Be Thankful you live in the US

[AJMD429]

https://youtu.be/tT3cPwV4uTk

This documentary makes it clear how in some other 'civilized' places, "gun ownership" is sort of a hush-hush, clandestine thing, even to the extent it is 'legal'.

[Old Ironsights]

And yet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVK0wyBNU50&t=9s

[gamekeeper]

There are folks over here that hide their ownership of guns from neighbours etc. but most of the people I know who have guns are open about it.
Some of our worst enemies are gun owners that seem paranoid about breaking the law and often invent more restrictive gun laws than we already have.
I have been to gun clubs that have been so restrictive that I have left without firing a shot, due to the stupid attitude of so called range officers.
Safety is obviously paramount but when the range officers tell you that you can't use hollow point ammo to zero your hunting rifle you realise you are dealing with an idiot.
I guess in the USA freedom comes more naturally to most sensible folks, where as over here freedom is nothing more than a distant memory.

[Ray]

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[AJMD429]

There is a 'wholesale-price' gun dealer near me who sells so much volume there is ALWAYS at least one person filling out a 4473 whenever I visit. They sell cases of ammo at 'AmmoSeek.com' prices.

I like seeing all the good-ol-boys come out with so much ammo they have to bring wife and kids to carry it all...

Some are dudes who look scruffy, and maybe won't do the best things, but no matter how many of them get guns and ammo, it is WAY BETTER than having a disarmed citizenry, and an armed guvmint.....an average of 4,000 or more innocent citizens have been murdered DAILY by their own police and military, over the past 150 years, so I think it is fair to say a disarmed citizenry is more in danger from their own government than an armed citizenry is from criminals and terrorists taking advantage of so-called "easy access"...

[gamekeeper]

Over here it seems that we have always had two sorts of gun owners, the rich, who buy expensive shotguns and rifles and pay a lot of money for their sport , the other type of gun owner is the working guy who buys a cheap foreign gun and gets his sport for free by befriending farmers and gamekeepers .
Nowadays with folks having more money and leisure time a few have taken up shooting, clays mainly I suppose although deer stalking and target shooting seem popular too.
The laws however are just as restrictive and as I said before, the Brits ( even gun dealers ) seem to enjoy making already Draconian laws even more stupid by not only following them to the letter but adding more BS that not even the government has thought up.
Misinformation on gun ownership is rife, people get their knickers in a twist when they see a youngster legally shooting an air rifle and will often call the police, who often have little knowledge of the firearm laws and ridiculous situations then arise.
The frequent encounters I have with members of the public and police are enough to make me give up owning a gun but I've always been bloody minded and a rebel so I'll continue to use what little bit of freedom I still have.

[Ray]

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[Sixgun]

Interesting perspective.......I wish I could add to the intelligent conversation but I've been set back a pace or two so I'll put it in common laymans terms. Everyone knows I have plenty of guns as do most of my neighbors...(have guns)........I've had people tell me that a few of my neighbors and I are quietly known as the "Thornton Militia". Though we are getting built up around here you can always hear a few shots popping off.

I prefer people knowing I have LOTS of guns. You guys don't see me hiding anything here on a public forum. Another thing you don't see.....in 42 years I can honestly say I have never heard of a burglary within a half mile of where I live.---6

[donw]

living in California is rapidly becoming a nightmare for firearms owners with the current legislature we have.

we soon not be able to: purchase ammo thru the mail or over the internet, you must get a permit to purchase ammo, you may purchase only 1 (one) firearm per month, possess a detachable magazine that will hold more than 10 rounds and have to register AR's and AK's as "Assault weapons", and if you have a registered "assault weapon" you may NOT sell, transfer, loan or trade (and that includes giving it to a son or daughter by way of inheritance) it must be disposed of out of state or surrendered to law enforcement.

this is just a few of the laws that have been passed recently; that does NOT include the many that were proposed.

[Old Ironsights]

living in California is rapidly becoming a nightmare for firearms owners with the current legislature we have.

we soon not be able to: purchase ammo thru the mail or over the internet, you must get a permit to purchase ammo, you may purchase only 1 (one) firearm per month, possess a detachable magazine that will hold more than 10 rounds and have to register AR's and AK's as "Assault weapons", and if you have a registered "assault weapon" you may NOT sell, transfer, loan or trade (and that includes giving it to a son or daughter by way of inheritance) it must be disposed of out of state or surrendered to law enforcement.

this is just a few of the laws that have been passed recently; that does NOT include the many that were proposed.

Looks like there's good money to be made in setting up cross-border Gun Trusts where putative "residents" of NV, NM and (maybe) OR make FTF transfers...

Kind of like Brits who keep Pistols on the Continent...

[octagon]

"Surrendered to law enforcement?" I have a problem with this. After 9-11, loaded up wife daughters and infant son in a Caddy back back to Texas, where I still am, living high and wide