Hello all,
I'm a new member from the great state of Washington. I've been a strong liberal my whole life -- I'm a full-on bleeding heart, both fiscal and social. I'm passionate about progressive causes.
I'm glad I've found you all, because I struggle with my feelings about guns a lot. Over the years, I've run the gamut from "All guns should be banned" to "It's a right, and we should defend it", and everything in between. To this very day, I'm still not sure I know EXACTLY how I feel about gun ownership and use. Right now, if you really had to pin me down, I'd say: Guns are a necessary evil in a mixed up world, so you might as well have one and learn how to use it. I hope that doesn't sound pretentious, because I really don't mean it to be.
I currently own four handguns and one long gun (a Ruger 10/22, so fun for plinking. Who doesn't have a 10/22???). I don't yet carry, but I do have a concealed pistol license, so I can do so legally. I just have to wrap my head around whether it's right for me, and whether I could actually, really pull that trigger if I needed to.
I look forward to meeting you all and getting more involved in the community here.
All the best!
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2You’re story will resonate with many people on here. Many Northwest LGC members too. We’re kind of over represented.
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3"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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5Cynistoicureanism: The world view best expressed by "I can't trust 'em any farther then I can throw 'em, There's nothing I can do about it anyway, So let's have a drink".
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6If you’d asked me a year or two ago, I probably would have voted yes. But I’m going to vote against it now.
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7Welcome aboard! For someone "not sure I know exactly how I feel about gun ownership and use", sounds like you're on the way to a nice collection!
10/22s and .22 pistols are a lot of fun, shooting, customizing and general fun, there's' a ton of aftermarket parts to "tweak" your rifle out...ya might not recognize it when you're done!
Having a CCW license is a good thing...better to have it and not need (or to use at your discretion), it gives you that option.
10/22s and .22 pistols are a lot of fun, shooting, customizing and general fun, there's' a ton of aftermarket parts to "tweak" your rifle out...ya might not recognize it when you're done!
Having a CCW license is a good thing...better to have it and not need (or to use at your discretion), it gives you that option.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
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9Hi from NJ.
"Even if the bee could explain to the fly why pollen is better than shit, the fly could never understand."
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10Welcome from blue dot veteran in N.C.
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11Another Houston howdy!
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12[Forgive my editorial contraction ;-]hokeysmoke said
I struggle with my feelings about guns a lot. ... but I do have a concealed pistol license
It sounds like you are in the right place to me. I would gently suggest that most of the harm attributed to 'firearms' is really a very general violent strain in the United States. In Japan for example, kitchen knives over six inches in length (15 cm) require a permit.
I have found a large number of intelligent people on this forum who can discuss firearms without being crazy or inferring violence.
Welcome from The Free State of Nevada.
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14 Howdy from Ballard! What part of Washington?
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16 from the swamps south of Olympia!
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