Why does anyone (Dem or GQP) even want to shoot a gun?

[BigmanPigman]

Why?

Isn't it sort of crazy to even want to own a gun to shoot a living, innocent being? What is noble about shooting innocent animals? For sport, for trophies? That is psycho! For food? What about all of the places where you can order food from (done a zillion times during Covid). You won't starve without a gun. There are huge chest freezers to store food in. Food is not a reason for owning and shooting a gun. For sport? How about shooting at targets, skeet shooting, how about taking up archery? For a collection? Maybe. Family tradition...more BS. Your family must have better traditions to bond in. There is NO reason to own a gun. For protection in homes? NO! Look at the statistics. That is a failed agreement.

If you own a gun and have violent tenancies go volunteer as a fighter in Ukraine. There is no reason to own a gun.

[msongs]

1. makes a loud noise, colorful smoke cloud, destroys things. basic 3 yr olds level stuff nt

[Scrivener7]

2. It's a virtue signal. It lets other white republiQan men know you are part of their club.

Not kidding. My brother had little interest in guns till he was 50. Now he has to have his gun on him to go to the grocery store.

It's pitiful.

[Kaleva]

3. Then don't own one and work to ban them all together.

[BigmanPigman]

4. I do!

All of us should.

[Kaleva]

5. I wish you the best of luck!

At least you are trying. A lot of people talk about gun control but in reality, that's al they do is talk.

[Red Mountain]

6. I raise livestock

have been forced to a few times.

[BigmanPigman]

7. That is legit.

Like putting a dying dog to sleep so it won't have to suffer in agony.

[usonian]

8. It's sexual projection.

And society fetishises guns, like "jewels" and I will say no more!
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[BigmanPigman]

9. Fantastic post!!!!!!

[ymetca]

10. Fear

The answer is fear.

And the only way to overcome it is to be feared instead.

[BigmanPigman]

12. Michael Moore was on MSNBC after the Las Vegas shootings

and he said that when he made his film he didn't put the "fear factor" in his film. He went on to say that the increased TV news and media and the TV shows like "Cops" which market fear are responsible for the problem. All those reality TV cop shows were promoting fear and unrealistically showed the violence in the US. Same applies to all the local and national TV news reporting on so much violence which only increased violence...all for profit/rayptings The almighty dollar strike again. Fear sells.

[milestogo]

11. Hostility, fear, and rage.

Overabundance of primal emotions.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. .

What about all of the places where you can order food from (done a zillion times during Covid). You won't starve without a gun.

I can assure you, there are plenty of people in this country for whom subsistence hunting is a real thing, and others for whom hunting makes the difference between scraping by and feeling good. You realize people live outside of delivery zones too, right?

There are huge chest freezers to store food in.

I use mine to store venison I get from hunting, funnily enough.

[SYFROYH]

14. I enjoy shooting firearms.

Truthfully, it is one of the few things that clears my mind of stress and brings me peace. Its almost meditative focus.

Plus its fun. Sometimes competitive.

Its also good know i can use them for self-defense if needed.

[PTWB]

15. I own a few.

They all have different, unique purposes. I primarily own hunting firearms but do have a few defense oriented firearms and a handful of family heirlooms that are much older than I am.

[Archae]

16. Just great. "Guns and hunting should be banned!"

I've been on a duck hunt where I bagged a duck, using a single-shot external hammer 16 gauge.

Tried deer hunting with a borrowed rifle.
Saw a deer, took a shot and missed.
Second year I went deer hunting I didn't see any deer.

No, I don't *NEED* to hunt to survive.

BUT...

The deer population in a number of states has exploded, due to lack of predators.

And when deer population get that high, more and more deer become roadkill, damaging cars and injuring and killing the drivers.

It's poachers like Donald Trump Jr who make hunters look bad.

[Mister Ed]

17. Makes 'em feel powerful.

It bestows the powers of a god upon any ordinary shlub. Just point at someone and strike them dead, like Zeus hurling a thunderbolt.

[BigmanPigman]

18. Is it related to testosterone?

Men seem to be the majority of shooters.

[moondust]

19. God-like power.

Gotta be a big part of it for many.

[usonian]

20. Just an anecdote.

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In the service, a couple of us were pretty determined photographers, and we would talk it up with a buddy, E-5, who was a short-timer. He was a pretty avid deer hunter (from Johnstown PA, no less) but our enthusiasm caught on, and he soon got more of a kick from photographing all kinds of critters than killing them.



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