EPTWhat guns do you own or plan to own? - Page 30
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This thread is to discuss what guns you own, or plan to own (or would like to own). If you want to discuss other posters' answers, that's fine, but do NOT derail this thread by complaining about gun ownership or gun control laws, or anything like that. You can discuss this policy with mods or in website feedback, but violators in this thread will be warned or banned depending on the severity of the offence. | ||
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Xaerkar
United States230 Posts
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HavokTheorem
New Zealand250 Posts
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OsoVega
926 Posts
On July 31 2011 17:58 Xaerkar wrote: Too bad AK-47s and other badass military weapons are prohibited for civilians. When I grow up I want to at least get a nice hunting rifle, so I can go snag them rabbits. But maybe laws will change by then and I can get myself some sniper rifles and machine guns =D, definitely a pistol for self defense at home though, maybe a shotgun if allowed. I wouldn't want my kids blasting my brains out though. I assume you're young but in terms of having kids and gun safety I'd recommend everyone that has any concern about the subject watch these videos. + Show Spoiler + This is just about general gun safety. This video is a bit long winded but there a lot of important points and deals with teaching your children to shoot safely past just keeping them safe from guns. Also, none of the firearms you mentioned are banned. AK-47's are generally sold as semi-automatic to civilians, unlike their military counter parts but with enough money (a lot), back ground checks and paper work you can own an automatic weapon in the US. | ||
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Reyis
287 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + On July 10 2011 07:55 tonning wrote: Will never own a gun because it's pretty safe here, also the police doesn't carry guns when they are out on the street or w/e, only in emergencys where there are knifes/guns/robbery blabla.. Also the only people carrying any type of guns here are these people : "Garden" july 10 and from norway.. oh the irony.. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Erandorr
2283 Posts
On July 31 2011 20:18 Reyis wrote: + Show Spoiler + On July 10 2011 07:55 tonning wrote: Will never own a gun because it's pretty safe here, also the police doesn't carry guns when they are out on the street or w/e, only in emergencys where there are knifes/guns/robbery blabla.. Also the only people carrying any type of guns here are these people : "Garden" july 10 and from norway.. oh the irony.. You seem like a really nice guy, wanna be friends ?  | ||
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Brethern
231 Posts
On July 31 2011 20:20 Erandorr wrote: You seem like a really nice guy, wanna be friends ? You're just adding to the problem. | ||
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weekendracer
United States37 Posts
Pistols- Glock 23 .40 Springfield 1911A1 Loaded .45 ACP Sig 229 .40 Ruger MkIII (wife's little .22) HnK USP 40 (Duty carry) Rifles- Armalite AR15 M4 .223/5.56 Springfield M1A .308 FN FNAR .308 Century Arms AK47 7.62x39 Colt M4A1 at work. Full auto Shotgun- Remington 870 12 ga (police 6 round mag) Future: Remington 700 in .308 or 300 win mag or other long range round Gas Piston AR Tricked out race 1911 for competition I can always hope the ban on full autos is repealed and can pick one up for a reasonable price. As to the 'why?', they are all fun to shoot. As a member of the law enforcement community, I know that when seconds count, I'm minutes away. I'll be damned if someone is going to harm my family because my wife or I have no response. To date, none of my weapons have harmed a human being, nor have I caught one trying to sneak out the door on it's own accord. | ||
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Brethern
231 Posts
On August 01 2011 00:45 weekendracer wrote: Currently: Pistols- Glock 23 .40 Springfield 1911A1 Loaded .45 ACP Sig 229 .40 Ruger MkIII (wife's little .22) HnK USP 40 (Duty carry) Rifles- Armalite AR15 M4 .223/5.56 Springfield M1A .308 FN FNAR .308 Century Arms AK47 7.62x39 Colt M4A1 at work. Full auto Shotgun- Remington 870 12 ga (police 6 round mag) Future: Remington 700 in .308 or 300 win mag or other long range round Gas Piston AR Tricked out race 1911 for competition I can always hope the ban on full autos is repealed and can pick one up for a reasonable price. As to the 'why?', they are all fun to shoot. As a member of the law enforcement community, I know that when seconds count, I'm minutes away. I'll be damned if someone is going to harm my family because my wife or I have no response. To date, none of my weapons have harmed a human being, nor have I caught one trying to sneak out the door on it's own accord. Just curious do you carry when off duty? Also since I live in canada if I moved to the us would I be able to bring my guns? and how long before I could buy guns there. | ||
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OliverDONG
Canada151 Posts
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weekendracer
United States37 Posts
On August 01 2011 00:48 Brethern wrote: Just curious do you carry when off duty? Also since I live in canada if I moved to the us would I be able to bring my guns? and how long before I could buy guns there. There are some technical issues if you are an immigrant. By rights, I should know them off hand, but the laws and regs are pretty convoluted. No promises, but I'll try to remember to look into it and send you a PM with some places to look into it. And yes, I carry off duty. My work is generally in small towns, everyone knows everyone and where we live. I've been pretty lucky, but some others have had armed encounters. I'm a big fan of big dogs for perimeter security. If they're dumb enough to test the dogs, they're dumb enough to test me. | ||
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Brethern
231 Posts
On August 01 2011 01:15 weekendracer wrote: There are some technical issues if you are an immigrant. By rights, I should know them off hand, but the laws and regs are pretty convoluted. No promises, but I'll try to remember to look into it and send you a PM with some places to look into it. And yes, I carry off duty. My work is generally in small towns, everyone knows everyone and where we live. I've been pretty lucky, but some others have had armed encounters. I'm a big fan of big dogs for perimeter security. If they're dumb enough to test the dogs, they're dumb enough to test me. That's pretty much the only reason why I want to have the right to carry. I'm more concerned about animals than humans. also thanks I appreciate it. | ||
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Tschis
Brazil1511 Posts
Btw, your pistol picture isn't showing up, do you mind linking another image? I've tried google but there seems to be several looks for that pistol (the ones who remind me of Medal of Honor are awesome XD) | ||
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splinter9
Canada172 Posts
On July 08 2011 11:02 OsoVega wrote: If you want to criticize gun ownership or talk about gun control, in this thread, don't. Every gun owner has heard it a thousand times before and that's not what this thread is for. Don't respond to it either. Feel free to ask about gun ownership, i.e. price, why we own guns, the process of getting them, etc. ROFL this is great im gonna start prefacing everything i talk about with this. I will now be able to win every conversation i have ever been in because if anyone talks about something i dont like or asked them not too i can just get them banned because I make the rules about what people talk about. User was warned for this post | ||
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cyanide66
137 Posts
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dogabutila
United States1438 Posts
I didn't think it was that hard to understand, we aren't 'winning' any arguments here because we aren't having any. | ||
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splinter9
Canada172 Posts
On August 01 2011 02:07 dogabutila wrote: What? There are tons of gun control threads. There are no gun threads. We are trying to keep this a thread about guns, and not go off subject into gun control. I didn't think it was that hard to understand, we aren't 'winning' any arguments here because we aren't having any. thats fair enough and i agree with you but im just calling it like it is. Its just a wierd statement to start your thread with. If you were so confident in your gun ownership you shouldn't mind to thwart some other idiot who doesn't agree with your views. But back on topic if i ever were to lose my mind and buy a gun, Id get the rail gun from quake | ||
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Brethern
231 Posts
On August 01 2011 01:54 Tschis wrote: What is the "general purpose" of an AR-15 rifle? XD Btw, your pistol picture isn't showing up, do you mind linking another image? I've tried google but there seems to be several looks for that pistol (the ones who remind me of Medal of Honor are awesome XD) The only thing preventing it from being used for hunting are fudds. | ||
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dogabutila
United States1438 Posts
On August 01 2011 02:11 splinter9 wrote: thats fair enough and i agree with you but im just calling it like it is. Its just a wierd statement to start your thread with. If you were so confident in your gun ownership you shouldn't mind to thwart some other idiot who doesn't agree with your views. But back on topic if i ever were to lose my mind and buy a gun, Id get the rail gun from quake It's not a big deal responding to one or two people about why gun control and why it isn't unethical or something. This is TL though, where half the people come from non-USA countries who generally do not have favorable views towards guns. IMO, if it wasn't made clear that this was a thread about and for guns, then we would have spent the whole time discussing gun control instead. On August 01 2011 02:18 Brethern wrote: The only thing preventing it from being used for hunting are fudds. The .223 round sucks. It's a varmit round. You can use it to hunt... varmits. Can't guarantee clean kills on a deer with it. | ||
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On August 01 2011 02:11 splinter9 wrote: thats fair enough and i agree with you but im just calling it like it is. Its just a wierd statement to start your thread with. If you were so confident in your gun ownership you shouldn't mind to thwart some other idiot who doesn't agree with your views. But back on topic if i ever were to lose my mind and buy a gun, Id get the rail gun from quake Because the last thread like this one (that I posted quite a bit in, and enjoyed) got closed because people couldn't stop themselves from going on huge anti-gun crusades. Yes I understand some people hate guns, and hate gun owners, but you shouldn't come into our thread about our hobby and talk about how bad/terrible/awful/whatever it is. Just like you wouldn't go to the KPop thread and be like "omg stupid koreans how do you understand this music is bad hurrrrr" and expect to get away with that. Lemme go see if I can find my other post from the other thread and put it up here... ![[image loading]](http://www.aliparsa.com/brno/kar98k.jpg) Story time! My Grandfather (like many of ours!) served in World War 2, and brought back a ton of souvenirs that I inherited. And Love, I'm a huge WW2 nut. I love everything WW2 related from pre-war things to conspiracy theories. Interesting note here (I had a historian talk to me about it!) that when soldiers brought things back from Europe, the customs had to go through and do things like de-brand the weapons, and that sort of thing. Somehow my grandfather smuggled this through and they didn't reforge the barrel to take off the Eagle+Swastika branded in the barrel. My father never showed me it when I was younger and the thing is in pristine condition. It's awesome. I used to have some other stuff but they are floating around other family's places at the moment. Pretty much this and some small-game hunting rifles are all I've got, plus a ton of WW2 bayonets and stuff. | ||
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cyanide66
137 Posts
On August 01 2011 02:11 splinter9 wrote: thats fair enough and i agree with you but im just calling it like it is. Its just a wierd statement to start your thread with. If you were so confident in your gun ownership you shouldn't mind to thwart some other idiot who doesn't agree with your views. But back on topic if i ever were to lose my mind and buy a gun, Id get the rail gun from quake So you have to Lose your mind to buy a gun? Sheep are scared of "dangerous things" i guess. | ||
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