself.  You'll all tell me that will never happen, but then again I bet every last one of the 30,000 people who died last year from firearm discharge said the exact same thing.

There is a difference between firearm enthusiasts, and those who own guns for self defense or hunting. My neighbor owns over 250 firearms, but doesn't shoot. He's an enthusiast. I own personal firearms to hunt and have fun with. Going to the range is a great stress reliever and improves my mental state. Ammo isn't that expensive. Do I wish it was cheaper? Yep, along with avgas and annuals. Granted I get ammo from work to shoot my pistols, but I handload a lot of my other ammo. And my private range only costs me $45 a year, and an hour drive through the Wisconsin countryside is also a stress reducer. Barring some catastrophic malfunction, firearms just don't discharge without someone doing something wrong while handling it. And for the 30,000 people who died last year...since most firearm deaths are from suicide, I bet that those who did wanted it to happen to them.

Can she sit on the stool?

 

No need. She has a broom for that.

Is this what we've come to? 

The sister of the dead ghetto thug says this:

"If my brother did have his gun in his hand, why he didn't shoot back? If he's gonna go out, why not go out with a fight? Why not go out with a big bang?" asked Smith.

http://fox6now.com/2016/08/15/they-knew-each-other-sister-of-sylville-smith-says-officer-was-no-stranger-to-her-family/

Is this the same sister that said to take the rioting to the suburbs, because "we need our stuff. we need our weave."?

If you're playing semantics, you're already in 2nd place.

Having a hard time accepting the truth?

Clarke sucks! I admit he talks a good game, but his agency is so screwed up under his leadership. I work/deal with his agency on a daily basis. There is no way in hell he would be a good president or anything bigger than a sheriff of a medium sized city.

“But on the other, it’s a direct reflection on society’s crybaby political correctness.”

It's not unexpected to hear a Sergeant of Marines speak like this.  We are taught this kind of language in Boot Camp, at least I was.  I have no way of knowing if this is the Marine Corps talking through the man of it this is the man's deliberate thoughts on the matter...brainwashing and all....

As former Sergeant of Marines myself, I think he is long past the point of being brainwashed, or he wouldn't have used the words crybaby policital correctness. I believe the words are his own, or some fellow Marines dared him to use the word crybaby.