Have you ever fired a gun?

[Barrister]

A quick search seems to indicate that it is far easier than I think to get a gun permit in Canada.  I need to attend some safety course, pass an exam, and pass a background check.  The course seems to be only a 10 hour thing.  Not sure how difficult the exam will be.  If it involves shooting an apple on someone's head without hitting that person, I'll never pass.  Also not sure about the background check.  I have no criminal record anywhere in the world, but I was caught parking illegally once or twice in Vancouver 

It's a written exam on gun safety.

[The Brain]

I'm not a US citizen, so I assume that my chances of getting a permit there is about zero.  I happen to have a Canadian passport, but I have no idea how difficult it is to get a gun permit in Canada.  If not for languish I won't even think about this kind of thing.

I may be wrong...but if you stopped at a gun store in Alaska, they'd probably wouldn't even care if you're a US citizen.  And you sure as hell don't need a permit.

How much does the cheapest shotgun cost?  US$10k?  US$15k?  I have no idea.

Mono's kind of shotgun:

http://www.hollandandholland.com/gunrooms/london/bespoke_weapons/the_royal_over_and_under/

[Fate]

I've only fired hunting rifles / shotguns. I've never used a pistol.

[Capetan Mihali]

Fired pistols and shotguns, no rifles.  At clay pigeons and targets, and never in cold blood.
Actually, I did shoot a rifle once at a target range somewhere on the Penna/Delaware border.

Most powerful gun was probably a Desert Eagle (?) visiting my friend's crazy uncle in New Hampshire.  The police came after our firing practice, and he was just beginning his 2nd Amendment rant when the police clarified that they were only making sure there was no one poaching on his land.   

[MadImmortalMan]

Mono's kind of shotgun:

http://www.hollandandholland.com/gunrooms/london/bespoke_weapons/the_royal_over_and_under/

Seventy thousand pounds? Wow.


Mono: About $350us

[Eddie Teach]

I think Siege is a much more likely claimant to that title.

Yeah, maybe. I just wanted to slide the FMJ reference in. 

[CountDeMoney]

I never had the opportunity to shoot a dazzling urbanite, and I thank the good Lord I was never put in that position.

Because I'd probably have been indicted.

[Neil]

I never had the opportunity to shoot a dazzling urbanite, and I thank the good Lord I was never put in that position.

Because I'd probably have been indicted.

If a Baltimore cop hasn't had occasion to shoot a black person, he probably hasn't been doing his job.  I mean, really, there were hundreds of thousands of criminals for you to choose from.

[CountDeMoney]

I never had the opportunity to shoot a dazzling urbanite, and I thank the good Lord I was never put in that position.

Because I'd probably have been indicted.

If a Baltimore cop hasn't had occasion to shoot a black person, he probably hasn't been doing his job.  I mean, really, there were hundreds of thousands of criminals for you to choose from.

There were some that worked 20 years and never took it out of their holster.
There were some that had 3 shootings their first 5 years.

I tended to avoid the latter.

[DGuller]

There were some that worked 20 years and never took it out of their holster.
There were some that had 3 shootings their first 5 years.

I tended to avoid the latter.

Yes, lazy people tend to stick together at work.

[CountDeMoney]

Yes, lazy people tend to stick together at work.

They're certainly much safer, and don't possess other attendant psychotic issues such as snorting coke in the car and asking you if you want to shake down some Jamaicans for "fun".

[Jaron]

Yes, lazy people tend to stick together at work.

They're certainly much safer, and don't possess other attendant psychotic issues such as snorting coke in the car and asking you if you want to shake down some Jamaicans for "fun".

Certainly.