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Simple question I'm very curious to hear answers to.

Being ex-Army infantry, I've fired more than my fair share of weapons ranging from hand guns to rifles to machine guns to cannons. And I loved every shot that I made.

Have you ever fired a firearm/gun/rifle? Even just once? What kind was it?

If no, then why not? Is it truly uncomfortable for you? Is it fear? Do you abhor firearms so much that you refuse to even hold one?

Yep a few with my friend on some land his family owns. We went shooting, it was a lot of fun.

Many times. So so so many times and with lots of different guns.

Types: I prefer to answer in brands - Glocks, Winchesters, Remingtons, Berettas.


Side-note: LR shooting, I'm very precise but not accurate. I don't know why. My patterns are almost always very tight at around a quarter-size. I shy away from scopes because when I use a scope, it becomes too easy and takes away the challenge for me.










I do not oppose guns. I strongly support them and the freedom to responsibly use them.

Yeah, not proud of it. Do I think I have any reason to have a gun? No. Am I glad I don't? Yes.

Originally posted by Putinbot1
Yeah, not proud of it. Do I think I have any reason to have a gun? No. Am I glad I don't? Yes.

Any other questions you'd like to ask and answer of yourself? Don't stop now...haermm

Never held a gun in my life. Shot a compound bow quite a bit though.
Originally posted by Putinbot1
Yeah, not proud of it. Do I think I have any reason to have a gun? No. Am I glad I don't? Yes. #exposed

A few different 9mm handguns, 1911s, and a .22-caliber rifle.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Any other questions you'd like to ask and answer of yourself? Don't stop now...haermm

"Do I know a mod can see your IP address? I do now"

Lots and Lots and Lots!

Why yes, of course, to murder a bunch of innocent school children hunt down a vicious psychopath who wanted to murder a bunch of innocent school children.

Originally posted by MythLord
Why yes, of course, to murder a bunch of innocent school children hunt down a vicious psychopath who wanted to murder a bunch of innocent school children.

I TOTALLY DO NOT BELIEVE YOU!!

Yes, ranging from a pistol crossbow (does that count?) to an AK-47.

Originally posted by Mindship
Yes, ranging from a pistol crossbow (does that count?) to an AK-47.

No. A "Pistol Crossbow" does not COUNT! What a Crossbow does vs what a Gun Does is TOTALLY Different.

Originally posted by Impediment
Simple question I'm very curious to hear answers to.

Being ex-Army infantry, I've fired more than my fair share of weapons ranging from hand guns to rifles to machine guns to cannons. And I loved every shot that I made.

Have you ever fired a firearm/gun/rifle? Even just once? What kind was it?

If no, then why not? Is it truly uncomfortable for you? Is it fear? Do you abhor firearms so much that you refuse to even hold one?

I have shot plenty of firearms, I used to enjoy shooting trap before I had rugrat.

My fear isn't my gun or other guns, it's for the people that have no respect for life and hold themselves above others when they feel as though they have the power with their guns.

Fired many different weapons.

Originally posted by snowdragon
I have shot plenty of firearms, I used to enjoy shooting trap before I had rugrat.

My fear isn't my gun or other guns, it's for the people that have no respect for life and hold themselves above others when they feel as though they have the power with their guns.

That is when you use that Finger that is next to your Trigger Finger.

Originally posted by Impediment
Simple question I'm very curious to hear answers to.

Being ex-Army infantry, I've fired more than my fair share of weapons ranging from hand guns to rifles to machine guns to cannons. And I loved every shot that I made.

Have you ever fired a firearm/gun/rifle? Even just once? What kind was it?

If no, then why not? Is it truly uncomfortable for you? Is it fear? Do you abhor firearms so much that you refuse to even hold one?

A few rifles and handguns

My favorite was a Henry lever-action rifle, iirc, was .30 caliber.

Originally posted by Impediment
Simple question I'm very curious to hear answers to.

Being ex-Army infantry, I've fired more than my fair share of weapons ranging from hand guns to rifles to machine guns to cannons. And I loved every shot that I made.

Have you ever fired a firearm/gun/rifle? Even just once? What kind was it?

If no, then why not? Is it truly uncomfortable for you? Is it fear? Do you abhor firearms so much that you refuse to even hold one?

Nope. Never owned a gun. Never fired a gun. Never even held a gun.

Not really a fear thing or that I abhor them, just don't find them very interesting, not enough to make any effort to go shoot one.

Originally posted by BackFire
Nope. Never owned a gun. Never fired a gun. Never even held a gun.

Not really a fear thing or that I abhor them, just don't find them very interesting, not enough to make any effort to go shoot one.

I got something you can hold, big boy.

That's really the only gun I'm interested in.

During my youth: just a .22 at my stepdad's farm.

As an adult: M16, M4, Remington 870 shotgun, Ruger and S&W 9mm handguns, all for military and law enforcement employment. Not near as proficient as our fair moderator, I'm sure; I was just a lowly welder in the Army vs his 11B.

Own a Remington 870 express shotgun (the budget or diet version of the 870).

training since i was 13, now 25 must have shot thousands of bullets tbh

Yes, several. currently own a 9mm, .380, two .22 rifles and a AR-15.

No bump-stock though. they're useless as bump firing is rather easy.

My paternal grandfather was in the Army and my maternal grandfather was in the Navy. My father was in the Air Force.

My paternal grandfather owns property in Durand where he, my father, and my uncles would hunt deer. His home is also on a large plot, which includes and archery range.

My father was a member of a gun club, and he would occasionally take my brother and I to skeet shoot.

All of this is to say that I was raised in a culture of guns. We had them in our home, and we learned to shoot bows, crossbows, pistols, and rifles.

My vision is better than 20/20, so I was actually quite good at it. However, I have very little interest in firearms of any kind.

I have only been threatened with a firearm once, and it did not take a firearm to deescalate the situation.

I am intrigued by the Salt gun and some smart gun technologies though. These days, I lean toward non-lethal weapons.

At 8 or 9 years old my parents got me a BB gun. By the time I was 11 my father had me hunting squirrel and rabbits. Then grouse, ring-neck and on to deer. My father is long gone but I still love to hunt and shoot.

Yes since childhood. Still own about 20 of them. Avid turkey and deer hunter.

Originally posted by Adam_PoE


I am intrigued by the Salt gun and some smart gun technologies though. These days, I lean toward non-lethal weapons.

Oh I would LOVE to hear this story.

Originally posted by Flyattractor
No. A "Pistol Crossbow" does not COUNT! What a Crossbow does vs what a Gun Does is TOTALLY Different.


Too bad. Those little arrows were cute AF.

Originally posted by Mindship
Too bad. Those little arrows were cute AF.

You could just hug them.

I used an ak 47 a while back.