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Do you own a firearm?

Started by dps, September 06, 2011, 09:30:37 PM

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Well, do you?

Yes, US resident
18 (29%)
No, US resident
14 (22.6%)
Yes, European resident
0 (0%)
No, European resident
22 (35.5%)
Yes, ROTW
1 (1.6%)
No, ROTW
7 (11.3%)

Total Members Voted: 59

dps

Pretty self-explanatory, I'd say, but limit it to weapons that you personally own, not some other member of your household. 

And Canadian, you count as ROTW for this poll.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: dps on September 06, 2011, 09:30:37 PM
And Canadian, you count as ROTW for this poll.
At least one self-loathing one around here doesn't.

Hint: it's not CC. Or BB.

11B4V

"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Razgovory

I don't know.  I found one today.  I don't think anyone has claimed it.  If it is my Great grandfathers then I suppose I'm due to inherit it.  If it belonged to my dad's side of the family( who often had guns but used them for less altruistic reasons), then I guess it's his.  I don't know much about guns so I didn't mess with it.  Just looked it over.  I didn't even check to if it was loaded (I was afraid I might screw something up with it).  I don't even know when the gun was made.  The leather holster was patented in 1928 in St. Louis, but beyond that I don't know.  All I know is that it's a Colt, it's double action, and fires a .38.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

11B4V

"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Razgovory

#5
Quote from: 11B4V on September 06, 2011, 10:04:14 PM
post a pic

No camera. There are lots of pictures of guns that look kinda like it on the net, but I don't know enough to tell the difference between them.  EDIT: Also I don't think my dad would like to know I found it.  Considering he sometimes worries I might hurt myself.  I'm not even sure he knows we have it.  My mom told me she found an old pistol of my Grandfathers and took it to a friend of hers who cleaned it up and fired it.  He accidentally killed himself a few years later and I was under the impression that the weapon was still in his possession and that my mom never got it back.  That was about 15 years ago or so.   I suspect that this is the same weapon.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

11B4V

Quote from: Razgovory on September 06, 2011, 10:08:02 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on September 06, 2011, 10:04:14 PM
post a pic

No camera. There are lots of pictures of guns that look kinda like it on the net, but I don't know enough to tell the difference between them.

Email colt
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

DGuller

I don't own a gun.  Why would I want to put myself at an immediate disadvantage?

Razgovory

Quote from: DGuller on September 06, 2011, 10:12:01 PM
I don't own a gun.  Why would I want to put myself at an immediate disadvantage?

You could have shot that mugger.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

DGuller

Quote from: Razgovory on September 06, 2011, 10:13:34 PM
Quote from: DGuller on September 06, 2011, 10:12:01 PM
I don't own a gun.  Why would I want to put myself at an immediate disadvantage?

You could have shot that mugger.
I doubt it, the mugger didn't disadvantage himself with a gun either.

DontSayBanana

Nope.  Closest I come is an UHC Tactical-9 Airsoft rifle that's currently collecting dust in a closet somewhere.
Experience bij!

Habsburg

No, but know how to use them (hand gun and rifle.)

Considering getting one with DEC 2012 coming up.

jimmy olsen

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Habsburg

Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 07, 2011, 12:07:08 AM
Quote from: Habsburg on September 06, 2011, 11:43:05 PM

Considering getting one with DEC 2012 coming up.
For real?  :D

Nutjobs, I expect to enjoy a fabulous 2012 Holiday Season and 2013, and 2014...

Syt

I don't own a gun, and I don't need one, because I'm content with my penis size.

I have fired P1, MG-3, G-3 and FH-155mm. The cleaning afterwards sucked, making shooting not worthwhile.
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