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Apr 30, 2020 11:26:36   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Now that is creative.

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Apr 30, 2020 11:52:28   #
flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert
 
Longshadow wrote:
Remember when they used to sell "gun stocks" for telephoto shooting?


Yeah...I got one, then was hesitant to use it, because someone was likely to report a guy with a shoulder-fired missile!

This from a neighborhood where someone saw a fellow carrying a shotgun from his truck, parked in his friend's driveway (Which, in all fairness, was within a couple hundred yards of an Elementary School) into the friend's house in preparation for the upcoming pheasant season! Cops, swat team, etc.

Yet another: At my work, I had dealings with a man who had convinced himself that he had a beef against State Government. His ex-wife had seriously done him wrong, With resulting dealings with law enforcement. The agency issued a poster, warning of potential danger. He seemed to be a nice guy,( my conclusion)but unstable. He didn't threaten me, probably due to the Highway Patrol Officer I had standing at our reception desk, abut 20 feet away during our conversation. To shorten this, I took a poster home, and put it on the wall beside our phone, and warned my wife that this was no joke...if he showed up at our house, DON"T let him in, but call 911 immediately!
A woman, a member of our church, was visiting, and saw the poster. The word quickly was spread that I carried a gun for my work. NOT true! But...the story persisted for years. I found out much later when the woman's husband (also friend) let it slip one day.

Another woman had lunch at our house, saw the poster, and asked;"Is that real?"Oh yes...it was very real for several months.

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Apr 30, 2020 14:08:14   #
photosbytw Loc: Blue Ridge Mountains
 
Now, really! Who would want a wimpy weapon like that..........when you could be carrying a Can(n)on!!!!!!


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Apr 30, 2020 14:27:45   #
frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.
 
yssirk123 wrote:
Nope - wish I had. Saw it this morning on another site.


Somebody had a good imagination.

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Apr 30, 2020 19:44:41   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
yhtomit wrote:
1st Amendment...




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Apr 30, 2020 23:59:31   #
YNY Loc: Youngstown NY (Western New York)
 
Longshadow wrote:
Remember when they used to sell "gun stocks" for telephoto shooting?


Does anyone remember the movie How to Kill Your Wife with Jack Lemon and his butler/assistant Terry Thomas? Jack has an action/adventure comic strip and acts out the scenes he wants to draw. His assistant follows him around New York shooting photos from which to create the drawings. The camera is on a gun stock. Very funny movie.

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May 1, 2020 05:42:38   #
John Sh Loc: Toronto, Australia
 
Might be a bit too close to the truth after the Michigan incident. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-01/armed-us-protesters-seek-end-to-coronavirus-restrictions/12205586

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May 1, 2020 07:24:50   #
BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD
 
Neat and brings a chuckle at 7:30 in the morning before my coffee.

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May 1, 2020 07:25:03   #
whfowle Loc: Tampa first, now Albuquerque
 
Is this how you shoot BIF?

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May 1, 2020 07:36:42   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
Now I get it, why TSA wants to go through camera bags. 😊

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May 1, 2020 07:52:06   #
jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana
 
That’s pretty neat!

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May 1, 2020 08:00:09   #
DAN Phillips Loc: Graysville, GA
 
I remember the gunstocks, Porter Camera used to sell them along with just about anything else you could name or imagine for photography, I sincerely miss them.

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May 1, 2020 08:29:50   #
dpfoto Loc: Cape Coral, FL
 
So they can shoot good pictures.

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May 1, 2020 08:36:17   #
NickelCigar Loc: Lenexa, Kansas
 
Should be able to get killer photos with that.

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May 1, 2020 08:50:17   #
Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA
 
yssirk123 wrote:
I missed it at first glance.


One of my carry on bags once had a Slik pistol grip in it. When it went through the x-ray I was asked what it was and I told them it was a pistol grip. After explaining its use, I was asked not to call it that in the future.

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