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Should every family own a gun?
dailycaller.com ^ | 24 April, 2012 | Lisa Bedford

Posted on 04/25/2012 5:21:47 AM PDT by marktwain

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To: marktwain

If anyone has some good poop on a good 30.06, I’d appreciate a FReepmail. I’ve read a lot of reviews, but would like to hear/read some personal observations shooters.

Finally saved enough of my lunch money...

Thanks in advance.

SZ


41 posted on 04/25/2012 8:15:03 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political party's in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: marktwain

Except for leftists. They don’t want them.


42 posted on 04/25/2012 8:18:34 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: SZonian
Much depends on what you want the 3006 for. If you are looking for long distance shooting, I would recommend a Remington 700 with a composite stock, but there are many good rifles out there.

For a general big game hunting tool, the Ruger 77 comes to mind. I like stainless/composite myself.

43 posted on 04/25/2012 8:20:10 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: jboot
when the SHTF...a single shot smooth bore pistol like the Liberator pistol stamped out of sheet metal by GM guide lamp, is all one needs...you ask the jack booted thug for a light...while an accomplice places a .45ACP slug point blank to the back of the head...

then you take their weapon....

44 posted on 04/25/2012 8:21:42 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: marktwain

No.

And this thread provides ample reasoning for why not.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2876086/posts

some people are simply too stupid to handle weapons.


45 posted on 04/25/2012 8:25:00 AM PDT by dmz
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To: saleman; Sooth2222
unless you are going to execute the felon...once the felon is out, he deserves to be able to protect himself too.

for instance I would give G. Gordon Liddy the ability to own a firearm in an instant...(we all know Liddy's wife ‘owns’ the weapons in his house....)

46 posted on 04/25/2012 8:25:51 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: ctdonath2
1. Stealing is wrong. Planning to steal later is wrong.

I agree with this completely. If the SHTF, I want to remain one of the good guys, not become what I despise through thievery. I and several of my neighbors have tons of tactical training from military and law enforcement careers. I will use this to protect what I have, not take what I need.

I made a point to live in a place where I can own the firearms I need to achieve this.

47 posted on 04/25/2012 8:34:35 AM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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To: Vaquero

This no felon should have guns thing seems to be a knee jerk reaction to the idea of FELONS, you know, scary criminal types, slinking around your fair city carrying all manner of weapons. Bazookas, “assault” rifles, “switchblades” maybe an 10” barrel .44 mag under their trenchcoat. Just looking to rape and pillage.

If you really think about it, it just makes the court complicit in gun control. Which, IMO, is exactly what it is intended to do.

Just cause someone may be convicted of a felony doesn’t nessesarily make them violent.

Laws of man don’t supercede the God given right of self defense.


48 posted on 04/25/2012 8:42:20 AM PDT by saleman (!!!!)
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To: Vaquero
Exactly.

Someone up thread referred to this as "stealing." Sigh.

49 posted on 04/25/2012 8:57:04 AM PDT by jboot
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To: SZonian

M1 Garand. But I’m biased...


50 posted on 04/25/2012 9:00:14 AM PDT by jboot
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To: jboot

It depends on the context. If you’re disarming a clear enemy, then it certainly isn’t stealing.


51 posted on 04/25/2012 9:01:10 AM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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To: saleman

I cannot say I believe every house hold should own guns however I do believe there should be 3 minimal requirements to own guns 1st gun saftey training for every one in the house hold 2nd, required to be a member of the NRA and 3rd be registerd voter of an anti- democrat or liberalist party. (IMO the only diffrence between liberals, democrats and comunist is the spelling.) And any household meeting these minimal requirements should have many guns. And lots of ammo


52 posted on 04/25/2012 9:30:32 AM PDT by kmjones
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To: 101stAirborneVet
Context: anyone who would kill me or enslave me is my enemy.

Lord willing, it will not come to that. But the last few years have made a pessimist out of me.

53 posted on 04/25/2012 9:41:51 AM PDT by jboot
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To: kmjones

Gun safety training is pretty simple actually. Finger off the trigger. Never point at something you wouldn’t shoot. Consider all weapons loaded.

Follow these simple directions and no one will ever be killed or maimed by the “evil gun”.

You could teach your 7 y.o. these rules. I know, cause I have.


54 posted on 04/25/2012 9:54:18 AM PDT by saleman (!!!!)
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To: A. Patriot
--- Should every family own a gun? NO! Not just one gun, but many guns...

Saw a stat on Nat Geo's Prepper shows, 9 firearms are owned by every 10 citizens.

55 posted on 04/25/2012 9:58:31 AM PDT by QT3.14 (Never Argue With A LIBERAL – They Will Drag You Down To Their Level, Then Beat You With Experience!)
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To: jboot
-- As to the title question, no. Liberals shoud not own guns.

Nor engage in what's in my tagline.

56 posted on 04/25/2012 10:00:56 AM PDT by QT3.14 (Never Argue With A LIBERAL – They Will Drag You Down To Their Level, Then Beat You With Experience!)
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To: marktwain; ChocChipCookie
I love Lisa's writing (and will get her book when it comes out on Kindle). Her tips as a "Survival Mom" are excellent.

But I think she is coming close to playing into the anti-gun mindset here. I'm not a woman; maybe she needs to make a connection there on the "safety" myth to be able to move forward.

It just makes me cringe, that's all.

Still love your stuff, Lisa.

57 posted on 04/25/2012 10:09:24 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
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To: saleman
Right on. I think some non firearms owners confuse "marksmanship" training with weapons safety.

Knowing how to safely handle a firearm is almost as easy as learning how to safely handle a sharp knife.

Marksmanship is an entirely different matter, but one should not be required to be a proficient marksman to own a firearm. It's just a good idea.

58 posted on 04/25/2012 10:10:28 AM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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To: QT3.14

LOL, true. I don’t bother talking to liberals anymore. It’s unproductive and wastes everyone’s time.


59 posted on 04/25/2012 10:13:17 AM PDT by jboot
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To: marktwain

No. Some people are just too stupid for them.


60 posted on 04/25/2012 10:15:16 AM PDT by discostu (I did it 35 minutes ago)
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