(April 28, 2011 at 7:18 am)ib.me.ub Wrote:(April 27, 2011 at 4:00 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote:(April 27, 2011 at 12:57 pm)ib.me.ub Wrote: So why do people want to own fire arms again?I used to kill people for $257/month. I didn't correlate that with sport shooting.
I had a gun when I was younger, killed just about everything that moved, I don't see the attraction anymore. But I suppose one would come in handy if things feel apart.
BTW, I don't hunt animals. If it doesn't have a fair chance to kill me back, it's no fun in my book.
Im sure you found other people trying to kill you fun, not what ive been led to beleive talking to combat veterans.
So you've killed people or a person? It's a bit different being in the Military and owning a gun in civilain life. Generally, people don't go around shooting other people.
And you still didn't answer the original question.
I use "fun" in the manner I use "interesting" (based on the ancient Chinese curse, "May you leading an interesting life.") It's very stimulating being shot at, and coming from a deadly dull small town in Indiana via strange and exotic places to a land were it seemed everybody was out to kill me was rather like being translated bodily to another planet. And yes, I killed people.
But, as I said above, I started shooting before I joined the Navy, and continued after. My local gun club is very popular, we shoot anything up to and including M2 .50 cal. pieces. (This is the reason I joined that club, I hadn't touched a Maw Deuce in years.)
As for collecting, I'm a historian, my interest is in items that have full provenance and are original is all respects. When I die my entire collection goes to the Smithsonian. (They have six of my guns on permanent loan now.)
