Jorg Nysgerrig
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Must be hard not driving around on someone else's roads. 
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Wow, El Tejon - I've read many posts of yours and thought, "He's spot on." but I must say I can't disagree with you more on selling off all public land, and I'm shocked that you'd have an attitude of, 'that's my land' when it is in fact OUR land they WE (they?!) are shooting on. Just so happens some of the folks who go there are complete idiots - par for the course, IMO. prosecute them, shoot back at them, whatever's needed imo...
I'm lucky enough to have a public shooting range just a few miles away. I can't imagine having to pay range fees and deal with the seemingly insane rules i've read about for indoor privately owned ranges. I pay my taxes; i do not see how I, or other folks who go there to shoot, are getting a 'free lunch'. Accusing people who use taxpayer owned land of getting to use it for free is like accusing someone who drives on public roads of using them for free. They paid their taxes; they paid to use the road. Likewise, they pay taxes to use that public land.
I'm lucky enough to have a public shooting range just a few miles away. I can't imagine having to pay range fees and deal with the seemingly insane rules i've read about for indoor privately owned ranges. I pay my taxes; i do not see how I, or other folks who go there to shoot, are getting a 'free lunch'. Accusing people who use taxpayer owned land of getting to use it for free is like accusing someone who drives on public roads of using them for free. They paid their taxes; they paid to use the road. Likewise, they pay taxes to use that public land.
You realize that the Walton family's wealth is notably greater than all of those people put together, right? Are them Marxists too?
I find it absolutely bizarre when I see someone worried about the influence and role of the hyper-wealthy, whilst simultaneously blaming it on them darn commies.
alucard0822
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Im sure if that public land became a wal-mart parking lot noone would be able to shoot there at all
Dorryn
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Making new laws keeps politicians in business and making a profit. Prosecuting the existing laws only profits lawyers. Thats why you will continue to see more laws, and limited prosecution.
phoglund
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Amazing!
El Tejon: I just have to say I've agreed with many of your posts as well but you are way off the mark on this one. Public land is one of the last great resources our country has. The idea of selling it all off is one of the most repugnant ideas I've heard in some time! That's the sort of talk would get ya lynched in these parts!
I cringe every time I hear somebody talk about paying to hunt on some ranchers land. I couldn't live where every scrap of land around me was owned by somebody I had to pay to take a walk through the woods.
"Uncle Sugars Land" = The land of every man woman and child in this country. Rich or poor, young or old, any color or religion you can name. Your land, my land, OUR land.
Most folks out here take good care of public lands. It's the attitudes of folks like you and like those that live back east who don't understand the value of public lands and the "wildness" they support that are the greatest threat to these lands, not the occasional yahoo that decides to shoot up a sign or leave a messy campsite. What a loss it would be if these places were turned into private reserves and our national parks into amusement parks. Do you realize the BLM has responsibility for 258 million acres of land and that total public land in the US is 635 million acres? It's unfortunate if you don't have any access to these lands but millions of Americans do and use it on a regular basis. I have no desire to live where I have to pay by the hour for forest/mountain/desert/prairie/lake/river/ocean time. I sure hope the urban masses who don't understand the value of open public land don't get your vision in their minds and destroy this resource for my descendants.
El Tejon: I just have to say I've agreed with many of your posts as well but you are way off the mark on this one. Public land is one of the last great resources our country has. The idea of selling it all off is one of the most repugnant ideas I've heard in some time! That's the sort of talk would get ya lynched in these parts!
I cringe every time I hear somebody talk about paying to hunt on some ranchers land. I couldn't live where every scrap of land around me was owned by somebody I had to pay to take a walk through the woods.
"Uncle Sugars Land" = The land of every man woman and child in this country. Rich or poor, young or old, any color or religion you can name. Your land, my land, OUR land.
Most folks out here take good care of public lands. It's the attitudes of folks like you and like those that live back east who don't understand the value of public lands and the "wildness" they support that are the greatest threat to these lands, not the occasional yahoo that decides to shoot up a sign or leave a messy campsite. What a loss it would be if these places were turned into private reserves and our national parks into amusement parks. Do you realize the BLM has responsibility for 258 million acres of land and that total public land in the US is 635 million acres? It's unfortunate if you don't have any access to these lands but millions of Americans do and use it on a regular basis. I have no desire to live where I have to pay by the hour for forest/mountain/desert/prairie/lake/river/ocean time. I sure hope the urban masses who don't understand the value of open public land don't get your vision in their minds and destroy this resource for my descendants.
Smith357
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The tanks should return fire and weed out the gene pool.
Axman
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Well, it's just good to know that they weren't using those teflon coated, armor piercing bullets!!!
That was my thought. If someone's stupid enough to shoot at a tank, they should expect some 7.62 headed their way. Give practice for the tankers too.
If I was allowed to smack a guy over the head with a wrench because he's not supposed to be on my flightline, I'd expect the tank to be allowed to shoot back, because you're not supposed to be shooting at him.
MassMan
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Bad News of Gun Owners
It is a conspiracy planned by the antigun folk. They stole some unlocked guns or imported illeagle ones and started shooting signs and tanks in an attemtp to make us legals look bad. Thus making tougher laws look reasonable and responsible.
Just my theory. LOL
It is a conspiracy planned by the antigun folk. They stole some unlocked guns or imported illeagle ones and started shooting signs and tanks in an attemtp to make us legals look bad. Thus making tougher laws look reasonable and responsible.
Just my theory. LOL
alucard0822
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tankers are not always in the tank, you have observers and gunners that are up on top unprotected, reguardless I think public land, especially public land where people can shoot is one of the few great freedoms left to us in an increasingly repressive society, and a luxury those of us that live near the big city lights can only dream about, If what the arctice says is true, then it is sad that gun owners would abuse the land, shoot endangered animals and practice such unsafe shooting. If we don't act responsibly we are only encouraging some senator somewhere to push some bill to protect us from our evil ways, for the children's sake.
Cosmoline
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A law... to protect.. A TANK!!! Now that one takes the cake. It's LITERALLY from a Monty Python skit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRm5WcjOikQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRm5WcjOikQ
Axman
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What's a sick bird got to do with anything?
crazed_ss
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Well I'd imagine the tank wasnt buttoned up, there's a chance one of the tank crew could get hit in the head if someone was firing at them.
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