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Posted: 6/15/2009 5:07:56 PM EDT
| Do you buy guns for self defense or recreational purposes ??? |
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I have a compulsion to acquire guns...
I feel better when I am near my firearms... They are my fun and sport and security and the weapons in my collection tell the story of my family and friends... Where I've been and where I'm headed... So, yeah... no real answer... Sorry |
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Both.
First gun was for recreation. (.22) Second gun was for recreation... and a little bit of SHTF defense(Garand) Third gun was for defense and some recreation(Pistol) I buy guns for both. I bought my AR for recreation mostly. Also bought a M39 purely for recreation. I bought a Glock 19 purely for defense though. I'd love to purchase more milsurp rifles for recreation but I feel that my money is best spent on ammo and training with pistols at the moment. |
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Depends on the gun. Example: I didn't buy my 10/22 with the thought of driving off the local riff-raff with it if necessary. Unless we get an influx of gangbanging squirrels, that is. This. Obviously my Ruger 10/22 is gonna be more of a fun gun/range toy. On the other hand, my Glock was purchased with the intention of being used primarily for defense –– I intend to put a light on it, and I keep a few magazines of defensive ammo handy. And the only reason I bought my Mosin is cause it has a fuckin huge bayonet 
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Most people tell themselves they're buying a defense gun, but start adding on accessories and turn it into a range toy.
However, they still tell themselves it's a defense gun. It's always fun to see someone at the range with a shotgun with two or three different sight systems, a bayonet lock, collapsing stocks, sling loops everywhere, several spare ammo carriers on the gun, and an extension without a barrel support. The thing weights well over 10 pounds but it's a "defense gun". Rifles are even worst. They have iron sights, optical sights, a laser sight, rails and mounts everywhere, wild muzzle brakes, magazines connected together, Match triggers, and camo finishes, all for a house or apartment defense gun. Pistols look like something Rod Leatham would use at a national championship ISPC Match, and is big enough to beat a horse to death with. It has the ultra-light hammer and trigger, which is tuned to NRA Bullseye Match specifications, (but which occasionally follows the slide down it's so light, and has ambi everything, along with whatever is the hot "Gotta have it" sight package, but it's their carry gun. |
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Defense.
Every firearm or related purchase I make as well as every round I fire is done so for the single purpose of improving security for myself and my family. Every American citizen faces the potential for conflict every single day whether that is from criminals, terrorists, foreign governments, or internal coups. Arm yourself accordingly. |
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Defense. Every firearm or related purchase I make as well as every round I fire is done so for the single purpose of improving security for myself and my family. Every American citizen faces the potential for conflict every single day whether that is from criminals, terrorists, foreign governments, or internal coups. Arm yourself accordingly. I agree with this with two caveats... 1) It should also be the goal of every gun owner that understands the above to show as many people as possible "the light." Therefore guns better suited to beginner shooters have a "defensive" purpose. 2) It is fun, or I probably would do it with the relish of mowing the lawn. |
| Initially I purchased firearms for their historicity (i.e. C&R rifles and pistols) and for recreation. Later, I participated in IPSC and IDPA with modern pistols, followed by modern rifles (i.e. the AR series) for personal protection and self-defense. What most people who don't participate in the shooting sports don't appreciate is that firearms are much more than evil-looking boom sticks. Much more. |
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Depends on the gun. Example: I didn't buy my 10/22 with the thought of driving off the local riff-raff with it if necessary. Unless we get an influx of gangbanging squirrels, that is. True enough, Gilenus - - - I'm in absolute agreement. I also have my share of toys: my.25 Jetfire is purely a recreational gun, bought on impulse thirty years ago. The AK "pistol" I built from an M92 kit is just a much louder one. My Bulgy 5.45 build is more "socially" inclined. Of the ARs, I regard only my DPMS M4gery as a toy (NOT a DPMS hater, but I have a lot of rounds through it and for the price i could not expect it to equal my business guns in a serious moment). Hmmm... I wonder what side of the bifurcation would most of my stuff tend to go? But, as a 10/22 shooter, you would no doubt agree that a 10/22 with a few extra mags, a brick of good ammo, and solid cover will protect the family better than "reasoning". Even the recreational shooter has a tool that can help in defense of property and life. You could definitely give the riff-raff some shit. Interesting somewhat O/T note: remember the movie Signs? Its one of the few movies I've seen in a theater in the last 15 years, but I'll never forget all the muttering in the audience when the family was boarding up and heading for the basement: "Jeez ––- don't they have SOME kind of a gun?" "What the hell? They live on a FARM; where is their gun?" "Yeah, I KNOW he was a priest. So what? Where's his GUN?" |
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