I can own a firearm now! Can you?

Originally posted by: Tharyn
It's time like this when I'm glad that I live in Canada, I wouldn't own a firearm even if I could.

--Mark

"An armed populace is a free populace" - Unknown to me...perhaps someone here knows?

 

[Angrymarshmello]

What's a good "beginner" gun for someone who just turned 21? Not going to shoot it off everyday but just for looks and to shoot someone who breaks in

 

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
What's a good "beginner" gun for someone who just turned 21? Not going to shoot it off everyday but just for looks and to shoot someone who breaks in

Beretta. 9mm

My dad used that on me, and many cops use it. I think its also the offical sidearm of the navy, not sure on that. You could also use a glock. Rent both out and try them, see how ya like it.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

My dad has a 92f I think. How much do those things run? And aren't they standard police issue guns?

 

[MainFramed]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
My 15 year old brother has a shotgun, two rifles, and a 75 lb compound bow with broadheads in his room.

I think you're a little behind.



Viper GTS

hes way behind viper...way way behind......

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
My dad has a 92f I think. How much do those things run? And aren't they standard police issue guns?

Standard military issue for the most part. Many departments have moved to Glocks and Sigs.

A new 92F with 2 mags will set you back about $550-$600. I think you can do much better for the money.

For starters, if you don't want to spend much, try a SKS of some sort, or a Ruger mini 14. Around $120-$200. Pistol wise check out a Kel-tec. About $200 as well. That's about the entry price on what I would consider "safe". If you like shootin' you can move up from there.

 

[ViperMagic]

BTW, shotguns are smoothbore, so deer hunting with them isn't recommended if you're not close to them where you hunt.

My shotgun has an interchangeable rifled slug barrel and smoothbore shot barrel. Whoever said a shotgun will blow a hole the size of a head in something is sadly uneducated... more than a few yards away all a shotgun is going to do is put a lot of small holes in something, unless its a slug, in which case its really nothing but a very large rifle.

And if you want to get into shooting, I'd reccomend a bolt-action rifle.. Remington or Savage Arms are my favorite companies... less of an urge to jsut blow the whole mag, more emphsis on learning what your doing

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Beretta. 9mm

My dad used that on me, and many cops use it. I think its also the offical sidearm of the navy, not sure on that. You could also use a glock. Rent both out and try them, see how ya like it.

Hee hee - he used it on you, and you are still walking around?

I shoot a Glock, but IMO they are a poor choice for the beginner. A Glock without good trigger discipline is a dangerous proposition. That said, they are great guns - they are the simplest, most durable, most reliable, cleanest-shooting, and easiest-to-clean pistols made, and are reasonably accurate to boot.

 

[308nato]

Good for you !!!! Smart move picking up the unconstitutional FOID card before Blowjobavitch gets elected governor this fall. He wants to raise the price to $2000 a year for a FOID. He also has proposed bans on .50cal rifles, any semiauto rifle, any rifle with a clip/magazine and so on and so forth.

Illinois, you put me in a gulag state. (new state motto after Blowjobavitch/Daley take the reigns entirely).

<walks over and opens the safe, smiles and gets ready for the range tomorrow>

 

[wQuay]

He also has proposed bans on .50cal rifles, any semiauto rifle, any rifle with a clip/magazine and so on and so forth.

Um, seriously? Who would put up with that? WTH is he thinking?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: wQuay

He also has proposed bans on .50cal rifles, any semiauto rifle, any rifle with a clip/magazine and so on and so forth.

Um, seriously? Who would put up with that? WTH is he thinking?

People that are citizens of the People's Republic of Kalifornia tend to give theirs up pretty easy.

 

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones

Originally posted by: wQuay

He also has proposed bans on .50cal rifles, any semiauto rifle, any rifle with a clip/magazine and so on and so forth.

Um, seriously? Who would put up with that? WTH is he thinking?

People that are citizens of the People's Republic of Kalifornia tend to give theirs up pretty easy.

That is why I am going to vote against him and oppose him everyway I can.

 

[308nato]

[/quote]That is why I am going to vote against him and oppose him everyway I can.[/quote]

Me to. I am also going to pee on his trouser leg if he ever comes downstate to mingle with us farm types at the coffeeshop and I can position myself properly at the right moment in the latrine.

 

[dawks]

Originally posted by: Tharyn
It's time like this when I'm glad that I live in Canada, I wouldn't own a firearm even if I could.

--Mark

Yup.. this thread is rather disturbing..

 

[yakko]

Yes I can.

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Why would you want to even consider owning a fireman?

i would like to know as well, i dont plan on buying a gun. but if someone broke into my house, and i shot them, wouldnt i be charged for shooting them? i guess thats better then getting killed yourself but still....its kind of weird.

 

[KouklatheCat]

Being a government employee they give me a gun. I get to play with the automatic weapons and all the neat "toys".

RagingBITCH,

Glock, Sig and Beretta are very common in the miltary and law enforcement. Im partial to my Sig 45 (P220) or my Sig 40 (P229). The .40 has good mag capacity, just about the stopping power of my .45 and is as smooth as my 9mm was. If your hand will fit it and it is comfortable for you to shoot the .45 Sig is extremely accurate out of the box. Don't buy a gun because of looks. Get what is comfortable in your hand, comfortable to shoot and something youre accurate with. Try what OmegaNauce said and go to the gun range and rent a couple different guns.

Ive been shooting guns for over 20 years. Ive fired .50 cal rifles, automatic silenced sub guns and lots of different handguns. Eight years in the military and twelve in other government service.

 

[Scouzer]

I think the closest I'm allowed to a firearm is an airgun...

 

[malbojah]

To the person who got their card in 2 weeks, all I gotta say is YOU LUCKY BASTARD....mine took 9 FRIGGIN MONTHS

 

[malbojah]

And if you want to get into shooting, I'd reccomend a bolt-action rifle.. Remington or Savage Arms are my favorite companies... less of an urge to jsut blow the whole mag, more emphsis on learning what your doing

Oh common.....I didn't buy that 25 round clip for my .22 rifle for nothin

 

[Freejack2]

If you live in New York State, good luck. If you happen to have the patience to wait months for a thorough background check... Remember the out of state parking ticket you didn't pay? It's going to come back to haunt you... If you're lucky enough to pass that you have to go before a judge who says wether you can have a gun or not. If you happen to go in front of a judge who is anti-gun...
Also about the only people who can get a license to carry (who aren't police or military) are armed security guards.

Mind you this is for pistols. Shotguns are supposedly easier to get.
Oh and all firearms are illegal in NYC.