Funny comments you have received related to guns

[Steelharp]

My typical dry fire conversation with my wife:

"Is that thing loaded?"

"No, dear."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, dear." (Show her it's empty.)

"It won't go off, will it?"

"No, dear."

"Why do you do that? Are you psycho or something?"

"It's called practice, dear. And no, I'm not psycho. But if someone tries to break in here, he might be."

 

[MikeB]

The following was posted on another forum I frequent. We were discussing limits on the second ammendment, "personalized guns", and gun safety. I couldn't stop laughing at this.

THis is simply a little level in the center of the trigger. The trigger can not be pulled without this lever being fully depressed. It forces a gun user to have a firm, correct grip on the weapon they are firing.

This is used by law enforcement all across the country. It is protection, for example, from a criminal attempting to quickly grab a cops gun to shoot them. It has proven effectiveness.

Electronic pistol identifcation works.

When we called him on his ignorance about the Glock trigger, and the fact that there are no functional commercial "personalized guns" he posted the following.

Yes, it will. In a close combat brawl, it is much more difficult for the criminal to succesfully fire the officers weapon. But maybe my cousin, step dad, and both my best friends are lying to me when they tell me how important this gizmo is.... You are right, it also prevents other objects from inadvertantly pulling the trigger. Nothing wrong with duel purpose.

Prove to me that electronic pisol identification doesn't work. And if you can, tell me why we can't work to make it work better. Seatbelts used to suck as well. THey got better.

 

[Werewolf]

I had a conversation with my eldest daughter's father in law once concerning my choice of carry gun which at the time was a Sig P220. He is not an anti and even has a CCW himself (though he never carries).

He commented to me that "the Sig P220 was an excellent choice for a carry gun".

"Why is that", I asked?

"Well that .45 will knock anyone it hits right on his @ss", he said. "In fact it's so powerful that if it hits a guy in the arm it will spin him clear around and even if it doesn't the hydraulic shock will knock him out".

I tried to explain to him why the bullet didn't have near enough energy to do that but he would not be swayed.

Nice guy but not terribly well informed about exactly what a pistol bullet can do to someone it impacts.

 

[oneshooter]

The group that I cook for does demonstrations and shows of life on the Western Frontier. We do them for History Parks and Schools mainly. The most asked questions:

Do you have a permit to own so many guns?

Are those guns real? Also I have had several mothers tell the kids that they are fakes.Because the people that show them are not police!

Are the Knives real?

Where are the " assualt guns" of that time?

The list goes on, and on, and on...........

There is a lot of misinformation that we try to correct. Many of the kids,and parents have never seen a real Colt SAA, Lever action rifle or double barrel shotgun. They are given a chance, under supervision, to handle thes weapons.

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

You should here some of the questions about 1800's cooking!

 

[sm]

At one time I had as many as 10 Reloaders for shotshell reloading. I never got into metallic reloading. I was married, had a 4 BR house, 2 car garage at the time. I had two pallets delivered , one was for shotgun stuff, the other was factory ammo, mostly centerfire, for handguns.

Explains why the cars never got parked in garage...

Wifey exclaims " Wow! why don't you reload your centerfire stuff?"

I replied I would need some metallic reloading equipment - oh yeah - I was wondering if we really needed that "guest" bedroom < pointed to the bigger of two guest BR>.

Wifey - "why?"

Cause I was thinking I could do Shotguns in one, and metallic in the big one.

Oh well I tried, I had one BR the office, the Garage...the storage in the garage, the guest BR walk in closet she find out about when her sister came to visit...oops.

"honey - you need a reloading room with a cot and bathroom , and kitchen off the side".

What do you think I was working toward ?

 

[Mr. Mysterious]

I was in one of my political science classes, when a classmate, a die-hard conservative (female) made a comment about guns saying how handguns have no purpose, but she is ok with guns for hunting.

I told her, that here in Indiana you can hunt with a handgun.

She asked what.

I responded with everything.

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I'm in the ROTC computer lab and I was looking at aimsurplus's post-ban AK variants and a fellow cadet comes in and says, "I can't believe that you can buy machine guns now that the assault weapons ban is gone".

I went on to explain that you can't buy machine guns, and I showed him the differences between post-ban and pre-ban weapons. He asked what purpose it served and I just told him that is what the gun community was trying to figure out for 10 years.

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"You have how many guns? Why?"

Promptly followed by:

"Can I go shooting with you sometime"

 

[NMshooter]

"Hi, I'm here to register my guns."

"Where do we go to register our guns?"

Things heard while working the counter in a gun store in Albuquerque, NM. :banghead:

(No, guns are not registered in NM)

 

[Wingshooter]

I had a guy at a gun range once tell my that while my Browning Hi Power was a nice gun to shoot at paper, he preferred his Beretta .40 caliber as it was a "Combat Weapon" and more realistic for self defense.

I asked him how many conflicts the .40 cal had been involved in. I also informed him the lowly Hi Power had been used in every major conflict since it's inception. It was also being used by FBI HRT at that time, loved telling him that one as well. I guess some people always have to own something better than everyone else.

 

[ALS]

Just to annoy the local rip off artists that display their over price wares at the local gun show I'll take my .223 Bushmaster Pistol SN1XX. It's the old Colt Arm gun. It is a semi-auto bullpup design with a 30 round AR-15 mag. I've seen guys bolt from behind their tables 3 rows away at almost a full run trying to get to me. I always get the old how much do you want for it with their tongues hanging out type of thing. Yet I'll tell them what I want for it and they tell me there are 5, 10 or what ever number for sale on the net for $200.
So I'm at one show and this young lady makes a comment about the gun and why would anyone NEED a gun like that. I said it is my fun gun. And I asked her if she had more than 5 pairs of dress shoes? She said yes and I said why would any women need more than five pairs. She looked at me with this blank stare and then said you made your point.

 

[ALS]

Wingshooter: Browning Hi Power was a nice gun to shoot at paper
I don't care what anybody has negative to say about a Browning High Power they don't or haven't owned one. I have one and it is my favorite handgun.
It came with the Aluminized finish, Pachmayr Grips and adjustible rear sight with the gold trigger. Always hits what it is aimed at, never jams and will eat any type of 9 mm ammunition you feed it with zero problems.

 

[Dionysusigma]

I was at Outdoor America with a female friend of mine who had very little experience with guns. We head over to the display case with all the varoius 1911s and other .45s, and I ask to see a RIA 1911 double-stack. Ross takes it out, clears it for me, and hands it over. My friend is watching and listening intently to everything that is going on, not wanting to miss a thing, asking questions about anything and everything, etc. I ask Ross if I can dry-fire it, and he gives me the go-ahead. I do so. I then hand it over to her, where she clears it (something I had shown her earlier how to do) and gets a good feel for it (as best as a lady can with a double-stack .45, anyway).

Me: "So, do you wanna dry-fire it?"

Her: "Yeah. What do I do?"

Me: (dumbfounded, looking around to make sure this isn't a loaded question) "Um... you hold it like a gun, and pull the trigger..."

She turned bright red as Ross and I died laughing.

 

[Girlwithagun]

While buying some Value Packs of various types of ammo at Walmart, the cashier asked us "Heading to Beirut?"

Also, my sisters never fail to ask me questions when I go back home for a visit. "Do you have a gun on your right now?" "Do you have an ankle holster?" Questions that shouldn't be too weird but they ask them as if they were asking me if i had a bomb strapped to my body.

My Grandma had seemed pretty supportive when she heard we would go out shooting while back in town, so I had to laugh when my sister told me that after we left, they were all talking and my Grandma found out more information and said "They shoot handguns?! Not those automatic ones, right?!"

 

[Wedge]

Another funny one from my mother-in-law. They knew I owned a couple of guns and went hunting. I was telling her about my pistol and she went, "You have a pistol!?!?" It was the sound of mixed horror and disbelief since "handguns were only made for killing, ain't good for 'nuthin' else". I assumed that she didn't want to see it then...I thought it was pretty funny

 

[jeffb]

Unfortunately, my sister (half-sister) has had no formal or informal gun education and lacks the ability to reject any piece of information suggested to her by the media or her moron friends. Thus...

*Showing off my new Bushmaster for the first time*
"Do you have a permit for that?"
"No. I don't need a permit."
"You don't need a permit for that???"
"No."

(I had left an AR-15 Mag on the coffee table)
"Get your full metal jacket off the table..."
"My what? The magazine?"
"Yeah, your full metal jacket..."
"What?? That's a magazine..."
"On 'Full Metal Jacket' the guy refers to the black thing he puts into his gun as a full metal jacket."
*Snicker*
(Explaination follows)

 

[Bob79]

Q: Does it have a safety?

A: No

Q: What if it goes off and shoots you?

(all this in reference to me having a J-frame w/ a IWB holster)

 

[ny32182]

I was arguing with a super-liberal on my school's message board.

This guy thought the "solution to gun violence" in this country was a limitation on velocities, and "everyone should only be allowed to buy weak ammo that can't [I assume penetrate a vest]" He swore up and down that his buddy bought downloaded ammo at the flea market. What a moron.

 

[pax]

My dad has owned long guns for as long as I've been alive.

Last year, he gave me a shotgun -- the shotgun he's owned ever since I was very small -- with the immortal words, "You know, the really nice thing about a shotgun is you never have to clean it."

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I got a cute little NAA mini earlier this year, and put some perlite grips on it. Especially with the pretty grips, it's really quite an attractive gun, but of course it is tiny. Friend of mine came in the door while I had it out on the table for pictures, and immediately said, "Is that really a gun?" Answered in the affirmative, she then asked, "Well, does it really shoot?"

pax

 

[SDAL]

Q: (farther-in-law) Why do you need those (MAK, SAR 1) what if you go crazy and go on a shooting spree?

A: For defense, because I can and, I want to . As for the shooting spree that is why I taught your daughter to shot, so she can put me down if the need be. Any more dumba$$ questions?

 

[Double Maduro]

While looking in a case at a local gun shop.

Clerk to customer behind me: Be careful, you shouldn't point guns at people.

Me, without turning around: Some people would consider it a threat and may respond with their own weapon.

The customer put down the pistol he was looking at and left.



Same gun shop, Me: Do you have any of the Ruger Gold Label doubles?

We both had a good chuckle over that.



Wow, it sure is big!

She was talking about my Ruger P90.

Same woman: Is that a 9?

Me: No it's a .45.

After clearing it and handing it to her she said, "Wow, this is nice, I have to get one."

She is licensed to carry and usually carries a .380 or a 9mm depending on the weather and clothing requirements.


Talking to a fence sitting friend on the phone,

Him: Aren't you afraid it could go off?

Me, listening to his dog running loose in the neighborhood, barking at the mailman: Actually your dog is more likely to hurt someone than my gun.



My wife: When did you get that? Is it new?

Me: This old thing? I've had it for years.

DM

 

[Stevie-Ray]

(I had left an AR-15 Mag on the coffee table)
"Get your full metal jacket off the table..."

This one was great!

 

[Archie]

Innocent question from an innocent....

A co-worker who has been qualified with .38 Special revolvers and 9x19 pistols saw me checking out a 7.62 NATO/.308 Winchester round.

"Is that an ELEPHANT gun bullet?"

He just could not accept it was a mid level rifle round. Outside his venue.

 

[1911Ron]

When i was in the Coast Guard, we were getting ready to do a boarding on a vessel from a Navy ship, when a deckie asked "they let you carry your pistols loaded " When we got back there was alot of heartache about us storing our weapons out side of the armory :banghead:

 

[LiquidTension]

When people ask me about my job, the same questions usually pop up:

What do you do for a living?
Oh, do you have a gun?
Have you ever shot anybody?

Why people have such a morbid interest is beyond me.

From some stupid anti in a CRJU class: "Nobody uses an AK47 to hunt deer!" I set her down pretty hard with some basic facts. She was so embarassed by the time I got done with her.... She was in another of my classes last semester. She walked in the door, saw me, and immediately went to the complete opposite side of the room Maybe the lesson will be remembered the next time she tries to spew garbage.

 

[Strings]

Don't know if mine were really FUNNY. Both were while carrying...

First was several years ago, at a friend's apartment. CnL .45 at about 3:30. Friend's roomate walks up behind me (didn't realize she was home), GRABS THE BUTT, and asks "Is this real?" :banghead:

Second one was a week or so ago. Same .45, in fact. Fairly knowledgable friend is over, and notices the hammer back. And asks if I'd lower the hammer, because it makes him nervous (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?)...

 

[Third_Rail]

asks if I'd lower the hammer, because it makes him nervous

:banghead: