Posted on 11/22/2005 9:19:56 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
The enemy of my enemy is my friend... until he kills my enemy, then "he" is my enemy...
"The fustest with the mostest!"
It's good to have a few spares..
This is the larger problem. How do you teach the next generation to respect and be safe with guns when you have to hide them away? Hiding them away just makes kids curious about them and if they get their hands on them, they do not respect what can be done or handle them in an unsafe manner. I sometimes wonder how many kids are killed accidentally because guns have to be hidden away.
""A person needs to have a firearms identification card in order to possess a license in the state.""
Is this so people can tell whether its a gun and not, say a watermelon or baby carriage or something?
Semi-auto rifles? Pump shotguns?
In the hands of the police, any more than one. In the hands of a private citizen, no such number exist.
I once saw someone post that if you know how many guns you have off the top of your head, you don't have enough!
On that thread (before I read that quote), I had to open up my gun safe and take a head count! I guess that means I'm OK, for the time being!
Mark
If you know the exact number, it's not enough.
Too many? I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.
I know semi 22's are OK, as are bolt rifles and double barrel shotguns. I think pumps are, not sure on semi centerfire.
God Bless the Second Amendment.
Well, I have grandpa's Remington Targetmaster single shot 22, his Stevens 311A 12ga. double barrel, a blackpowder rifle, a Browning A-Bolt 7mm Rem. Mag., a Marlin 336c 30-30, a Swiss K31. Now that I have started Cowboy Action Shooting, I have two .44 1858 Remington Army cap and ball revolvers, one .44 1851 Colt Navy cap and ball revolver. I need to buy another lever action rifle for CAS, plus either a derringer or a pocket pistol incase I want to do a side match. Possibly a Sharps rifle incase I want to do more than one side match. I use the Stevens for now, but I may want a double barrel shotgun with external hammers for style. Then I also need to have a semi-auto gun such as an AR15 or similar, maybe two with one as back up. Gosh, one can never have all the guns they need.
IN the eyes of the anti firearm fanatics, one gun is too many.
So what is the arguement?
Most people own as many firearms as they can afford. Like tools, they have various function and capability.
There is no law that regulates the possession of tools. Yet in the wrong hands tools can be used in crimes like burglary, car theft etc.
Next thing the left will demand is gun free school zones surrounding our schools and not just on school property.
The shrill voices of the anti gunners want to threaten gun owners so they will retreat into the dungeons for fear of illegal confiscation because someone has decided on placing limits on possession.
From my cold dead hands.
Excellent bumper sticker:
I'M PRO CHOICE
2ND AMENDMENT
(with thanks to "Lady Jag" for the html)
When you can't afford the ammo..
-OR- when they are just for display..
Burt taught me everything I need to know about eminent domain and the need for firearms.
The other side of that coin is "How many are enough?" Bringing up the secondary question, "For What".
My answers would be the you can never have too many, but that as many as you can afford is enough.
We only keep them to scare liberals. They are such wussies. /sarcasm
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