FlSwampRat
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So your a bookie. Booker?60ish and intend to retire when I can no longer work - and I'm a librarian... .
So your a bookie. Booker?60ish and intend to retire when I can no longer work - and I'm a librarian... .
Well that explains all the shot up bodies that littered the streets everywhere. Any old Tom Dick and Harry could just buy guns willy nilly. I wondered why all those pictures from the 50's and 60's had all these dead folks laying around.I am old enough to have experienced walking into a Woolworth’s with my mother, selecting a 7mm military Mauser from a large cardboard drum full of rifles, going to checkout with a few dollars and walking out of the store with the rifle - no different than buying a loaf of bread today.
As of this post:
241 votes
Avg 52.4ish
Median: 50ish knocking the door on 60ish
122 50ish or less
119 50ish plus
Interesting mix.
My biggest surprise is the 30ish number (22).
I thought we had more 30ish guys here.
Now, does this mean that gun owners are a diminishing group (per number of voters only) or that the 30ish crowd are just too busy to visit gun forums (kids, work, etc.)?
The largest group, by far, is the 60ish group with a total of 76 (31%). 2nd is 50ish with 49 and 3rd is 40ish with 44. Just behind is our fine seniorist group of 70+ with 43.
This is a well rounded forum with a ton of experience to share.
i think im the only person to vote for under 20. I'm currently 19 and have been extremely involved with firearms. i certainly do feel like an outcast compared to others my age for many reasons including my hobby and love of guns. i got married at 18, we are homeowners as well, all the jobs ive had and my current one is involved with agriculture/physical labor, and I am a high school dropout. i probably shouldnt have gone into detail about my personal life but whatever i dont care.
70% 50 and older.
50% 60 and older.
No surprises. Younger folks don't bother with Internet forums like this one. It's Social Media for them and the more "cool guy" forums like AR15.com and so forth.
I prefer the wisdom of age.
I never thought that. In the end it depends where you grew up and what possibly your parents stood on it and even then you still form your own mind as time goes. Us that are older, we were 21 one time also and have gone through very same or similar things you have or do in life, I liked guns after being exposed to shooting growing up and it never stopped. I wasn't raised in rural life either, I grew up in the massive suburbs of Miami, it is true there is a divide between city people and not on guns in general terms when you think in terms of like NYC or Chicago or Seattle, but suburban and even city people can be and are pro gun ownership.I’m 21, I know there’s a myth that us younger people don’t like guns or believe in self defense. But that’s not really true.
i think im the only person to vote for under 20. I'm currently 19 and have been extremely involved with firearms. i certainly do feel like an outcast compared to others my age for many reasons including my hobby and love of guns. i got married at 18, we are homeowners as well, all the jobs ive had and my current one is involved with agriculture/physical labor, and I am a high school dropout. i probably shouldnt have gone into detail about my personal life but whatever i dont care.
It's better to have a college diploma per se.......It's good to have a high school diploma per say
I definitely agree. Mine's only an Associate Degree, but it is in English, hence the barb on "per say". I have friends the are welders than make almost 3 times what I do. I just happened to graduate high school at a time when you didn't really have a choice-you were going to college.College degrees are highly over-rated nowadays unless you have a position waiting on the other end - or your family is independently wealthy - or you're a masochist.
-And yes, I have a Master's... .
I know more wealthy craftsmen and businessmen than I
do people that obtained their wealth because of their degrees.
Just like shooting - do what works for you.
The question no one seems able to answer is: why does a college education cost so much today?
Aside from that, I feel pert as a ruttin buck.
I'm not sure why it's so expensive, but NY a few years back passed a law that kids starting college whose parents made less than 100k/yr could go for free,
Ha! My wife and I prefer venison to bacon, we both bring it home occasionally, and we both can (if we had to) make sure no one walks off with it.The person who is responsible for you and your families safety is you! Both in bringing home the bacon so to speak, and making sure no one walks off with said bacon!