OT: You might be a gun nut if.....

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> You might be a "Gun Nut" if:
>
> 1)you have ever loaded up a drawer
> with so much ammo that you can't open it.
>
> 2 when someone asks how many guns you have,
> you have to think about it for a minute.
>
> 3)you have ever bought ammo in a caliber
> that none of your guns fire.
>
> 4) the guns you took to the range
> cost more then your car.
>
> 5) you carry a different gun every day of the week.
>
> 6) whenever you can't decide which gun to get,
> you get both.
>
> 7) you know that a gun or a rifle without Bullets
> is an expensive Baseball Bat.
>
> 8) you take so many guns to the range
> and don't shoot half of them.
>
> 9) you have an extra room in your house
> just for ammo and guns.
>
> 10! )your home page is set to a firearms related
> webpage.
>
> 11)you count the number of bullets
> that people shoot in a movie
> and then scream a top of your lungs BULL!!!
> when a guy using a revolver
> mows down a battalion of criminals
> without reloading.
>
> 12) if you regularly find guns around the house
> and in far corners of the safe
> that you have no memory of buying ...
> and such discoveries no longer surprise you.
>
> 13) you know more about the Constitution
> than your lawyer.
>
> 14) if you ever thought to do your own
> "Gun Buy-Back" program.
>
> 15)if you have more holsters
> than Imelda Marcos had shoes.
>
> 16) if you never stop looking for
> pre-ban hi-cap magazines...
> even in a supermarket.
>
> 17) if you can field strip any firearm you own
> hanging upside down and blindfolded.
>
> 18) if you have ever bought a gun
> to fill an old holster someone gave you.
> (So many times I can no longer count 'em.)
>
> 19)if you felt a knot in your stomach
> when they showed UN Soldiers
> destroying a cache of brand spanking new AR-15's
> on the news.
>
> 20) when you hear about Plans
> for UN Soldiers to Invade America,
> You know which Guns you will take
> and which Guns will stay at your house.
>
>
> 21) if you do not own a single fabric-based item
> (clothing, bags or suitcases) that does NOT
> set off the explosives trace detector
> at the airport.
>
> 22)if you have ever bought a gun
> that is identical to TWO you
> already own, because the first two
> are out-of-production NIB examples
> and you can't bring yourself to shoot them.
>
> 23) When buying something with pocket change,
> you have to pick the dimes and quarters
> out of a handful of loose ammo.
>
> 24) if you have ever busted a spring on your car
> from piling too much ammo in the trunk
> on the way to a shoot.
>
> 25) if you go to WalMart for back-to-school supplies,
> then must explain to your wife
> why that includes 1 box ! of .45 .
>
> 26) if your AR-15, after installing
> all the newgadgets, now weighs more than a FAL.
>
> 27) if any time a weather person on TV
>
> gives the latest update on the hurricane du jour,
> you wonder if you have enough ammo.
>
> 28) if your hurricane panels have shooting ports.
>
> 29)if you have to have extra homeowner's insurance
> specifically for firearms.
>
> 30) if the cops have ever called Homeland Security
> after pulling you over.
>
> 31)if you have ever carried more then two guns at
> once.
>
> 32)when the local gun shop needs an obscure magazine,
> they call you.
>
> 33)when you call your local rep's office,
> the guy who answers groans
> and says "I'll tell him again not to vote for AWB"
> as soon as he hears yo! ur name.
>
> 35)if you have more holsters then pants.
>
> 36)if the movers all groan when they see your
> gun-safe.
>
> 37) if you regularly just sit and stare at your guns
> for a while, and the rest of your family
> doesn't find this strange
> 38)if you reach into your pocket for change
> at the local 7-11 and pull out loose ammo
> along with your change.
>
> 39)if the guy working at the 7-11 knows you
> and isn't surprised.
>
> 40) if you can actually take a nap in a gun range.
>
> 41) if you have ever bought a gun
> to shoot up a half-filled 20- round box of ammo
> someone gave you, because you didn't have a rifle
> in that caliber yet.
> Ditto for when someone gives you
> &nbs! p; an old set of reloading dies
> in some obscure caliber.
>
> 42) if you have ever accidentally run a pocket pistol
> through the wash and spin cycles,
> still in your pants pocket.
>
>
> 43) If you do a complete breakdown
> of all your weapons just to stay in practice -
> "especially if you haven't made it to the range
> lately"
>
> 44)if you find more .22LR than loose change
> when you clean out your car.
>
> 45)if your nightstand is stacked with gun rags
> and firearm technical and reloading manuals.
>
> 46) if you build a portable reloading system
> so you can reload in the family room
> and not miss your favorite tv-show.
> 47) if the local SWAT teams stop by your house
> for guns and ammo before heading to the big
> bust.
>
> 48) You have have had the police called out to your
> house at 2am because of gunfire from within.
>
> 49) This was because you discover a visiting friend
> has a new gun he has not shot yet
> and that situation must be immediately rectified.
>
> 50) Your co-workers wonder why you collect
> the old phone books but then are not surprised
> when they come back to the recycle bin
> with holes in them.
>
> 51) You now have an arrangement with your neighbors
> that gun fire, at anytime, coming from your house
> is not a reason to call the police.
> If you wanted them there you would have called
> yourself.
>
 
Just how many of these are required to qualify?

;)



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I drove out to the foothills at night to shoot a revolver I'd just fixed. I wanted to see if ignition was OK. There was no moon and I couldn't see a thing. The gun failed to fire. Next night, after another fix, I did the same thing. This time the gun fired.

I've had a few sleepless nights waiting for the new gun.

I was driven into LA to buy a gun on a National election day. The driver, who really wanted to vote, didn't get a chance, as it took too long to buy the gun. "That's OK," I told her, "Bush will lose to Clinton in California anyway."

I proudly displayed the new S&W .38, fresh out of pawn, to my wife in her hospital bed only a couple hours after she had our baby.

The first year I owned my new truck, I put 20,000 miles on it driving to the desert to shoot and walk. The truck was not used for transportation to work. That's a lot of miles on a truck just to send bullets downrange.

Stranded in a bad section of Phoenix, I took the duffle bag out of the truck so it wouldn't be stolen. The bag was full of clothes and guns. I was sitting on the curb, hoping a cop wouldn't see me.

My house fire plan has two goals; kids and wife out of house; me pitching guns from safe through window.


munk
 
You know where you're a gun nut when your friends and family all think you are a nut. Of khukuris, same thing. I am there.
 
I was working in Chicago's Loop, happened to ride a bicycle along the lakefront to work one day, Pope was visiting for a big deal in Soldier's Field. Police presence EVERYWHERE.
I stopped at the park where Michigan Ave. meets Oak Street Beach to watch (Nothing to watch, just another car driving by, really). Cruiser pulls up, asks what I'm doing, I saying "watching," they said, "OK."

Only afterwards did it occur to me that I had the Ortgies .32 in the tool bag, after getting it back from a guy at work. Who thinks of guns as weapons?

sheez.
 
> 2 when someone asks how many guns you have,
> you have to think about it for a minute.

And truthfully answer, "I have no idea."


Ad Astra
 
Several of those examples apply to yours truly. Is there a 12 step program for guns/ammo addiction??
 
If you have an agreement with your local PD, because you have them out gunned, and they have you outnumbered.
 
Semper Fi said:
Is there a 12 step program for guns/ammo addiction??

I think they call it a pre-authorized monthly electronic funds transfer.

I did have my gunsmith bring me roses once though, if that counts.

( They were from my wife - his mom, the florist enlisted him to deliver them. )
 
How about:

"If your goal is to have a case of ammo put back for each gun you own!"

( Example: if you have an AK, an SKS, and a Saiga - all in the same caliber - then you should have three 1,000 round cases. )
 
Applies to guns or khuks:
52) All the compasses in the neighborhood point to your house.

One Walosi told me IIRC:
53) You and your neighbors have prearranged sectors of fire to cover in case of emergency.
 
Rusty said:
How about:

"If your goal is to have a case of ammo put back for each gun you own!"

( Example: if you have an AK, an SKS, and a Saiga - all in the same caliber - then you should have three 1,000 round cases. )

I've often wondered if this were prudent...or if I should set back more in a remote cache as well...
 
if your AR-15, after installing all the new gadgets, now weighs more than a FAL

...if you not only understand what this means, but know why it's funny...:)

...if your custom FAL, after gadgets, now weighs more than a SAW...
(NOTE: the following pic is for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, and does not actually represent any living, nonfictious person doing anything illegal, unsporting, or just plain unsavory.)

John
 
hey Specter, is that a DSA FAL ?
IT looked like the entreprise scope mount, but I couldnt be sure...
I like the front end job...
 
Years ago I left an IPSC match to drive my brother to the airport. Had my Spyderco police folder (custom with Titanium scales and ATS-34) in one pocket, and a half-dozen rounds of .45 ACP mixed in with my pocket change in the other.

When I emptied my pockets into the tray, the security cop (he was a real one back then, not some rude minimum wage know-nothing punk like they have now), asked me about it, and what's more recognized the H&G 68 200 gr. hard cast load I was using and didn't bat an eye. Just commented on it and let me see my brother to the plane. The blade passed muster as well, being exactly 3 7/8" in length, so legal by the airline standards.

Nowadays I would probably spend the rest of my life in jail, and lose a $150 knife to boot.

Norm
 
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