Got a new toy

I had to double check the creator of this thread before I could comfortably click on it.

Since it is you I assumed it would be a gun, or a gun peripheral, or that trebuchet you were talking about.

If it were say Krys, and with a title like that, I had to be sure before I clicked.

Thats awesome.

How accurate is the scope?

Is it all cs hud like?

Did you blow apart all the steel plates?

very accurate, tony got it for me for my birthday, that's what spurred me to buy everything else. I'll get a picture of the rectcle . It's chambered in .22lr, so not any more pewpewy then what you shot. They do have a .308 version that if I can every afford the ammo I'd love to have.

I had to double check the creator of this thread before I could comfortably click on it.

Since it is you I assumed it would be a gun, or a gun peripheral, or that trebuchet you were talking about.

If it were say Krys, and with a title like that, I had to be sure before I clicked.

You know me well.

I forgot to include this in my past post, but I learned a few weeks ago from a buddy of mine that if you are even just target shooting while leaning against or on a vehicle you can be fined for poaching. Only if the gun is loaded and such of course, but still. Not sure if the same laws apply in the states, but they most likely do.

Thats a really cool set up, i bet its crazy fun to shoot.

Good luck with the .308.

It is, thanks.

I forgot to include this in my past post, but I learned a few weeks ago from a buddy of mine that if you are even just target shooting while leaning against or on a vehicle you can be fined for poaching. Only if the gun is loaded and such of course, but still. Not sure if the same laws apply in the states, but they most likely do.

Never heard of that one before. I'm on private property and what not though, so it shouldn't be an issue. 

Private property or not, I believe it is considered poaching where I live.

If your property is large enough though, you would probably never be seen doing whatever you are doing.

Private property or not, I believe it is considered poaching where I live.

If your property is large enough though, you would probably never be seen doing whatever you are doing.

It's Texas, I think you'd be more likely to get fined for not having a loaded gun on your vehicle. q:

It's Texas, I think you'd be more likely to get fined for not having a loaded gun on your vehicle. q:

I believe there is a town where that is close to the truth >.>

Private property or not, I believe it is considered poaching where I live.

If your property is large enough though, you would probably never be seen doing whatever you are doing.

Yeah, quick P&W search, it's not a law here. We really have very, very few gun laws in Texas. Basically, you can't shoot across a road, leave a loaded gun unattended, or leave a gun where anyone under 18 can have unsupervised access.

It's Texas, I think you'd be more likely to get fined for not having a loaded gun on your vehicle. q:

I believe there is a town where that is close to the truth >.>

I am glad that Canadian gun laws are so rigid.

As much as they may hinder any fun times had by responsible gun owners, they stop the irresponsible ones from getting away with stupid shit.

Which is a fair tradeoff in my opinion.

I am glad that Canadian gun laws are so rigid.

As much as they may hinder any fun times had by responsible gun owners, they stop the irresponsible ones from getting away with stupid shit.

Which is a fair tradeoff in my opinion.

That is the kind of thinking that lead to the patriot act. Just saying.

I am glad that Canadian gun laws are so rigid.

As much as they may hinder any fun times had by responsible gun owners, they stop the irresponsible ones from getting away with stupid shit.

Which is a fair tradeoff in my opinion.

In some ways, I wish our gun laws were more practical. They try to outlaw and control the wrong products. Realistically though, most irresponsible actions come from .22 and 410 shotguns, which are still the easiest to get in the more stringent countries. 

That is the kind of thinking that lead to the patriot act. Just saying.

I disagree.

Setting rules and regulations on firearms and what you can/cannot do with them is perfectly logical.

As is having to register every firearm ever purchased so if need be the government can find/trace a weapon back to it's owner if something terrible is done with it.

Making it essentially impossible for me to buy a handgun and stick it in my back pocket means that the unbalanced guy with a grudge two counties over will have the same trouble.

There is a fairly large difference between a government setting down rules and regulations in order to manage the sale and use of a deadly weapon (which is sort of what a government is there for) and a government being able to listen in on phone calls, fully investigate random individuals without any probable cause, and treat everyone at their border like they have malicious intent toward them.

In some ways, I wish our gun laws were more practical. They try to outlaw and control the wrong products. Realistically though, most irresponsible actions come from .22 and 410 shotguns, which are still the easiest to get in the more stringent countries. 

The huge problem you Yanks have with trying to implement gun laws/control is that there were already so many guns floating around the country all willy nilly by the time anyone decided it would be a good idea to keep track of them all and limit what could be done with them. It is sort of an impossible task to try and find and them maintain tabs on all firearms that are out there.

Also, the fact that the easiest firearms/ammunition to obtain (as low calibur as they may be) are the ones that are most irresponsibly used kind of bolsters the point that there needs to be some fairly rigid control on the whole system.

Exactly, they're so easy to get a hold of and take no special training to use. And with the shotguns, the lack of rifling make any kind of ballistics impossible anyways. 

On the opposite end, it would take me a $200 tax stamp and a 6-8 month wait to get a suppressor because people believe they actually work like seen in the movies, when really I just want to not wear ear plugs. (And it looks cool)

I would to only hold a rifle like that here, I would probably go to jail.

Exactly, they're so easy to get a hold of and take no special training to use. And with the shotguns, the lack of rifling make any kind of ballistics impossible anyways. 

On the opposite end, it would take me a $200 tax stamp and a 6-8 month wait to get a suppressor because people believe they actually work like seen in the movies, when really I just want to not wear ear plugs. (And it looks cool)

Imagine how easy hunting would be if suppressors actually worked like they did in the movies.

you would have a good three or four shots before a deer even knew you were trying to kill it.

Such haters... Suppression works great.  Of course, without shooting an illegal suppressor, you'll never know the difference.  MP5SD? Total game changer in the suppression field.  Of course you would need an automatic weapons permit, and a spare.... 20k? check this out: http://www.silencert...-05-MP5/MP5.htm

Anyway.. gun laws are so tough to discuss for me.  I concluded that I wont even bother to try and discuss it with someone who was raised in a country in which they are illegal.  For one, you have no idea what living in a gun enriched environment is like, so your point is moot to me. No offense intended to those who do... its just my preference.

Second, Marijuana was mostly illegal in the U.S. for a long time, and it carried such a stigma with people who never used it, because it was against the law.  

Sure, people die from being shot.  They also drown from being drunk or tired while in too much water.  When you try to scale statistics and talk about cultures, geography, racism, drugs, laws and rules, it just becomes the same tired old rhetoric that never really relates to my life. (maybe getting existential here) 

The fact is most of the people in my state can have guns.  Most of them do.  And i enjoy shooting mine at targets and animals with other people in my state who do the same.  I also like knowing that if a group of people try to do me harm in my home, I can defend myself, alone, against that group.  This is how it's always been growing up for me.  If you want to take them all away? Fine... pass a law using votes, like we're supposed to do in a democracy...and when the majority agrees, completely abolish guns, just please make sure to grandfather those of us who have guns out of this ridiculous law of the lambs.  And in 100 years or so, i'll be dead and my guns can get melted down with my body and recycled into an iPhone or Taser frame.  Beyond that, I don't really care what any else's opinion is on guns.  

That brings another thought... i don't like people telling me what i can do with my sexiness, religion, thoughts or speech.  And I feel very sure that I like "guns" being in that hands-off list too.