My gun.

My gun
Thought this was pretty funny!


Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Remington 30.06 right in the doorway. I left
6 cartridges beside it, then left it alone and went about my business.
While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, the neighbor boy across the street mowed the
yard, a girl walked her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign near the front
of my house. After about an hour, I checked on the gun. It was still sitting there, right where I had left it.
It hadn't moved itself outside. It certainly hadn't killed anyone, even with the numerous opportunities it
had presented to do so.
In fact, it hadn't even loaded itself. Well you can imagine my surprise, with all the hype by the Left and
the Media about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people. Either the media is wrong or I'm in
possession of the laziest gun in the world.
The United States is 3rd in Murders throughout the World. But if you take out just 4 cities: Chicago, Detroit,
Washington, DC and New Orleans, the United States is 4th from the bottom, in the entire world, for Murders.
These 4 Cities also have the toughest Gun Control Laws in the U.S.
ALL 4 of these cities are controlled by Democrats. It would be absurd to draw any conclusions from this
data - right?


Well, I'm off to check on my spoons. I hear they're making people fat.
 

sounds like that old military quote, ''This is my rifle, this is my gun....'' applies to you?
 

I Agree DW. See what us sane people have to put up with here?

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Yup, I know what you mean Falcon. Sometimes I put three or 4 loaded handguns on table. All together to see if they will form a conspiracy.
 
I did have a problem from one however, it decided to undergo a caliber change, and now none of the holsters will have a thing to do with it.
 
Falcon, I am right with you on this one ! !
It is not the gun, but the person who shoots the gun that is the problem. I can't believe that some didn't even realize that this was kind of a parable, and not a true story ! That is maybe the funniest part.
But, we already know from long experience that the gun-control people who want more laws, are never going to see that truth, or change their way of thinking ; and now that you have them stirred up, they will be posting all of the fanatical anti-gun stuff forever (again).....
 
Falcon, I am right with you on this one ! !
It is not the gun, but the person who shoots the gun that is the problem. I can't believe that some didn't even realize that this was kind of a parable, and not a true story ! That is maybe the funniest part.
But, we already know from long experience that the gun-control people who want more laws, are never going to see that truth, or change their way of thinking ; and now that you have them stirred up, they will be posting all of the fanatical anti-gun stuff forever (again).....

Not me... This is all I have to say about it.. lol!!

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I agree with Falcon, Happyflowerlady and rt3, it's not the gun that commits the crime, it's the mentally ill person who is using it...or the gang banger who gets his guns illegally off the streets.

It's true about the high gun crimes in the cities with the toughest gun control laws. That's because cracking down on law abiding citizens does nothing but encourage crime from the criminals who roam the streets and get their guns there. Most of this gun crime is gang related, and not highlighted in the main stream media news, not that interesting to most folks. Doesn't feed any agendas.

Someone who's calling others insane and stupid, should not own a gun, I can agree with that.
 
regrettably it is the lack of knowledge of the anti gun freaks that is the problem

all applicants for concealed carry must pass a safety, lethal force awareness, a legal exam and a hands on proficiency test

background checks do little to change the crime statistics, as criminals rarely give them. Most gun laws violations are not enforced/ they are usually in a group of charges against the individual. most activists (love the phraseology) never buy guns, so they are unaware of the FBI back round check when the gun is transferred. Those darn activists just don't want to believe anything but there own agenda. (not sure if that is ignorance, stupidity, etc.) I don't think its stupidity though, I know too many in other areas of business etc., but they all suffer for being control freaks.

negligence is a civil liability, it can be a criminal liability under certain conditions. if a gun related event happens, there are always remedies through the civil arm of the court system. besides the difficulty in just defining the negligence involved, the enforcement would be cost prohibitive. 60% of the laws that are already on the books are unenforced.
 
I've had firearms around all my life, and so did my father and grandfather before me. And, know what? Not a single one of those firearms has ever done a single thing of its own volition! They don't even MOVE unless a human gets involved.
 
I've had firearms around all my life, and so did my father and grandfather before me. And, know what? Not a single one of those firearms has ever done a single thing of its own volition! They don't even MOVE unless a human gets involved.

And you know Butterfly, there's many others just like you! Lots of folks over the years grew up with guns in their homes, loaded and ready to go if needed. The children were taught how to respect them, use them and clean/care for them.
 
for anyone interested in bring themselves up to date on what the those evil accidents that cause childhood deaths.
http://www.cdc.gov/safechild/NAP/background.html

for our next lesson we will raise our IQ by looking into how many prescription deaths occur from those evil villainous people who do not know that "Transfer of this RX to any person than who it is written, is a violation of Federal law".


and our next lesson will be a discussion on unenforceable that law is
 
I followed your link but there was no mention of death by firearms. It was however mostly about disease control and prevention so perhaps the stats for firearms deaths weren't included.

However I did find this in The Official Journal of Paediatrics http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/01/22/peds.2013-1809.full.pdf

WHATS KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT:
Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of death among American children.
Previous estimates of nonfatal injuries have relied on small samples of emergency department visits and do not allow a detailed understanding of these injuries among children and adolescents.

WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:

In 2009, there were 7391 hospitalizations for firearm-related injuries in US children and adolescents;
89% of hospitalizations occurred in males. Hospitalization rates were highest for 15- to 19-year-olds and for black males.
Deaths in the hospital occurred in 6.1% of children and adolescents.

CONCLUSIONS: On average, 20 US children and adolescents were hospitalized each day in 2009 due to firearm injuries.
Public health efforts
are needed to reduce this common source of childhood injury.

Pediatrics 2014;133:219225


We take steps to limit the road toll via legislation and policing. Why not make a comparable effort to limit deaths by firearms ?
Every death is a life cut short. Every deceased is a member of someone's family.

If it is considered that the numbers are too low to bother acting, why all the fuss about ebola?
 
Well d'oh, Butterfly, but how come so many people die of gunshot wounds each year, including children who get shot accidentally by other children?

Because people don't take adequate safety precautions, that's why. Only an idiot leaves a weapon lying around where a child can get to it. Responsible owners lock their weapons away if there are children in the home or if children will visit. The fault isn't the weapon, it's the lousy safety precautions. You don't leave a chainsaw plugged in lying around where a child can get it -- and you don't leave weapons lying around where children can get them, either.

And criminals are going to get guns no matter what we do. Shall we ban cars because idiots get in them and drive drunk and kill people?
 
To encourage more responsible owners, should the sanctions against irresponsible ownership be strengthened, or are they already strong enough ?

You will remember that this thread started with a facetious post about leaving a gun and bullets where children could access both.
I suspected that it was a joke but I was not really sure that it was. I'm not confident that all owners in all states are responsible. If they were, would this statement be published in a reputable medical journal - "Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of death among American children."
 
Well d'oh, Butterfly, but how come so many people die of gunshot wounds each year, including children who get shot accidentally by other children?


Oh come on DW!! It's NOT the guns!! It's the bullets.... the guns just make the bullets go faster!! lol!
 


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