Do you admire your guns while watching TV ?

I don't watch TV, but I often pull out a SAA or cap-and-ball revolver to twirl/fondle/dry fire (not the cap and balls) while watching westerns, or a SIG while watching Heat, or work on various guns while watching movies.

When I clean guns, the TV is usually on, and I'm usually in front of it. And I probably haven't primed a case in years except when I was sitting on the couch in front of the TV, with all of my priming supplies and a cup of coffee sitting on the coffee table.

I occasionally watch TV during the breaks from admiring my guns.

I don't watch TV.

Typically the only time I look at and admire my guns is during my twice yearly cleaning and inspection time. That or if I'm taking something else with me to the range outside of the usual rotation.

I do not watch TV. I do not have a TV.
I do get out a firearm or two and consider them and their history. Also things like 'This one should be engraved and refinish' or 'That needs be sold off, as I have no need or desire for it' or other such consideration.

bigmike45 said:

One of the reasons I don't admire them in the house, and we all have probably heard one of these stories, but a guy I know, who was really into the western style quick draw, used to practice it while watching the old westerns on tv. Once he forgot to unload his gun and when he drew and fired, a 45colt round went through his extremely expensive plasma tv, through the wall behind it and through the tv in his bedroom, across the room and shatering his wife's antique full length mirror as well. Well this also triggered a visit from the local police, neighbors and when his wife got home, some frying pan to the head therapy.

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Not entirely unrelated, as it pertains to TV and guns, but I knew a guy who became so upset by the outcome of the 1988 Michigan - Ohio State (football) game that he shot his television set (purposely). Yep, I was there (rooting for the team that won, he happened to be from the state down south); fortunately, he lived in a secluded house so no neighbors reported the gunshots. Good thing it was one of those ol' cabinet-style, wood-cased RCAs, so the 230 grain ball (all three shots) didn't go all the way through the wall. Bad thing is I'm sure the gunshots contributed to my hearing loss and tinnitus.

I am not shamed by those who claim they don't have/watch television, but I am puzzled by those who claim they don't admire their guns... yet here they are, on a firearms forum.

No. SWMBO and her mutual therapy dog get very nervous. (Though she's the one who listens to murder podcasts and watches Dateline and The First 48..... )

Old Dog said:

I am not shamed by those who claim they don't have/watch television, but I am puzzled by those who claim they don't admire their guns... yet here they are, on a firearms forum.

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I guess, going back to the OP's post, I find laying out firearms on the floor between the TV and OP to admire is somewhat different from the norm. When watching TV.

But to each their own when in the home.

I am more likely to dedicate a block of time purely to enjoy my guns, than to watch tv and add gun time between interesting segments. I’d rather look at my gun than tv though.

Nope ... I just strap on a Single Action and help Marshal Dillion , Shane or "the Man with No Name" kill the bad guy's in the shootouts ... Real Texas Gunslingers don't fondle ...
... Spit ! ... Well , Are you boy's gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie ... Draw & shoot ...
... no fondling required !

Okay, fine! Yeah, I do this. Sometimes. Only when I'm alone. Don't read too much into that.

Only when I see them in a movie/show. Kinda like when you put your dog to the mirror and say "see that's you".

doubleh said:

Got a cut down Daisy Buck BB gun that has been the starter for kids, grandkids and four older than her great grandkids just waiting. She needs to gain a little more size though as she small.

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Haha. I’m actually working on making a new stock for a buck and keeping the other one. Might even make it “poupow”(purple) for her

eyeshot said:

I guess, going back to the OP's post, I find laying out firearms on the floor between the TV and OP to admire is somewhat different from the norm. When watching TV.

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I call it multi-tasking (but yeah, the wife thinks I'm weird) I don't "lay out" a bunch, and really, it's not just admiring, I reacquaint myself with field-stripping, manual of arms (I have an eclectic collection with some odd ducks), do a butt-ton of dry-firing (observing strict safety protocols, of course, and even unloading my carry gun). Get the cleaning of at least one gun accomplished, do function checks.

No, I admire my guns when I am focused on guns and not doing other distracting nonsense. But there is rarely a TV on around here, and then only for a movie or series we like. No mainstream TV and definitely no talk shows!

I don't know why some people don't watch TV; watching TV is how I got to be so smart. I once picked up the remote to change channels one evening only to find I had grabbed one of the pistols I was admiring. Thankfully it was unloaded when I tried getting a different station.

Old Dog said:

I am puzzled by those who claim they don't admire their guns... yet here they are, on a firearms forum.

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You can learn things on a firearms forum without ogling your guns.

I carry either a Glock 19 or 26 , there's just not a lot there to admire. I do occasionally look at the Glock 26 on my coffee table and laugh when some idiot on TV disengages the safety on theirs

We probably shouldn't...

When in the company of our toys, they should have our undivided, utmost attention...

Not as fetish pieces, but for the sake of Firearm Safety!

Night Rider said:

You can learn things on a firearms forum without ogling your guns.

I carry either a Glock 19 or 26 , there's just not a lot there to admire. I do occasionally look at the Glock 26 on my coffee table and laugh when some idiot on TV disengages the safety on theirs

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Yeah, or the sound of a hammer cocking to the rear on a Glock or the infinitely more irritating sound of slide rack as the gun is raised up from concealment.....

The Glockodile said:

We probably shouldn't...

When in the company of our toys, they should have our undivided, utmost attention...

Not as fetish pieces, but for the sake of Firearm Safety!

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Just to clarify, are you implying that those of us who've admitted having an (unloaded) firearm or two out while watching the boob tube are not observing proper firearms safety protocols?

Old Dog said:

Just to clarify, are you implying that those of us who've admitted having an (unloaded) firearm or two out while watching the boob tube are not observing proper firearms safety protocols?

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Is the first rule of firearms safety "All firearms are loaded" or is it not?

Old Dog said:

Just to clarify, are you implying that those of us who've admitted having an (unloaded) firearm or two out while watching the boob tube are not observing proper firearms safety protocols?

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Pretty much, yes.

The Glockodile said:

Pretty much, yes.

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How in the world is it being unsafe to handle an unloaded firearm; especially when it is being pointed in a safe direction?