He mistook his neighbor's wife for a deer... (Page 2): Again, Ken, do you use your firearm "at least every other day" by choice or out of necessity? Just asking.

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

ken hubert wrote:

I use a firearm at least every other day. What is tired is your worn out song and dance about transportation, horse and buggy, yadda, yadda, yadda. The only false analogy is yours!
FYI, one is a RIGHT and the other is a PRIVILEGE! Look them up if you're not sure which is which!

Again, Ken, do you use your firearm "at least every other day" by choice or out of necessity? Just asking.

dljen Loc: Central PA

rmalarz wrote:

Donna, I was visiting a friend, who lives a bit no... (show quote)

Your friend is a good person, around here, the deer trust us, like I said, it's only the out-of-staters that have to be watched. They think because they can't see a house, that none are around (it's heavily wooded). They (the deer, not the out-of-staters) eat the apples down in the orchard and run thru the corn across the lane. They're scared of my little Westie (almost 20 lbs) tho! :)

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

Growing up in Virginia near Richmond IIRC deer hunting was permitted only with shotguns. Such a stricture might well have prevented the tragedy we've just heard of, pistol hunting a "deer" after sundown.

ken hubert Loc: Missouri

GeorgeH wrote:

Again, Ken, do you use your firearm "at least every other day" by choice or out of necessity? Just asking.

That has no bearing on the subject. You don't have a car, call a friend. No friends? Sucks to be you. As you pointed out, even the Amish ride a horse and buggy. So your transportation crap is just that. Crap!

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

rmalarz wrote:

One only has to be dependent on a firearm one time. It's not how many times, it's being prepared for that one time, and praying that that one time never happens.
--Bob

Bob, that is a reasonable justification for owning a firearm. I'm considering buying a riot gun against the possible need. I am disturbed, however, at the many folks who seem to feel that gun ownership is a necessity to establish one as a "True American," and that any questioning of the Second Amendment is evidence of possible treason. We have millions of firearms in the US, and far too many of them are in the hands of people who shouldn't own a cap gun.

dljen Loc: Central PA

GeorgeH wrote:

Growing up in Virginia near Richmond IIRC deer hunting was permitted only with shotguns. Such a stricture might well have prevented the tragedy we've just heard of, pistol hunting a "deer" after sundown.

I often learn new words reading your posts, George! :)

wilpharm Loc: Oklahoma

GeorgeH wrote:

Again, Ken, do you use your firearm "at least every other day" by choice or out of necessity? Just asking.

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??? AS LONG AS HE IS RESPONSIBLE ITS FINE!!!

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

wilpharm wrote:

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??? AS LONG AS HE IS RESPONSIBLE ITS FINE!!!

No need to shout, is there?

Cykdelic Loc: Now outside of Chiraq & Santa Fe, NM

rmalarz wrote:

The second amendment grants owning a gun legal. It doesn't grant permission to use it unlawfully or unwisely.

I agree with you on sending him to prison for a considerably long time.
--Bob

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John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

That deer isn't just any deer - it is Bambi.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Could there be more to the story? My father-in-law once told me about a young man who was in the woods during deer season. He was sitting next to a tree. Like many young men in those days he wore a white t-shirt under his shirt that, unfortunately, looked like a white-tail, and he was shot dead.

ayersrl Loc: Palm Beach Gardens,Fl

It's been years since I've done any shooting, but it seems to me that 200 yds. is a Long distance, especially with a pistol. Did it have a scope? Was he using some kind of rest to steady it? Was he using special ammo to be able to penetrate at that distance? I think there are a number of questions that still need to be asked and answered.

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

ayersrl wrote:

It's been years since I've done any shooting, but it seems to me that 200 yds. is a Long distance, especially with a pistol. Did it have a scope? Was he using some kind of rest to steady it? Was he using special ammo to be able to penetrate at that distance? I think there are a number of questions that still need to be asked and answered.

Someone get Alex Jones on the case.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

ayersrl wrote:

It's been years since I've done any shooting, but it seems to me that 200 yds. is a Long distance, especially with a pistol. Did it have a scope? Was he using some kind of rest to steady it? Was he using special ammo to be able to penetrate at that distance? I think there are a number of questions that still need to be asked and answered.

I just watched James Coburn make that shot in The Magnificent Seven!!

ken hubert Loc: Missouri

ayersrl wrote:

It's been years since I've done any shooting, but it seems to me that 200 yds. is a Long distance, especially with a pistol. Did it have a scope? Was he using some kind of rest to steady it? Was he using special ammo to be able to penetrate at that distance? I think there are a number of questions that still need to be asked and answered.

There ARE revolvers powerful enough to take deer with with scopes now and have been for a couple of years. No special ammo, just high caliber/ power rounds. Not recommended for you little guys to shoot.