Photographers and Marksmen

Photographers and Marksmen

  • Yes

    Votes: 181 51.1%

  • No

    Votes: 173 48.9%
  • Total voters
    354
  • Poll closed .
Sparrow said:
So true! and thankfully, in some places at least, we've made absolutely no progress at all, and are still free to go in fear of our neighbours ...
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Good message here: pick your neighbors carefully. Make sure they have a powerful army, an armed citizenry and are not afraid of using them when we or our allies are attacked. If you fear that, then don't attack us :)
 
victoriapio said:
Good message here: pick your neighbors carefully. Make sure they have a powerful army, an armed citizenry and are not afraid of using them when we or our allies are attacked. If you fear that, then don't attack us :)
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I guess that's one of the sentences best said when wearing silver spandex.
 
mfunnell said:
Perhaps, but I'd suggest a well-cut cape in Imperial Purple would enhance the effect.

...Mike
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I guess that's one of the sentences best said when wearing silver spandex.
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Bing! You're hypnotized!

I was wearing a "smiley" face when I said that ;). The U.S. has traditionally been slow to anger or get involved in world/regional conflicts. Flying planes into our buildings may have changed that. Back to photography ...
 
Roger Hicks said:
Dear Bapiemai,

The very illegality of it is one of the worrying aspects. The anti-gun hysteria in Britain is characteristic of a somewhat hysterical nation (the Dangerous Dogs Act is another example, or the current paedophile hysteria): I just don't like being told I can't own a gun. When they were legal I never considered buying one, but once I had firearms (by accident, as I say above), I was damned if I was going to give them up when they were suddenly made illegal.

Then again, if I were the kind of illiberal, authoritarian control freak that Britain has selected for most Home Secretaries in the last decade or more, I suppose I'd want to ban guns too, knowing I'd be a favoured target.

As for the purpose of a gun, apart from shooting Home Secretaries, don't forget too that some farmers can make an excellent case for vermin control with guns. What am I saying, APART FROM Home Secretaries?

Also, well-regulated hunting is defensible; the Germans and Czechs (for example) don't seem to slaughter one another when hunting in quite the same numbers that some other nationalities do. But of course these are long guns rather than pistols -- though where I live, hare are so plentiful this year I reckon I'd be OK with a pistol... And I do like hare!

I fully take your point about the morons and the Rambos but wouldn't you say that even a moron might have slightly more respect for a gun once he'd seen what happened when the bullet hits something -- straight through planks of wood, that sort of thing -- and that the best place for this would be at school, which is rarely associated with excitement and the illicit?

Cheers,

Roger
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Here I'm 100% with Mr Hicks !

Colt all the way: Mustang, 1911, Ace, SAA, Python, Agent, AR-15
 
I appreciate fine guns and hunting, but don't really do either. Uncle brought me to a range once, got to try his 45. 2 bulls out of 10 shots, 9 on target. Pretty good grouping to boot. First time I had ever held a gun. I credit all of my low light photography, haha. Other time I photographed a sniper. Got a chance to try out his weapon afterward. Lord, that thing had some kick to it! I could see getting addicted to the sport.
 
d30gaijin said:
Paul,

Define "assault weapon" for us.

Contrary to what some folks think, assault weapons are not readily available here in the USA. We are allowed to own the semi-auto version of the AK-47, M16, G3, etc. but not full the auto versions. And, contrary to what many may think, they function no differently than the old Remington Model 8 semi-auto hunting rifle that's been around since shortly after the turn of the last century. They look a little different but their function is the same, magazine fed and one shot with each pull of the trigger.

Some would classify the M14 and M16 semi-auto version as an assault weapon, but they are not. So what use would anyone have for either? Well they happen to be the two consistent winners in the very popular target rifle shooting sport here known as NRA High-Power Competition. In fact our USA National High-power Target Championships are just finishing up at Camp Perry Ohio. And if you were there, you'd see hundreds of them in use in three position paper target shooting, targets no different than those used in the UK Full-Bore matches.

Also, the states here in the USA with the highest crime rates are those with the strictest firearms laws, so Roman's analogy isn't quite correct. And I notice that violent and firearms crime in the UK and Australia have heavily increased since their (near outright) firearms bans have been in place in both countries.

I live in the state of Idaho, a state with very few firearms laws, and lots of firearm owners. We also have the right to carry firearms concealed (after applying for a permit), yet we have one of the lowest crime rates in the USA.

As has been said, "An armed society is a polite society."

My 2 cents worth from this side of the pond.

Regards,

Don
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agree with above quote 100%
 
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