Posted on 09/15/2012 7:03:37 PM PDT by marktwain
Studies have shown that having a gun at home can increase the risk of firearm-related violence, and someone who lives in that house or visits it is 12 times more likely to be killed by that gun than a burglar.
That said, many people own guns—a nationwide Centers for Disease Control survey found that 32 percent of Americans have one at home.
What do you think? Would you care if your guy kept a gun at home?
Would you be okay with your guy hiding a gun at home?
* Yes. It makes me feel safe. 31%
* No. It freaks me out. 21%
* I have my own gun at home. 32%
* It doesn't bother me either way. 15%
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Rifle is Remington 243 with scope.
“Studies have shown” that 84% of Cosmo readers do it in bus stations with total strangers.
Someday check the barrel markings. One can decode* the date it was made also.
Remington uses B L A C K P O W D E R X as a code, indicating the numbers one through 12 (for months). Then letters for year of manufacture. Since I'll assume it's not too old, 1980 = A, running through alphabet to T = 1999. After that, I'm not sure, but I think they went to serial numbers corresponding to date of manufacture.
Just for grins, along the same lines of "send picture of boat and motor" does the scope have a noticeable gold ring and bear the name "Leupold"? There are better scopes, but Leupolds have a certain charm.
Variable power scopes are popular, but there's nothing much wrong with a fixed "6" power. No problematic parallax for the better fixed power scopes. To get a good variable power that reduces or eliminates that problem can be $$$costly$$$, like as much or more than the rifle itself...
Learning to use a scope with both eyes open (but only one eye peering down the tube) can help overcome the limited field of view of higher magnifications, avoiding swinging the gun all over the place looking for the animal for a follow-up shot.
That can be practiced at a decent shooting range. It's part of the mental outlook, practice & discipline.
Since I don't live in TX, I never tried to make it to the Freeper Memorial shoot. Some of the participants are women. There might be some freeper or another nearby you, which wouldn't mind having you tag along to the range, or even a hog hunt. In the fall, or early winter after the acorns have fallen, and a bit of rain softens up the ground making the rooting signs readily apparent (it looks like the ground was plowed up with a rototiller), can be a good time to go. At least out on the West Coast...
Grain fed hogs taste better though. (too much muddy rooting can leave them muddy tasting I'm told, though I've never much had that problem) Barley fields can be excellent. They love carrots. Some guided hunt ranches plant them just to help keep the hogs coming back.
“Studies have shown” that 84% of Cosmo readers do it in bus stations with total strangers.
Given the results of the poll, I would modify that to 84% of Cosmo *Writers* ;-).
My son will be here in a couple of weeks and I'll have him get the gun down and see what brand the scope is and get back to you by Freepmail. You're asking about it makes me wonder what it is.
Bought the shotgun at the same time as rifle. When I bought the Ruger handgun a couple of months ago, the gun guy suggested a Mossburg (sp) youth shotgun for me. I haven't bought that - yet.
Whew. That's a relief. I was wondering if an ex was buried in the backyard. ;^)
No bodies in back yard.
I was a psychological examiner and tested numerous “career” criminals. One guy got out of prison, and immediately shot and killed the man who had ratted on him years before. Killed him outside a bar. Put the body in his car, and buried it in his backyard. I asked him why he buried it there. He said he had to get it out of his car quickly so blood wouldn’t get in his car. The body was found in his backyard so that’s not a “good” burial spot.
I also learned, from one of these criminals, how to get rid of a body so no one would find it and if they did, never make an identification. Also learned how to make prostitutes mind their pimps.
I kept a loaded 38 in my lower desk drawer in case one of these criminals got angry. That happened one time and I had that drawer open in case he came across my desk after me.
Saying a survey inre guns is conducted by the “Centers for Disease Control” means about as much to me as getting an ad etc and ‘it’ stating - AS seen on Oprah or MSNBC or NY Times...that statement alone says the product ‘ain’t’ for me.
“Older” woman stopped by cop for speeding and he finds a couple of pistols, a shotgun and a rifle in her car, for the most part out in the open.
“Ma’am, why all the weapons? What are you afraid of”
“Not a f’n thing sonny, not a thing”.
I know Cosmo must be having fits when almost 80%+ are OK with a weapon in the home.
However, the remaining ones are the ones I ‘worry’ about, except, of course, those like me that would be likely to tell Cosmo or CDC that I am scared to death of weapons...
What’s a little lie every now and then, the pols lie to us every day and most are not concerned....
“She is also single but I don’t think her place would be for you.”
You’re right, so is my cribbage opponent single by me.
34% each Feel safer & are gun owners. 17% freak out & 13% are indifferent. Somehow, I don’t think this is the result of being freeped. They chose the wrong publication to poll if they wanted shrinking violets. (I’m not sure they would get the results they wanted from any women’s magazine- maybe Real Simple).
Everyone keeps posting this picture as if this guy is an idiot, I suppose you didn’t notice there is no magazine in the piece? Perfectly safe. I am assuming of course he cleared the chamber also, I imagine anyone who had the presence of mind to take out the mag would also clear the chamber.
well..bless yer heart...they are sweet looking little creatures and aren't called mourning doves for nothing
Would you be okay with your guy hiding a gun at home?
Yes. It makes me feel safe. 34%
No. It freaks me out. 17%
I have my own gun at home. 34%
It doesn’t bother me either way. 13%
Total Votes: 2,520
That's true. Nevertheless, the Kellerman studies in the New England Journal of Medicine were cited in a recent issue of Nature in an anti-gun, anti-NRA piece. Of course, that journal is edited in England. Even so, it's one of the top scientific journals in the world. Makes me wonder just how much else in it I should question.
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