Kids Say the Darndest Things
On 2/22/18 12:43 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:11:18 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. I tend to agree, particularly if you are talking about deer. In fact most states won't let you use any .22 on a deer (actually thinking about .22rf but it is how the law is written) OTOH guys who shoot ground hogs seem to be OK with the .223. You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On 2/22/18 9:50 AM, Tim wrote:
Keyser Soze On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. ..... Well, the Vietnamese nickname for the m-16. It was called “Black Death” for some odd reason. Then again maybe it wasn’t used in the jungles, no? Are you aware of the reported number of rounds fired in those M-16's compared to the number of hits? I don't recall the exact number of rounds, but it was very, very high. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a 15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her parent's permission. If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at any age? Who is going to stop them? I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22 for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold ammo at the 7-11. I did not own / buy a firearm until I was married. Why buy, when dad had any I wanted to use. As a kid, we would go to the government range in the hills around the range master was a friend of my dad, and just use dad’s guns. I was under 16, so my brother drove. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/22/18 12:43 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:11:18 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. I tend to agree, particularly if you are talking about deer. In fact most states won't let you use any .22 on a deer (actually thinking about .22rf but it is how the law is written) OTOH guys who shoot ground hogs seem to be OK with the .223. You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. Or smaller. .17HMR. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
Keyser Soze
- show quoted text - You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. ..... A .22 LR works fine on them at 100 yards |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
11:45 On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:50:29 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: - show quoted text - Most Vietnamese were not as big as a deer ;-) We also fired something like 10,000 rounds for every one we killed. .... That was due to full auto spray shooting. That invoked the 3 end. burst. Better aiming and conserve lead. Btw I’ve dropped many dear ( head shot) with .223. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:16:26 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: Trump isn't capable of managing anything. That makes us ask how he got so rich. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:08:12 -0500, John H.
wrote: Who is going to stop them? Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm. How has that been working so far? |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:09:40 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/22/18 12:43 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:11:18 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. I tend to agree, particularly if you are talking about deer. In fact most states won't let you use any .22 on a deer (actually thinking about .22rf but it is how the law is written) OTOH guys who shoot ground hogs seem to be OK with the .223. You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. They just want something flat shooting and a .223 is pretty good. It is a whole lot cheaper to shoot than a 6.5 Creedmore. |
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