Funny comments you have received related to guns

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I was loading up some .45 Colt and my wife came in and looked at the ammo. She then asked if it was "for my rifle", meaning my shotgun. I said, "No, it is for the handgun". She says, "Wow, I didn't know your gun took bullets that big!!! I thought it was for your rifle (she meant shotgun)!"

I thought that was pretty funny. What have people said to you?
 
Watching a TV show about cowboy action shooting with two friends. One knew a little about guns and the other knew much less. The shooter fired a Colt Single Action very quickly, probably less than 1.5 seconds between the 1st and 5th shot. The friend who knew a little told the other he had to be fanning it because you can't shoot that fast any other way. This despite the fact that he had never fired a SA, much less fanned one.

The other was an EMT who kept mixing up gunshot wounds and shotgun wounds. Not really funny when it matters.
 
I've had...and I don't know why!!.......the 'is that gun real' ? and 'is that gun loaded'? questions.

But the "What is that for?" was the one that puzzled me. I mean.....in the moment of passing...what do you say to that that won't turn the person against you, against guns, or make them crap their drawers?
 
"Is that real?"

"Is it loaded?"

"What if it goes off and shoots you in the you know what?"

"What if somebody takes it from you?"

"What if somebody shoots somebody with it?"

"Well, but what if it does go off?"
 
I have a friend that made a comment about the "max speed" of a SA revolver. He recieved most ...if not all...of his firearms training from movies. I tried to help him understand the differances of technique, but seeing I was getting nowhere, I just got my tape of Bob Munden. He understands better now. I need to get a tape of Jerry Miculek and his DA revolver work. :D
Mark
 
"What do you need all of them for?" "I thought you already had one of those"

From my wife....
 
While open carrying in the grocery store I had the night manager ask me "you got a badge to go with that?". He had reportedly had many people running up to him saying there was a 'man with a gun' in the store. My wife and I got a good chuckle, paid for our groceries and left.

hkOrion
 
A newbie in the next lane at the range was having trouble controlling his tiny tupperware gun. At the first common reload point he asked what I was shooting (.45 Colt GM with 200gr. LSWC @ 750fps) and I offered to let him try it. After emptying the magazine on the target, he turned and asked "Are you sure this is a .45?"
 
"You could start a revolution!" "You're ready for WWIII!" just because I show up with the AR or SKS or more than one gun, or more than one box of 20 at the range.
 
I was working a gun show where our shop had a Barrett 6.8 rifle on one of the tables. A guy walked up, looked at it, turned to his wife, pointed at it, and said "assault machine gun".
 
Holy crap, what the hell is that? (Sar-48)

Is that a machine pistol? (Rapid fire G26)

What's that thing on the end of the barrel? Is that a laser? (Compensator)

Is that a 50 mil? (sic) (.45-70 Contender)

What'd it fall apart on ya? (Barrel tipped up, PT22)

That thing looks like a flamethrower. (Colt Delta Elite)

What are you shootin, a cannon? (Redhawk)
 
Open carried into a convenience store in a samll town, the clerk asked me "Are you a cop?"

I replied, "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night."
 
"Isn't that dangerous?"

I've been asked that question by several family members, even though in all my years of shooting neither I, nor anyone around me, has been hurt in the field or at the shooting range.

My brother plays soccer, football and softball. He has scraped, broken or otherwise injured, well, almost every part of his body. He is currently in a cast on his right foot due to a triple fracture in his ankle on the soccer field.

Nobody ever asks him "Isn't that dangerous?"
 
I've talked about the situation with conceal carry and Maryland, and almost everyone I've talked to has had some variation on the "Why do you need to carry a gun all the time? If you have a gun you'll just be more inclined to shoot it, and you might draw and get killed when someone has a gun on you."

Apparently saying that habitually carrying a gun (you know, so you don't forget it when you need it) suggests that I have a poor judgement of why I need it.

How do you respond to this crap?
 
"what do you need that for?"

"All you need is a good bolt action rifle and a good 12 gauge" :neener:

"You live in Erie, you dont need to carry a handgun. This isnt cleveland, what are you gonna walk down the street and shoot random people?"
 
Q: "You have X guns? Why do you need so many? They all shoot bullets, don't they?"

A: "Why does a golfer have so many clubs, or even sets of clubs? They all just hit golf balls, right?"

Neighbor to my mother, back when I was a tyke:

Q: "Why in the world do you have a gun?"
A: "My husband travels a lot, and I have a little baby at home - I have a gun so if a burglar crawls through my window at night when I'm alone, I can shoot him."
Q: "Oh, really now, how could you shoot him? What if it's a friend?"
A: "You poor woman, you have friends that crawl though your window at night? Mine ring the doorbell. Make sure YOU ring the doorbell when YOU come to visit."
 
A former manager told me she was afraid to give me work because I might get mad, bring in a gun and shoot her. I told her if I ever really got mad at her I'd get more personal satisfaction out of strangling her to death with my bare hands than shooting her.

While shooting a Cap-n-Ball revolver:
"No wonder the South lost" (duh, the North used the same type of gun)

"No wonder the Indians lost"

"You can own that, but you can't shoot it without a license, and they don't issue a license" This will living in NYC, where no license is required for a Cap-n-Ball revolver.

"Is that as dangerous as a real gun?" I told them 600,000 dead Civil War soldiers can't ALL be wrong.
 
WAY back when .....

I was taking a friend of mine shooting, with my father. Before he could come, he had to check with his mom. (his father passed when he was young, she was a bit protective of him)

Conversation went something like this....

my friend: is it ok if I go with JPIII and his dad to the shooting range. We're gonna go target shooting.
his mom: (her asking me) are you going to be using REAL guns? :eek:
Me: well, yes, but my dad will be there the whole time. He's very safe.
(she knew my dad real well) :)
his mom: I guess that would be ok.... because I'm sure you're using blanks and not REAL bullets anyway right? :eek:
Me: well, not exactly, if we used blanks it'd be kinda hard to see where we were hitting the target. :)
his mom: (realizing how silly that sounded) ohh,.. yes well I guess it would. :)

She let him come with us, and he had a good time.
 
My all time favorite is.

"People shouldn't be allowed to carry guns. Look at road rage now. People would be killing each other on the highway all day long."

To which I responded. "Look at all the states that do allow carry do you hear about this kind of violence on a day to day basis?"

To which he responded. "Well they have less population density so people don't angry as much as around here." (Baltimore/Washington).

This was from a cop and somebody I really like but, SIGH, he needs some learnin'
 
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