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I learned to shoot at a YMCA summer camp. I really hope they're still handing .22s to kids, but somehow I doubt it!

I voted "collector". I do go out and shoot occasionally, as well as hunt occasionally (occasionally means several times/year) I have 3 firearms that I've shot, and would again... but they're to important to use regularly. They're my grandpa's Model 12s and my dad's Model 61...

I only buy something at Cabela's when they have the 'buy something and get a card activated' deal running... bought a NIB 92fs and got $150 of free over-priced goodies anyway. Usually works out pretty well, IMO.

Let's see... M1 Carbine M1 Garand vz24 Beretta 92fs CZ75B Semi-auto Suomi SMG Mosin Nagant M38 Enfield No4 mk1/2 Colt SP1 It's been a pretty good year! ;)

"Best" is a relative term. In this case, it was probably the one that gave me the biggest smile... A friend had been given a Lance Bass bobblehead doll as a gift. This friend certainly didn't want it, and offered it to me for a target. Set Lance at the 50-yard berm with a big 'ol pile...

Look up the Militia Act of 1792: Basically, free white males (we should modernize the thinking to skip the "free" and "white" parts, might as well ditch "males" as well) between 18 and 45... ...are to provide themselves with militarily suitable weapons, including "evil" features like...

I voted "write in", even though it wouldn't really be for a *gun* designer... Paul Marie Eugène Vieille Inventor of smokeless powder, which lead to small-bore bolt actions, etc etc. But yeah, JMB shoud be top of the list if we limit it to just the firearm part.

World War II? Bah! try pre-World War I... I used some .303 ammo dated 1909 this summer. The stuff shot better than the cheap pakistani crap you could find for surplus recently!

Can't ID for sure, but looks like a rack of practice bombs of some sort.

I agree that the political will and some armor technologies are lacking if we wanted to bring back BBs. Something everyone who talks about airpower and cruise missiles seems to forget is the capability of anti-air gear. I'm not just talking about defensive... offensive as well. What do...

I got a ~1500 (guesstimate) pounder up a step into my entryway and down 5 steps with just my 71 year old mother and I. We built ramps out of plywood and 2x4s. Made two anchor points with 2200 pound rated eye-bolts. Wrapped a 3000-pound tiedown strap and added a log chain for good measure...

I'm attempting to formulate a couple letters... do any of you have links to info about the guy who killed a chief of police's son during a raid on the wrong house?

Close to SD... My family has some land about 6 miles east of the SD/MN border. The pheasant hunting has been excellent so far. Been out for my first two times ever this year, and the experienced hunter keeps telling me I'll be spoiled. If you walk for an hour and don't see a pheasant flush...

Uh, yeah, it's not like the robber didn't start with violence. Good on the storekeeper for fighting him off. Panic buttons might help, but a far more effective method would be... oh, I dunno, how about a cop (Constable On Patrol) actually patrolling the street? That would be a pretty good...

This pissed me off when I read it... Sent them an error report: Bluntly false statement: "Designed to be fired from the hip, assault rifles such as the AK-47 can spray at a rate of up to 600 rounds a minute in full automatic mode. It is the weapon of choice for guerillas and gangsters."...

Some of my pics: Rental prices at the lower range: I did the WWII special, the M2 was hosed somehow, so I got the substituted M3: Next was the Thompson: Finally, the BAR: I'm definitely going to head back there in the future, hopefully with my own items to shoot

Here's my comment: Misinformation and outright lies. The VT killer did not use any "assault weapons". He used very common pistols used for target shooting, self-defence and law enforcement. If you want to redefine what "assault weapon" means that's a whole different discussion, but don't...

My parents just attended the funeral of a hero from the area where my mom grew up. Battlefield commission to lieutenant, bronze star for personally leading a rescue mission to retrieve wounded men who were exposed to enemy fire on a pacific island. He never talked about it. Came back from the...

Leanwolf: Do you ask people to leave for something like what I encountered? A loaded weapon that wasn't carelessly discharged? Are there rules like "nothing except certain weapons by the 'guard guys' can ever be loaded"?

So I was wandering around the gun show today, and noticed a nice little S&W 642 in a case. I ask if I can see it, the dealer pulls it out from under the glass and hands it to me. As always, I keep my finger well away from the trigger and take a closer look. I notice something that I shouldn't...